Last summer, the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) swept from Syria into northern Iraq, routing Iraqi security forces and seizing the city of Mosul. Soon afterward, t ...

Voters in the Republic of Ireland can take part in a referendum next Friday on whether or not to legalise gay marriage. In a Politics Europe film from Galway, Adam Fleming hears how the deb ...

The 'King of the Blues' guitarist and singer, BB King, has died aged 89, his lawyer says. Known for his hits Lucille, Sweet Black Angel and Rock Me Baby, he died in his sleep in Las Vegas. ...

Security has been tightened in Baghdad to protect the many Shia Muslims who are converging on the capital. There is a religious festival taking place marking the death of the seventh Imam i ...

On the 70th anniversary of VE day, BBC News speaks to three people about the war and the day peace was declared. BBC News spoke to three people who remember the fighting and the declaration ...

Las imágenes muestran los dramáticos momentos en que una avalancha en el monte Everest, desencadenada por una réplica de 6,7 grados en Nepal, pasó cerca de un campamento base, en ...

Footage of the moment a massive earthquake struck Nepal and the Himalayas has emerged - filmed by a survivor in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude qu ...