Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in…

An 18-year-old Aberdeen University student and her mother will travel to space later this week after a winning a place on Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight in a prize draw.…

Hulya Yesiloglu gazes just beyond her temporary tent city towards a cemetery and says she often wonders if she would have been better off ending up there rather than surviving…

For many years now, Anil Jonko's life follows a simple routine. He starts his day by offering prayers at his parents' grave in Chaibasa, a small village in the eastern…

Vulnerable residents at an elderly care home near Nairobi, Kenya's capital, have been mistreated and neglected, a BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed. Secret filming shows staff members physically mistreating…

For almost six months, Maria Kolesnikova has been hidden from the world. The Belarusian opposition activist has been held in total isolation in prison in the country since February, with…

Tu Anh Le loves going to the Starbucks at the buzzing heart of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. The 26-year-old and her friends dress up for the occasion and take…

With reports of a sharp increase in the number of men in Uganda seeking paternity tests, fears are growing it could break up families and leave children psychologically scarred. The…

The Barbie film has hit the billion-dollar mark just 17 days after it was released, according to distributor Warner Bros. The movie will finish the weekend with $1.03bn (£808m) in…

Mattel is doubling down on its plans to expand "outside the toy aisle" after the smash hit Barbie movie. The comments come as the California-based firm said its sales fell…