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An American teen with cancer went to Moscow in 1988 hoping to meet Gorbachev and rid the world of nukes.

Afghan women are often forced to keep their name secret, even from doctors. But some are fighting back.

After watching an on-air broadcast, an eagle-eyed viewer urged Victoria Price to see a doctor.

The two-seater microlight hits the roof of the large house in the city of Wesel, causing a fire.

Thousands of women have protested against the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.

More than 70 staff resign at top independent site Index, in a row over media freedom.

If there was life on Mars, how will the US space agency's next robot rover recognise it?

The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.

Ground vibrations produced by human activity took a big dive when Covid restrictions were in force.

Unfinished business of foreign fighters presents a renewed security problem in the world.

More than 20 universities and charities confirm they lost data in the ransomware hack.

A scientist who allegedly lied about military ties is said to be inside China's San Francisco mission.

A total of 438 million people came to BBC News on average every week in the year to March.

Swiss chocolate-maker Milka challenged the German bar's right to be the only square bar in Germany.

Two men are investigated after 13 ancient amphoras are discovered during a routine inspection.

The UK says the Russian satellite launched "a projectile with the characteristics of a weapon".

Beneath the frozen wastes of the Arctic, a three-way geopolitical tug-of-war is taking place over which country owns a ridge of undersea mountains. The winner will change maps forever.

Research from the University of Glasgow finds watching two hours or less of television a day could minimize health risks.

The six-wheeled robot will arrive in orbit around the Red Planet in February.

One of those affected was Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, who called it "unacceptable".

Australia says farewell to an era of aviation with the retirement of the final Qantas Boeing 747.

The fringe conspiracy theory is facing a crackdown by social media platforms, although it's been growing especially in the US.

Humans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico.

For years Abood Hamam sent war photos out of Syria anonymously. Now he's using his name, and urging exiles to return.

Yury Dmitriyev says the case was politically motivated in reaction to his work as a Stalin scholar.