The musician says it was emotional for him to visit Aretha Franklin a few days before she died.

The tennis star revealed, like millions of others, she caved to pressure to look perfect online.

A Yazidi teenager sold into slavery by IS tells of her horror at meeting her captor in a German street.

A claim by a French woman that her late son left her some of his estate by text message is rejected.

She praised him as "the BEST husband EVER!" Now police suspect him of killing the entire family.

The ex-Trump campaign head Paul Manafort is charged with bank and tax fraud in a high-profile case.

Birmingham City fail to find a way past Swansea City despite dominating their Championship encounter.

Bank teller Boyne Johnston walked off with the equivalent of $2.2m from the safe in 1958.

England's Ben Stokes is "desperate to get out there" in the third Test against India, which starts on Saturday, after being cleared of affray, says Joe Root.

Her 1967 hit (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman continues to unify and empower.

Russia's president dances with his host during a controversial stopover on his way to Germany.

The entrepreneurs finding a way to turn trash from the slums into cash for the people living there.

Both religious and politically conservative parents are pursuing other education options amid culture clashes.

Ibtihaj Muhammad won bronze for Team Sabre at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

Eddie Kadi - could he be the funniest man in Africa? BBC What's New's Ben Hunte went to find out.

Living on Mars time, landing nightmares and sometimes spreadsheets... a day in the life of a Nasa engineer.

How nostalgic Europeans forged shrines to old traditions - creating the nation's first theme parks.

Like the proverbial "tiger mum", many Asians have huge expectations for the Hollywood film.

An artist in India is challenging sexist drawings of women in comic books, by reimaging male heroes.

The eurozone passes an important milestone on 20 August - the formal end of the bailout of Greece.