The move to drop the tax from 5% to 2% will further threaten the animal's population, campaigners say.

Security forces have killed at least seven people, UN peacekeepers say.

A look back at the best science stories of 2017.

Scarlets hold on in a full-blooded Pro14 Welsh derby at Cardiff Blues to remain top of Conference B.

Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs end 2017 with a 30-6 win over Leicester Tigers at Sandy Park.

A total of seven people were shot in what police have labelled an "ambush-style attack".

The move follows Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Jay Rodriguez's controversially awarded late penalty secures a draw for West Brom against Arsenal at The Hawthorns.

Slobodan Praljak's poison could not have been found without specific intelligence, a judge says.

President Hassan Rouhani breaks silence after four days of angry demonstrations across Iran.

Who 'won' the Premier League in 2017? Who makes your team of the year, and how many teams did Harry Kane outscore?

Ten US tourists and two crew are dead after the small plane crashed with no survivors.

From Sydney to New York, the world celebrates the last hours of 2017 - and the start of a new year.

What does the next year hold in store? BBC Sport has taken a look in its crystal ball and come up with the answers.

President Maduro announces the hike despite the country's economic turmoil.

Most people have broken their resolutions by mid-January. Can you take steps to make them last?

Why we are still nuts (and bolts) about Mary Shelley's creation 200 years after it was first published.

BBC News looks ahead to some of the biggest science and environment stories coming up in 2018.

A rare collection spanning more than two million years captures key moments in India's past.

Social media firms face huge fines if they let hate speech linger on their networks, warn German authorities.

UN peacekeeper Major Michelle Kayanda from Zambia tells us about life as a female peacekeeper in the Central African Republic.