Double Olympic silver medallist Jazz Carlin has announced her retirement from swimming.

Official returns show Muhammadu Buhari won the election but the opposition rejects the results.

Egyptian seamstress Baraka Shenouda was born without forearms and sews with her feet.

British teenager Shauna Davison died two weeks after an experimental transplant. Was she the victim of a rush to develop stem cell technology?

A pair of "off-the-shelf" servers sent up to the International Space Station have still not returned to Earth.

Women make up less than a quarter of delegates at the annual technology fair in Barcelona.

The says it will create 6,500 new jobs and open the first Detroit assembly plant in 30 years.

New Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers watches from the stands as the Foxes beat struggling Brighton in the Premier League.

The two countries have things in common, and where Vietnam has blossomed, North Korea could follow.

Protests have taken place for 15 weeks in Paris, but much of the discontent can be found in small towns.

The problems the re-elected president of Nigeria will face include corruption and an economic slowdown.

A mystery man who reports news from one of the most repressive countries in the world gives his first interview.

The drug is delivered to affected parts of the brain via a "port" in the side of the head.

Women march with suitcases to parliament to represent the women who fly from Northern Ireland to England and Wales for an abortion every week,

Rescuers work to free the dozens of people still trapped after a landslide at an illegal gold mine.

In 1959 Swiss men took part in a referendum on whether women should be allowed to vote in general elections. Two-thirds said no. Women didn't get the vote until 1971.

Firefighters say the huge blaze which covered about 1.5 sq km of land overnight has been extinguished.

It is the fifth straight day of protests against the president's decision to run for a fifth term.

The ex-Vatican treasurer has been ordered into custody after being convicted of child sexual abuse.

The US and North Korean leaders shake hands before a one-on-one chat and dinner in Hanoi.

Inspired by Jorginho’s record number of passes, without an assist, we look at some instances where impressive-looking stats are anything but.