A judge has granted a request by US regulators to temporarily block Microsoft's $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Activision Blizzard. The court says the temporary restraining order "is necessary to maintain the...

The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway has been extradited to the US to stand trial for alleged extortion. Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, 35,...

A US comedian who offended Malaysian authorities with a joke about missing flight MH370 says the reaction from officials has been "overblown". Jocelyn Chia told the BBC she was "not...

Ukraine's long-awaited attempt to take back the territories in the east and south of the country, occupied by Russia for the past 18 months, is now in full swing. A...

The voice of the female doctor in war-hit Sudan is shaky. She is leaving a message with BBC Arabic's mobile phone number via WhatsApp. It is for a special radio...

A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, on Thursday indicted a man on a murder charge in connection with last year’s shooting death of Takeoff, a member of the rap group Migos....

Real Madrid players showed solidarity with Vinicius Junior ahead of Wednesday's game against Rayo Vallecano when they all wore the player's No.20 shirt after he was subjected to racist attacks during...

Thomas Fischbach, president of the German federation of doctors for children and adolescents, the BKVJ, is among several European physicians warning of a "considerable shortage" of medicines for children that...

Nigeria is often referred to as the "giant of Africa", given its huge population and economic potential, but it has some gigantic problems too - and these will confront Bola...

A man has been arrested for opening a door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea. All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely...