Image copyright EPA Image caption Yoshihide Suga is widely expected to be selected Japan's governing party is voting for a new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, with the winner...

image copyrightReutersimage captionThe Oruc Reis seismic research ship was surveying drilling prospects in disputed watersA Turkish research ship at the centre of a row with Greece over oil and...

By Gemma HandySea View Farm, Antiguaimage captionThe traditional earthenware pots are still being made by handBreaking bread has been a hallmark of family life in cultures across the globe...

During the height of the pandemic in Yemen, there was only one functioning hospital in the city of Aden, which is home to more than a million people.Afraid of...

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Image copyright Reuters Final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, have been put on hold after a participant had a suspected adverse reaction...

image copyrightEPAimage captionEarly voting was allowed on 11-12 September because of the coronavirus outbreakVoters across Russia are casting their ballots in dozens of local elections that are seen as...

image copyrightGetty ImagesIn our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene looks at the fraught relationship between Ghana and Nigeria, which underlies the current tensions over...

By Shruti MenonBBC Reality Check, DelhiRelated TopicsReality Checkimage copyrightGetty ImagesChildren across much of Europe have been going back to school for the start of a new year, but in...

Related TopicsEurope migrant crisismedia captionThousands of migrants and refugees are demanding more permanent housing elsewherePolice on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas at protesting migrants who were...

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Toots Hibbert had reportedly been tested for coronavirus in the last two weeks Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died at...

image copyrightTwitterIran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, defying international appeals for him to be spared.Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security...