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- Britney Spears issues cease and desist letter to sister Jamie Lynn over book
- Ashling Murphy: Further arrest in murder investigation
- In pictures: Snow falls in Algeria's Sahara Desert
- Silvio Berlusconi Angles for Italy’s Presidency, Bunga Bunga and All
- Undeterred by Omicron, Tourists Seek Sun in a Welcoming Spain
- In Peru, Courts ‘Used Like Whips’ to Silence Journalists
- After Volcanic Eruption, Tonga Faces Weeks Without Internet
- China's Rising Menace Hardens Taiwan's Separate Identity
- Boris Johnson Says England Will Ease Covid Rules
- Here’s What Scientists Know About the Tonga Volcano Eruption
- A Trove of Old Photos Could Reveal the Future of These Arctic Glaciers
- Court in Ukraine Declines Request to Arrest Former President
- Theaters Open as Hairdressers for a Day to Protest a Dutch Lockdown
- Belgium Convicts 18 in People-Smuggling Case Tied to U.K. Truck Deaths
- Omicron Is in Retreat: 'What's Next?'
- After Australia, Djokovic Is Likely to Meet Problems in France and U.S.
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Ukraine tension: Biden says he thinks Putin will 'move in'
- Jozef Puska, 31, charged with murder of Ashling Murphy
- Ten DR Congo prisoners sentenced for mass rapes in jail
- Robert Anderson: University of Michigan reaches sex abuse settlement
- Robinho: Brazilian footballer loses final appeal against rape conviction
- Top Florida health official on leave over support for vaccination
- Essex lorry deaths: Trafficking gang ringleader jailed in Belgium
- Tonga volcano: Biblical disaster shakes most Mormon nation in the world
- Omicron: Is racism why South African evidence of milder infection was ignored?
- Covid: Did Pfizer's boss cast doubt on his own vaccine?
- Apple AirTags - "A perfect tool for stalking"
- The battle for Steaua Bucharest - an Eastern European giant at war with itself
- Haridwar hate speech: Who is the arrested Hindu priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati?
- Russia and Iran Put on a Show of Unity — Against the U.S.
- Israel Evicts Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah Area of Jerusalem
- Syrian Doctor Accused of Atrocities Goes on Trial in Germany
- Your Thursday Briefing: Blinken Visits Ukraine
- Gaspard Ulliel, 37, 'Moon Knight' and 'Hannibal Rising' Star, Dies Skiing
- A Trove of Old Photos Could Reveal the Future of These Arctic Glaciers
- Are there any off-season travel deals left, or has the pandemic undermined them all?
- Japan places Tokyo and 12 other prefectures under a quasi-state of emergency because of Omicron.
- Tonga: First foreign aid plane from New Zealand arrives
- Texas synagogue: Brother urged Texas hostage-taker to surrender
- Biden questions if US midterm elections will be 'legit'
- Millions are dying from drug-resistant infections, global report says
- Peru oil spill after Tonga eruption an 'ecological disaster'
- Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
- Your Thursday Briefing
- Former Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse, new report finds
- Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford completes solo round-world record
- Djokovic could have inspired anti-vax Australians, court says
- Havana syndrome: Most cases not caused by foreign power - CIA
- International Red Cross hack exposes half a million vulnerable people
- Liberian church stampede kills 29 worshippers in Monrovia
- Ghislaine Maxwell seeks retrial in sex abuse case
- Downing Street parties: Why UK PM Boris Johnson is facing calls to quit
- Tonga: Journalist gives firsthand account of volcano eruption
- On Ukraine and Russia, Biden Flusters European Allies by Stating the Obvious
- Ash From Tonga Volcanic Eruption Still Poses a Threat
- This Ancient Brew Has Retro Appeal in South Korea
- Australia’s (Brief) Idea to Ease Supply Chains: Juvenile Forklift Drivers
- Benedict Faulted for Handling of Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop
- ‘She Was Just Going for a Run’: Anger in Ireland Over Teacher’s Murder
- Czech Singer Dies After Celebrating Her Own Covid Infection
- Senegal's 'Plastic Man' Is on a Mission to Clean Up Pollution
- How, and Why, Boris Johnson Could Lose His Job as U.K. Prime Minister
- Palestinian-American Died Handcuffed in Israeli Custody, Witnesses Say
- Australia Releases Judges’ Reasoning on Djokovic Expulsion
- Zara Rutherford Becomes Youngest Woman to Circle the Globe Solo
- Kidneys From a Genetically Altered Pig Are Implanted in a Brain-Dead Patient
- Russia and Ukraine, Explained
- Lockdown Made Their Second Date Last Weeks. Would Romance Bloom?
