Italy's parliament approves a budget for 2019, amid complaints it was revised to placate the EU.

The scientist, the singer, the comic book writer... notable deaths of 2018

A Thai man has made it his life's mission to help people through their grief with animals.

Instagram photographer Kholoud Nassar wants to show us a different side of Gaza.

Women in Science, technology, engineering and maths are still underrepresented. Here STEM women share some top tips on how to get ahead in the field.

Why does the year begin in January?

This Canadian man is being called the world's most extreme grandpa.

Ken Mainardis of Getty Images picks his favourite images of 2018.

After 10 years of talking to fishermen in pubs, Grahame Knott has found the wreck of a plane that fell into the English Channel in 1969.

The Venezuelan migration crisis is a major concern for South America and shows no sign of ending.

The way trainers are made and sold is allowing newcomers to break into the market.

The English film you've never seen - but Germans watch it adoringly every New Year's Eve.

From fake porn to Facebook scandals, security alerts to Google protests - 2018 was a busy year.

French farmer Jean-Bernard Huon has rejected modern techniques such as machinery and chemicals, relying instead on traditional methods.

The recently-discovered photo collection reveals scenes of London life in glorious colour.

Striking drone images from South Africa, Mexico and India show shacks next to affluent suburbs.

Photographer Tommy Trenchard captures South Africa's wild flower phenomenon.

Photographer Jonathan Beamish's infrared pictures of World War One battlefields on the Western Front.

Current PM Sheikh Hasina is tipped to win a third straight term in an election marred by violence.

Consular staff were asked about vampires in Poland, vegetarian sausages and the Strictly results.

The election could see the first peaceful transition of power since independence in 1960.