How ex-Gambia President Yahya Jammeh’s US mansion was seized
By Damian Zane BBC News Some amateur sleuthing and a chance encounter helped uncover how the former president of The…
Geetanjali Shree is first Indian winner of International Booker Prize
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Booker Prize Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International…
Brazilian man allegedly gassed to death in police car boot
The death of a black man who was forced into a police car boot where a gas grenade was set…
Laverne Cox honoured as first transgender Barbie
Transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox has been recognised with her own Barbie – a first for the storied, and…
Louvre museum’s ex-president charged in art trafficking case
The former head of the Louvre museum in Paris has been charged in connection with a wide-ranging inquiry into the…
Senegal hospital fire: Eleven newborn babies die in Tivaouane
By Nicolas Négoce BBC News, Tivaouane Eleven newborn babies have died in a fire at the maternity unit of a…
Donbas: Why Russia is trying to capture eastern Ukraine
By Paul Kirby BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Russian forces are bombarding towns and cities in eastern Ukraine with the…
Spanish MPs back ‘only yes means yes’ sexual consent law
By Guy Hedgecoe Madrid Spain’s Congress has approved legislation that seeks to make it easier for victims of sexual violence…
Burkina Faso missing miners: Four dead bodies found
By Lalla Sy BBC News After a frantic day-and-night search lasting more than a month, rescue teams have found the…
Texas shooting: 19 children among dead in primary school attack
By Angelica Casas & Max Matza BBC News, Uvalde Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting…