- Benny Tai: Hong Kong jailed activist to 'come back stronger'
Hong Kong activist Benny Tai says he will come back stronger after being jailed over the 2014 protests.
- 1 day ago 24 Apr 19, 7:42am - - Sudan protests: The women driving change
Sudanese protest icon Alaa Salah tells the BBC of her unexpected fame after demonstrating against the country’s former leader.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 11:15pm - - South Korea's 'yoghurt ladies' delivering friendship
Thousands of motorised fridges are driven around South Korea, providing yoghurt and companionship for isolated people.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 11:11pm - - How Russia wants to control the internet
Critics say the Russian government's latest controversial cyber laws are a form of censorship.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 11:04pm - - Sri Lanka attacks: Volunteers' small acts of kindness for mourners
Volunteers provide water, food and support to those mourning the bombing in Negombo, Sri Lanka.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 5:27pm - - Sri Lanka attacks: CCTV shows suspected Sri Lanka church bomber
A man with a large backpack can be seen walking into St Sebastian's church just before a device is detonated.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 1:31pm - - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg: 'Listen to climate scientists'
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg has an uncompromising message on climate change.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 8:19am - - Disposable nappy recycling: How soiled nappies can be reused
Each year billions end up in landfill, but engineers have come up with a way to recover the plastic and other materials inside them.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 19, 4:12am - - Sri Lanka attacks: Family attends funeral
Speaking at his wife's funeral, Lewis Allen recalls the moment he learnt she had died in the Sri Lanka attacks.
- 3 days ago 23 Apr 19, 12:40am - - Baby squirrels saved after tree holding nest is cut down
Vets in Poland say two of them had been attacked by a dog before they were found.
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 19, 4:19pm - - Sri Lanka: Bomb explodes as police try to defuse it
The blast took place near St Anthony's Shrine, one of several sites attacked in bombings on Sunday.
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 19, 3:14pm - - Thai cave rescue: Two divers return to where boys were saved
Richard Harris and Craig Challen were two of the divers who came to the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team in Thailand.
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 19, 11:52am - - Violent protests erupt at Georgia's Pankisi Gorge
Residents in Pankisi in north-eastern Georgia pelt police with rocks over plans for a new power plant.
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 19, 10:29am - - Sri Lanka attacks: 'My heart shattered when I saw the bodies'
Eyewitnesses of the bombing of Sri Lanka's St Anthony's Shrine have described horrific scenes.
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 19, 8:40am - - Sri Lanka explosions: Churches and hotels targeted
Almost 300 people have been killed and hundreds injured after several bomb blasts in the capital Colombo.
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 19, 7:53am - - Zimbabwean Manners Mukuwiri recycles rubbish into art
Artist Manners Mukuwiri makes sculptures from rubbish he finds on the street.
- 4 days ago 21 Apr 19, 11:07pm - - Ukraine election: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins
Volodymyr Zelensky has won Ukraine's presidential election, according to exit polls.
- 4 days ago 21 Apr 19, 9:40pm - - ICYMI: Greta meets Pope and other stories
Some stories you might have missed this week – including this climate activist meeting the pontiff.
- 4 days ago 21 Apr 19, 9:09am - - Bill Clinton: 'Columbine has a special place in my heart'
Former US president Bill Clinton speaks by video link at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.
- 4 days ago 21 Apr 19, 8:20am - - 'People think we're hillbillies - we're not'
What do Americans think of people in other states? We asked people in West Virginia what's said about them.
- 5 days ago 20 Apr 19, 11:23pm - - 'I'm the father to 110 huskies'
Audun lived a normal city life. But fed up with being annoyed all the time, he moved to the Arctic with his wife and bought some dogs.
- 5 days ago 20 Apr 19, 11:10pm - - Ukraine: Candidates clash ahead of presidential poll
Ukraine's rival presidential candidates hold a long-awaited head-to-head televised debate.
- 5 days ago 20 Apr 19, 9:02pm - - Yellow vest protests: Paris police fire tear gas at demonstrators
Police in the French capital fire tear gas as a number of motorbikes are set on fire by protesters.
- 5 days ago 20 Apr 19, 2:42pm - - Notre-Dame fire: How gamers are getting 'inside' the cathedral
Players return to a 2014 video game to visit a digital version of the cathedral, untouched by fire.
- 5 days ago 20 Apr 19, 1:26pm - - Arinze Stanley: Patience is the key to my art
Nigerian Arinze Stanley Egbengwu creates hyper-realistic pictures that look like photographs.
- 6 days ago 19 Apr 19, 11:32pm - - Inside Sudan's post-Bashir protests
Released Sudan activists describe being arrested and detained as protests continue in Khartoum.
- 6 days ago 19 Apr 19, 11:02pm - - Afghanistan's TV station for women
Zan TV is Afghnaistan's only television channel just for women. What will happen to them if the Taliban return to power?
- 6 days ago 19 Apr 19, 10:47pm - - Naomi Campbell hit by fashion racism in Asian country
The British supermodel says she was told a photo campaign would not be used because of the "colour of [her] skin".
- 6 days ago 19 Apr 19, 4:24pm - - 'How the Columbine school shooting changed my life'
Twenty years on from the school shooting that shocked the US, those who survived are still deeply impacted.
- 7 days ago 19 Apr 19, 12:08am - - Male synchronised swimmer fighting for gender equality
Could we see mixed synchronised swimming at the Olympics? Russian Aleksandr Maltsev is fighting for gender equality in the sport.
- 7 days ago 19 Apr 19, 12:04am - - The Mueller report - in 60 seconds
Don't have time to read 448 pages? We challenged the BBC's Jane O'Brien to summarise it for you.
- 7 days ago 18 Apr 19, 10:08pm - - European parliament given surprise musical performance
An MEP performs on a harmonica for the last day of the current European Parliament.
- 7 days ago 18 Apr 19, 12:58pm - - World's Best Teacher Peter Tabichi on how he reached the top
Peter Tabichi from Kenya, who was named World's Best Teacher, shares what makes him stand out and what he hopes for teachers in Africa.
- 7 days ago 18 Apr 19, 8:39am - - Once destroyed by the Taliban, the Buddha statues live again
A team of conservators are working to breathe new life into a collection of Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban
- 8 days ago 17 Apr 19, 11:18pm - - Five numbers that explain US border crisis
As the US moves to expand indefinite detention for asylum seekers, here's what you need to know.
- 8 days ago 17 Apr 19, 5:57pm - - Windrush scandal: Trauma continues one year on
Paulette was threatened with deportation to Jamaica despite living in the UK for 50 years.
- 8 days ago 17 Apr 19, 5:34pm - - Michelle Obama on Notre-Dame fire: 'You have been through worse'
Former US first lady Michelle Obama talks about the Notre-Dame fire during her Paris book tour.
- 8 days ago 17 Apr 19, 5:15pm - - BTS: 'We failed and tried again'
Arguably the world's biggest boy band, BTS open up about their "struggles and tears".
- 8 days ago 17 Apr 19, 3:01pm - - Indonesia election: Horses, boats and planes get ballot boxes to remote villages
With more than 190 million Indonesians voting in the general election, it hasn't been easy getting ballot boxes to everyone.
- 8 days ago 17 Apr 19, 6:59am - - 'I was playing at mass when the fire broke'
Johann Vexo was evacuated from Notre-Dame whilst playing the organ.
- 9 days ago 16 Apr 19, 11:11pm - - The robot that tidies up bedrooms
Robots are good at repetitive tasks but struggle with new objects. Can they be trained to overcome that?
- 9 days ago 16 Apr 19, 11:10pm - - 'Assange smeared faeces in Ecuador embassy,' says president
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno tells the BBC why his government revoked Julian Assange's asylum.
- 9 days ago 16 Apr 19, 11:02pm - - There's a reason this court is run by women
Sex workers who come before this all-female court in New York City are being treated differently.
- 9 days ago 16 Apr 19, 8:50pm - - Marine crawls to finish Boston Marathon for fallen comrades
Micah Herndon's legs gave way around 22 miles into the race. But that didn't stop him from finishing.
- 9 days ago 16 Apr 19, 6:07pm - - Notre-Dame cathedral: First look inside fire-damaged building
Search teams are assessing the damage to the 850-year-old Parisian landmark.
- 9 days ago 16 Apr 19, 11:04am - - Notre-Dame fire: Hymns sung in the street as cathedral burns
People gathered in disbelief as they watched the 850-year-old Gothic building burn.
- 10 days ago 16 Apr 19, 1:41am - - Ilhan Omar: Rival rallies for Trump and congresswoman
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's supporters come out after Trump's tweet about her discussing the 9/11 attacks.
- 10 days ago 16 Apr 19, 12:15am - - Notre-Dame fire: Structure 'saved' after huge fire
The main structure of the cathedral has been saved, according to a Paris fire official.
- 10 days ago 15 Apr 19, 11:59pm - - The tribe who can't read so can't vote
For illiterate communities in remote areas of Indonesia, casting their ballot in this week's election will be a daunting task.
- 10 days ago 15 Apr 19, 11:10pm - - Visually impaired man rescued from oncoming train by passengers
The visually impaired man is pulled to safety after falling on to the subway track in Maryland.
- 10 days ago 15 Apr 19, 8:47pm -