- Predictions Favored Solar Over Wind Power. What Happened?
- The Plans for the World’s Next Largest City Are Incomplete
- Dear People of 2022: What Would You Ask Your Future Self?
- 1922: Thief Returns Diplomat’s Stolen Wallet
- American Airlines Flight Turns Back Over Passenger Mask Dispute
- Ukraine tension: President Zelensky hits back at Biden comments
- Ghana blast: Many feared dead after huge explosion in Bogoso
- Teen becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world
- Rare twin elephants born in Kenya
- 'They probably have a low IQ'
- 'Pastor' arrested after disabled people found locked in his basement
- Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton shows Virgil Abloh's last collection
- 80 Years Ago the Nazis Planned the ‘Final Solution.’ It took 90 Minutes.
- U.N. Approves Israeli Measure to Condemn Holocaust Denial
- U.S. Charges New Suspect in Haiti President’s Murder, Widening Investigation
- Mining Truck Explodes in Ghana, Killing Dozens
- Sewage studies offer clues to when Omicron might fade.
- UN defines Holocaust denial in new resolution
- Coronavirus: Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination order
- Infant among four bodies found near US-Canada border
- Capitol riot inquiry asks Ivanka Trump to voluntarily testify
- Texas synagogue: How synagogues stay safe - and still welcoming
- Ukraine tension: Minor incursion or invasion? Biden clarifies Russia comments
- 80 Years Ago the Nazis Planned the ‘Final Solution.’ It Took 90 Minutes.
- This ‘Plastic Man’ Has a Cape and a Superhero’s Mission: Cleaning Up Senegal
- Austrian Parliament Set to Approve Covid Vaccine Mandate for Adults
- Dozens Die in Church Stampede in Liberia
- Your Friday Briefing: Tougher Words on Russia
- Lions Infected With Covid Spur Concern Over Virus Spread In the Wild
- France Sets Timeline to Lift Covid Restrictions in February
- Ukraine tension: Last-ditch talks in Geneva as invasion fears grow
- US charges four Belarus officials with aircraft piracy over flight diversion
- Elza Soares: Tributes as Brazilian samba legend dies aged 91
- Samsung pulls ad with drag queen after backlash
- Kazakhstan unrest: 'If you protest again, we'll kill you'
- Why an OnlyFans creator could go to jail for posting nudes
- French elections: Divided left fight doomed race of their own
- Franco Mulakkal: Hundreds write to Kerala nun who lost rape case against bishop
- Tonga: Zero-Covid island nation fears aid could bring in virus
- The radio station bringing worried Tongans together
- Kazakhstan unrest: How peaceful protests turned violent
- Ukraine is just trying to survive, says US
- Your Friday Briefing
- Inured to Climate Change in North Queensland
- Dozens Die in Church Stampede in Liberia
- Tonga: International aid efforts ramp up for tsunami-hit nation
- Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell singer dies at 74
- False banana: Is Ethiopia's enset 'wondercrop' for climate change?
