London attack 'hard to prevent'
Preventing the killing of a British soldier on a London street would have been "incredibly hard", MI6's former head of counter-terrorism says.
US road bridge falls into river
Three people have been rescued after part of a road bridge collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, officials say.
Football transfer latest, managerial ins and outs, second England-New Zealand Test plus PGA Championship.
Lewis Hamilton believes he has a "pretty good" chance of winning the Monaco GP after a competitive showing in practice.
Thousands at author Achebe's funeral
Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town of Ogidi in Anambra state.
Some statins 'raise diabetes risk'
Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.
Google acquires kite-power firm
Google has acquired a US start-up that generates power using turbines flying on robotic tethered kites.
Cockroaches evolving to evade traps
Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.
Viper GTS-R is Le Mans-bound
Chrysler prepares its supercar for the world’s most famous endurance race
Indian cinema: Getting real
100 years on – time for a new style?
Plugging cities into green energy
Energy use must change to meet urban demand
A street food tour of Yangon
Get a taste of Burma’s little-known cuisine
La polémica entre el gobierno y la oposición sobre el desempeño económico de Chile en los últimos años omite un dato esencial: este país, siempre presentado como el modelo a imitar en la región, depende del precio del cobre.
香港前廉政专员汤显明再度出席廉署酬酢开支聆讯时后表示，廉署酬酢增加是因为要为全球推行反腐公约。
ائتلاف قوى المعارضة السورية يواصل اجتماعاته لليوم الثاني في اسطنبول لبحث مشاركته في المؤتمر الدولي الذي اقترحته روسيا والولايات المتحدة "جنيف 2" لإيجاد حل سياسي للأزمة السورية المستمرة منذ أكثر من عامين.
باراک اوباما با عادلانه دانستن کاربرد هواپیماهای بدون سرنشین برای هدف قرار دادن تندرویان به عنوان یک اقدام دفاعی، از کنگره خواسته است مانع از تلاش او برای انتقال زندانیان گوانتانامو به بازداشتگاه های فوقامنیتی در خاک آمریکا نشوند.
Slave pride
The Afrikaans rapper, Jaak, uses hip-hop to raise the consciousness of his people, whom he calls the 'brown' underclass of Paarl in South Africa.
Coen brothers serenade Cannes
BBC Culture meets Justin Timberlake and Oscar Isaac, stars of Inside Llewyn Davis, and finds out about the festival's celebrations of 100 years of Indian cinema.
Winning business
Why trying to become an entrepreneur has never been more fashionable.
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