The idea came from the miners building makeshift altars in the mine in the 1930s, to pray for their safety before start…

A seized tanker accused of smuggling sanctioned oil has long hidden its true location. BBC Verify examines how.

PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government's labour refo…

The former French president was jailed for taking part in an election campaign funding conspiracy.

The judge has ordered control of the the troops, which were deployed in June, to be returned to California's govern…

Ukraine barely has a hold on Pokrovsk, but its forces are keen to show they are still resisting Russia's advance.��…

The BBC took to the streets of Sydney to find out what young people aged between 18 and 20 think of Australia’s under-1…