How long are African presidents staying in power?
7 May 2015 Last updated at 12:48 BST Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid has prompted deadly protests in the capital. But how common is it for leaders in Africa to cling to office?...
View ArticleSyrian refugees stranded on the Italy-Austria border
20 June 2015 Last updated at 09:57 BST Refugees from Syria, and many other people who have migrated to Europe in search of a better life, have been left stuck at national borders across the continent....
View ArticleMexico election: Protesters looking to disrupt vote
6 June 2015 Last updated at 04:24 BST Protesters and police have clashed in several states in Mexico ahead of the mid-term elections. On Sunday, Mexicans will vote for congressmen, governors of nine...
View ArticleVoices from Armenia's past, 100 years after massacre
24 April 2015 Last updated at 00:58 BST It is 100 years since hundreds of thousands of Armenians were rounded up during a mass deportation at the height of World War One. They died at the hands of...
View ArticleEgypt faces an outcry over the rise in death penalties
1 June 2015 Last updated at 00:01 BST There is widespread criticism in Egypt over the growing numbers of people who have been sentenced to death in the past two years, in a crackdown on Islamists....
View ArticleSyrian refugees in Turkey: "Nothing for us here"
13 August 2015 Last updated at 09:40 BST Around 70,000 Syrian refugees are gathered in the port city of Izmir in Turkey, which has become a hub for human smuggling. Many are hoping to move on into the...
View Article'Call me Caitlyn' - Bruce Jenner's first cover as a woman
2 June 2015 Last updated at 08:11 BST Caitlyn Jenner - who used to be known as Bruce Jenner - has appeared on her first magazine cover as a woman. The former US Olympic athlete and step-father to the...
View ArticleArmenia: Victims of Ottoman killings canonised
23 April 2015 Last updated at 18:33 BST The Armenian Apostolic Church has conducted a ceremony in which Armenian victims of the Ottoman-era mass killings have been canonised as saints. From the main...
View ArticleUganda bride price refund outlawed by top judges
6 August 2015 Last updated at 14:08 BST Uganda's Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of refunding a bride price, or dowry, on the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional and...
View ArticleMexico elections: Protests as some voting disrupted
8 June 2015 Last updated at 08:08 BST Protesters disrupted voters in some parts of Mexico on Sunday, as they took part in mid-term elections. The run-up to the poll was also marked by violence, with...
View ArticleBurundi president sacks ministers as protests resume
18 May 2015 Last updated at 22:26 BST There have been yet more demonstrations in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, against President Pierre Nkurunziza, just days after a failed coup attempt. Soldiers fired...
View ArticleUganda bride price refund outlawed by top judges
6 August 2015 Last updated at 14:08 BST Uganda's Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of refunding a bride price, or dowry, on the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional and...
View ArticleMexican girl returned home after mistaken identity case
23 April 2015 Last updated at 02:36 BST A 14-year-old Mexican girl, taken by the authorities in error to the United States, has been returned to her family. The case of Alondra Luna Nunez attracted...
View ArticleLIVE: Police hold news conference on Ferguson shooting
10 August 2015 Last updated at 08:19 BST The St Louis Police Department is holding a news conference on the shooting which took place in Ferguson. Shots were fired during a protest marking a year since...
View ArticleStudents turning to croquet after a rise in popularity
18 July 2015 Last updated at 12:02 BST The world's top women players are preparing to head to Nottingham for the world croquet championships. The numbers playing the game have increased including a...
View ArticleUK Muslim family debate draw of joining IS
17 June 2015 Last updated at 07:44 BST The disappearance of 12 people from the same family is thought to be the latest in the steady trickle of Britons leaving the country to join Islamist extremist...
View ArticleInjuries at Belfast parade flashpoint as missiles are thrown
13 July 2015 Last updated at 22:30 BST A child has been taken to hospital after being struck by a car during a stand-off between police lines and loyalist protestors in north Belfast. It happened at a...
View ArticleThe military strategy behind IS conquests
By Bill Law Middle East analyst 16 June 2015 From the section Middle East Islamic State pursues a doctrine of holding on to territory and expanding A year on from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's declaration of...
View ArticleScottish house prices show a 3.5% rise
28 July 2015 From the section Scotland Scottish house prices rose to 3.5% higher in the three months to June than at the same time last year, figures have shown. Official Registers of Scotland (RoS)...
View ArticleWhy a rise in US interest rates is still risky
Robert Peston Economics editor 17 August 2015 From the section Business comments There was never going to be a risk-free, stress-free moment for the Fed, the US central bank, to increase the interest...
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