Fears of environmental disaster as oil-laden ship sinks off Sri Lanka:
Hundreds of tonnes of fuel oil could leak into the sea with devastating impact on marine life.
Italy cable car: Video suggests emergency brake disabled years before:
Expert alleges an emergency brake was deactivated seven years before last month's Italian disaster.
Florida bans transgender athletes from female sports:
Florida is the latest Republican-led state to reject national pro-LGBT policies.
South China Sea dispute: Malaysia accuses China of breaching airspace:
Fighters jets were scrambled when the Chinese military planes were detected over disputed waters.
Belgium gang rape: Five arrested over assault on teenager:
The 14-year-old girl took her life days after images of the alleged attack were shared online.
Malala on Vogue cover: ‘I know power in a young girl’s heart’:
The 23-year-old tells Vogue she enjoyed going to McDonald's and playing poker at university.
The California girl who 'pushed a bear' to protect her dogs:
Footage shows the moment a teenage girl in California gets the better of a bear fighting with her pets.
Israel opposition face deadline to form new government:
Party leaders say they are close to finalising a coalition that would unseat PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Xi Jinping calls for more 'loveable' image for China in bid to make friends:
The Chinese president says he wants the country to have a "trustworthy, lovable and respectable" image.
Kharg fire: Large Iranian navy ship sinks in Gulf after blaze:
The crew were rescued after the fire started on Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman, state media say.
Alaska: Biden to suspend Trump Arctic drilling leases:
The president will suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Drone skirmish as Chile football team fears Argentine spies:
Fearing their Argentine rivals were spying on them, the Chileans took down a drone flying overhead.
Emma Coronel Aispuro: The rise and fall of a drug kingpin’s wife:
El Chapo's wife led a life of glamour in New York until her arrest on drug trafficking charges.
Pakistani intelligence accused of torture in crackdown on dissent:
Pakistan's intelligence service accused of kidnap and torture in crackdown on dissenting voices.
Covid worries India's pregnant and unprotected mothers-to-be:
They belong to a high-risk group, but it's unlikely they will have access to a vaccine anytime soon.
Letter from Africa: The lure of the get-rich-quick scam in Kenya:
Economic desperation makes the promise of easy money hard to resist.
Yemen fishermen find $1.5m of ambergris in the belly of a whale:
A lucky find in the belly of a whale has changed the lives of a group of poor Yemeni fishermen.
The dancer aged 106 who bans the word 'old':
Meet Sydney artist Eileen Kramer, who has had some of her most productive years since turning 100.
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think:
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
Two children, a decade of war in Syria:
BBC correspondent Caroline Hawley revisits two refugee children who symbolise the suffering inflicted by Syria's war.