Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting will smash another hole through football's glass ceiling when she makes history in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday -- but it couldn't be a tougher debut for the...
US President Donald Trump has named Lt Gen HR McMaster as his national security adviser. He will replace Lt Gen Michael Flynn who was fired after just three weeks and three days in the job. A...
YouTube is to scrap “unskippable” 30-second advertisements on the video-streaming service, from 2018. Google confirmed the plan to the BBC’s Newsround programme, saying it wanted to focus on...
US Vice President Mike Pence backed up President Donald Trump's latest attacks on the news media, vowing Monday that he and Trump would continue to "call out the media when they play fast and loose...
Femi Achulani survived an attempted kidnapping in Malawi by people wanting to kill her for her body parts. In Malawi, like other countries in the region, people with albinism are hunted down because...
'It started as a small orange circle and then grew bigger and bigger till all the colours came out' A rare cloud phenomenon over Singapore has delighted people in the city-state. The multi-coloured...
A new project about family and loss has led Angelina Jolie to talk about her own. The actress spoke with the BBC about her new movie, "First They Killed My Father," which she directed and produced....
The musician sees himself as a champion of the poor Security forces in Guinea have arrested a reggae artist apparently for threatening to stage a protest. Authorities have not given an official...
Sutton United are getting ready to take on Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The teams will meet for the first time in their history at Gander Green Lane in front of 5,000 fans. Millions more...
Cameroon midfielder Christian Bassogog has joined Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye from Aab Fodbold, the Danish club has confirmed. Earlier this month, the 21-year-old was named player of the...
It's never nice as a footballer to be sent off, but it's even worse when it involves the concession of a penalty in the last minute with the game in the balance. Just ask Newport County's Mitch Rose,...
Ride-sharing company Uber has said it will conduct an “urgent investigation” into claims of sexual harassment at the company. A blog post written by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler detailed a...
Afro-pop singer, Wiyaala says she will never mime because she is not a lazy artiste. According to the ‘Young Lioness of Africa’, she is exploring other means of entertaining an audience through...
The Gambia has formally sworn in its new elected President, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands including African heads of state. It was the second time he had taken the oath after his...
A musician and pop singer who later became a priest has died of brain cancer. The Reverend Peter Skellern had a hit single in 1972 with the piano ballad, You’re A Lady. The 69-year-old composer,...
Angelina Jolie is opening up for the first time about filing for divorce from Brad Pitt. While promoting her new film First They Killed My Father in Cambodia, the 41-year-old actress and filmmaker...
Ride-sharing company Uber has said it will conduct an “urgent investigation” into claims of sexual harassment at the company. A blog post written by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler detailed a...
It is being billed as the biggest single Arctic research expedition ever planned. Germany is going to sail its 120m-long research vessel, the Polarstern, into the sea-ice at the top of the world and...
The process of Britain leaving the European Union is irrevocable once it has been triggered, a government minister said on Sunday. Prime Minister Theresa May says she will invoke Article 50 of the...
Carmaker Ford has said it is experimenting with technology to detect potholes and warn drivers of their locations. Cars equipped with cameras could constantly scan roads during journeys, with...
