India's most brash and controversial TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, renowned for his hectoring style, is about to launch a new channel and he's unapologetic about what viewers should expect. 'I'm...
Social media firms are “shamefully far” from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report. Hate speech, terror recruitment videos and sexual images of children all took too...
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has accused her pro-EU centrist rival Emmanuel Macron of being the “candidate of continuity”. She linked Mr Macron to the unpopular current...
The front-runner in the French presidential election has told the BBC that the EU must reform or face the prospect of "Frexit". Pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron made the comments as he and his...
Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the role of its military. The helicopter carrier Izumo is escorting a US supply...
India's most brash and controversial TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, renowned for his hectoring style, is about to launch a new channel and he's unapologetic about what viewers should expect. "I'm...
President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, says he understands the impatience of the citizenry 100 days after he took over the reigns of the West African country. Barrow defeated long-serving leader,...
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said she will make a defeated rival her prime minister, if elected. Ms Le Pen, of the far-right National Front (FN), chose Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, of...
Manchester United has revealed plans to honour Nigerian football fans who died last week following an accident in the south-eastern city of Calabar. The tragedy, which claimed the lives of at least...
President Donald Trump has attacked US media and has said he is keeping "one promise after another", as he marks 100 days in office. At a Pennsylvania rally, he described criticism about his record...
Pope Francis has called for international mediation to ease rising tensions between the US and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear activity. The pontiff suggested that Norway, for example, was...
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked nearly 10,000 civil servants for having fake education certificates. He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent...
Violence has erupted in Brazil at the end the country's first general strike in more than 20 years. Buses and cars have been set on fire in Rio de Janeiro's city centre. Road blocks set up by...
Caution! The celebs who are wary of Twitter Watson keeps a safe distance from reaction to social media content Beauty and the Beast star Emma Watson has said she does not read social media comments...
Lord Sugar invested £250,000 into Valente's plumbing business in 2015. They've now announced that Valente will take full control of ImpraGas - but they're parting on friendly terms. Lord Sugar said:...
Google and Facebook have confirmed that they fell victim to an alleged $100m (£77m) scam. In March, it was reported that a Lithuanian man had been charged over an email phishing attack against...
The two tech giants succumbed to a well known type of scam, in which an attacker tricks the victim Google and Facebook have confirmed that they fell victim to an alleged $100m (£77m) scam. In March,...
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has told the BBC that early general elections are the only way to put an end to the country’s crisis. Mr Capriles accused President Nicolas Maduro of...
Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga has been confirmed as the main opposition coalition’s presidential candidate for August’s election. Mr Odinga, 72, is set to face incumbent President...
Nearly 10,000 Tanzanian civil servants have fake school certificates, according to a report received by President John Magufuli. The details released in the capital, Dodoma, show that 9,932...