- American Airlines plane turns around mid-flight over mask row
- The shy man behind the hard-rocking extrovert
- Australian Open: Naomi Osaka out to Amanda Anisimova, Ashleigh Barty wins in Melbourne
- Dozens killed in Yemen prison air strike carnage
- Serbia revokes Rio Tinto lithium mine permits following protests
- French tourist Benjamin Briere goes on trial in Iran for espionage
- In pictures: Meat Loaf's life on and off stage
- Meat Loaf: The music legend's life in video
- Hong Kong: Secret rescue network to evade hamster Covid cull
- Live Updates: Blinken and Lavrov Pledge to Keep Talking as Military Buildup Continues Around Ukraine
- How a Volcano Severed Tonga From the World
- China Holds the Line on ‘Zero Covid,’ but Some Wonder for How Long
- Zero-Covid Policy Shakes Hong Kong’s Economy and Its ‘Soul’
- W.H.O. Panel Endorses Pfizer Vaccine for Children 5 to 11
- Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Scores at Prison in Yemen, Officials Say
- A ‘High Priestess of Satanic Art’? This Organist Can Only Laugh.
- Suspect Charged in Taiwan's Deadly ‘Ghost Building’ Fire
- Here's One Way Russia and Ukraine Could Go to War
- Will Climate Action Happen Now?
- Vegan Travel: It’s Not Fringe Anymore
- UN condemns deadly air strike on Yemen prison
- Do Ukrainians and Russians believe a full-scale war is possible?
- Kiribati goes into first lockdown after Covid flight cases
- Arnold Schwarzenegger involved in Los Angeles car crash
- Afghan women taken from their homes after speaking out
- Gabby Petito: Boyfriend of blogger 'responsible' for her murder
- Mother sues Meta and Snap over daughter's suicide
- US police hunt monkeys missing after motorway crash
- Meat Loaf: What exactly is it that the singer would not do for love?
- Two Canadians shot dead at upscale Mexican resort
- Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' taken into post office
- Kenya's River Yala: Mystery and heartbreak of the dead bodies
- Ukraine crisis: Long journey home to rebel-run Donetsk
- Yemen rebel attack on UAE throws challenge to the region
- Beijing Winter Olympics: Why are they controversial?
- Udupi hijab issue: The Indian girls fighting to wear hijab in college
- Week in pictures: 15 - 21 January 2022
- Five slices of Meat Loaf: Iconic moments on the BBC
- Ros Atkins On... China's zero-Covid dilemma
- Gen Z marchers praying for an end to US abortion
- U.S. and Russia Take More Measured Stance in Ukraine Talks
- Viral Photograph of Munzir El Nezzel Helps Bring Syrian Refugee Family to Italy
- ISIS Fighters Attack Syria Prison to Free Fellow Jihadists
- Oil Spill Triggered by Tsunami Devastates Coast of Peru
- Tongan Man Swept Away by Tsunami Survived After 26 Hours Afloat
- Drake Put Toronto on the Map. A University Put Him in the Syllabus
- Thich Nhat Hanh: Quotes From a Zen Master
- How China's Xi Jinping Is Staging the Beijing Olympics on His Terms
- What a Potential Russian Invasion Means in Chernobyl
- Fugees Cancel Reunion Tour, Citing the Pandemic
- Tonga Tsunami Brought Catastrophe to 3 Tiny Islands
- F.D.A. Approves Remdesivir for Patients Not Hospitalized
- Ireland Relaxes Covid Restrictions and Plans for St. Patrick's Day
- As Omicron Crests, Booster Shots Are Keeping Americans Out of Hospitals
- Anatoly Kvashnin, Russian General in a Pivotal Era, Dies at 75
- Xiomara Castro's Party in Honduras Splits, Threatening Reform Agenda
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master and Political Reformer, Dies at 95
- ‘The Daily’: Why the Djokovic case is about more than athletes and vaccines.
- Ukraine Accuses Russia of Sending Mercenaries to Rebel Territories
- As China holds the line on ‘zero Covid,’ some wonder if that’s sustainable.
- Hong Kong’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy hurts its service sector, and other Asia virus news.
- Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally
- German navy chief resigns over Ukraine comments
- Jean-Jacques Savin: French adventurer dies crossing Atlantic Ocean
- 'Surreal' January wildfire shuts California highway
- Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defends Covid hamster cull
- Fans sue Universal Pictures over film without Ana de Armas
- Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
- Winter Olympic Torch Relay Shrinks to ‘Prioritize Safety.’
