Category: World

BBC Verify looks into claims that the Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington DC entered the US unvetted.

The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.

The late sex offender maintained contact with wealthy and influential people even after his first conviction.

It took several attemps for Pope Leo and church clergy to unveil a plaque covered by a white sheet at an Istanbul cathedral.

Senegal’s prime minister and Nigeria’s former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US last year to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to import cocaine into the country.

Zambia’s government is accused of ‘hypocrisy’ as fallout from ex-president’s death deepens.

The defendants were accused of attempting a coup – but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.

Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.