Dutch election promises new era and shake-up in politics
A new party leads the polls, while the leader of another could become the first female PM.
2023-11-16 08:17
Marina Ovsyannikova: Anti-war Russian journalist sentenced in absentia
Maria Ovsyannikova, who protested live on air against the invasion of Ukraine, gets more than 8 years in jail.
2023-10-04 17:49
Japan: One in 10 people aged 80 or older for first time
The world's oldest country has long struggled with how to provide for its ageing and declining population.
2023-09-19 12:51
Poland: Government under pressure over escalating cash for visas scandal
Media reports say migrants paid up to $5,000 (£4,000) each to speed up work visa applications.
2023-09-16 09:15
Colombia cocaine: Cultivation reaches record high
A UN report finds the area planted with coca bushes is the biggest ever registered.
2023-09-12 19:17
Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel
Libya's foreign minister is suspended because of talks with Israel, which Tripoli does not recognise.
2023-08-28 13:23
Ecuador election: Narco politics rule ahead of polls
A rise in drug crime in the once-peaceful country has dominated the build-up to Sunday's election.
2023-08-18 09:16
Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China
How rule changes and financial independence is helping unmarried women to keep their babies.
2023-07-30 06:48
China must rethink its reliance on property sales to see real growth
The country's economy was expected to blast out of the blocks after Covid - but that hasn't happened.
2023-07-07 06:22
Ukraine war: BBC on the front line as Ukraine attacks Russian trenches
Quentin Sommerville joins troops pushing eastward from a recaptured village in Donetsk.
2023-06-19 13:17
Terrorism ruling first for Canada 'incel' attack
A judge has found that a deadly attack on a Toronto massage parlour in 2020 was an act of terror.
2023-06-07 06:00
Ukraine war: ICC 'undeterred' by arrest warrant for chief prosecutor
Russia placed ICC boss Karim Khan on a wanted list, after he issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.
2023-05-21 06:58