- Why Boris Johnson May Finally Have Gone Too Far
- ‘Why Was I Born a Girl?’ An Afghan Poem Inspires U.S. Students
- English Island Seeks a Landlord-King Who Likes Solitude, Seals and Beer
- Arizona sues to try to keep U.S. from clawing back relief funds.
- IS prison break in Syria sparks days of clashes
- Sedef Kabas: Turkish journalist jailed for reciting proverb
- Finding love as a trans woman
- Sudan protesters: Ready to die for freedom
- Inflation: Seven reasons the cost of living is going up around the world
- The aurora hunters who chase the Northern Lights
- Fundraiser, 83, buys then delivers ambulances across Europe
- ‘Miserable and Dangerous’: A Failed Chinese Promise in Serbia
- Covid: New Zealand PM Ardern cancels wedding amid Omicron wave
- Stowaway found in South Africa plane wheel at Amsterdam airport
- Burkina Faso soldiers at bases in Ouagadougou
- Cameroon nightclub fire: Liv's Night Club in Yaoundé hit by deadly blaze
- Anoosheh Ashoori: Iranian-Briton starts hunger strike in prison
- Californian wildfires force evacuations along Big Sur coast
- NZ PM Ardern calls off wedding amid Omicron outbreak
- ‘Now There Is No One’: The Lament of One of the Last Christians in a Syrian City
- U.K. Pursues More Muscular Role in Standoff With Russia Over Ukraine
- Gunfire Rattles Burkina Faso’s Capital as Soldiers Revolt
- Cameroon Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 16
- How a Nostalgic Novel About Spain’s Heartland Joined the Political Fray
- China is staging the Winter Olympics on its own terms.
- Lions Infected With Covid Spur Concern Over Virus Spread In the Wild
- In Greece, a String of Killings Pushes Domestic Abuse Into the Spotlight
- In Wuhan, China, Anniversary of First Covid Lockdown Passes Quietly
- French Adventurer Dies Attempting to Row Solo Across the Atlantic
- Auschwitz: Dutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at former death camp
- Covid: Clashes at Belgium protest against restrictions
- Your Monday Briefing: A U.K. Accusation
- Ukraine: US orders families of embassy staff to leave
- Vafaei first Iranian to win snooker ranking title
- Gender-based violence: Kenya's 'hidden epidemic'
- Mercedes Gleitze: Film celebrates first woman to swim English Channel
- How will Tonga's broken internet cable be mended?
- Srikanth Bolla: The blind CEO’s £48m company which nearly didn’t happen
- The people deciding to ditch their smartphones
- German Covid protests turn nasty in row over rules and vaccinations
- Beijing 2022 vs 2018: Two Olympics and two very different Chinas
- Vaccine mandates: 'I lost my job for being unvaccinated'
- Beach Boys star Brian Wilson looks back at his life in new film
- Children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK
- As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire
- Thierry Mugler, Genre-Busting French Fashion Designer, Dies at 73
- For Winter Olympians, the last hurdle before the competition is staying healthy.
- For small U.S. towns, just one coronavirus infection can put governance at risk.
- Covid Patient Scott Quiner Dies After Fight to Keep Him on a Ventilator
- Taliban begin talks with western officials in Oslo
- Pakistan says only fully vaccinated people will be allowed in mosques.
- Australian Open: Navratilova blasts Peng Shuai T-shirt ban
- Thierry Mugler: French fashion designer dies aged 73
- Cleo Smith: Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Australian girl
- Fortescue: Firm owned by Australia's richest man buys Williams F1 battery arm
- French Adventurer Attempting to Row Solo Across the Atlantic Is Missing
- Your Monday Briefing
- Tonga volcano: 84% of population affected by ash fall and tsunami
- Burkina Faso president reportedly detained by military
- Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages
- Hundreds of children held by IS in besieged prison in Syria
- Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge sworn in
- Mexico violence: Third journalist killed this year
- Germany's Vaccine Mandate Forges Unlikely Coalition of Protestors
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