Gunmen shot Tetsu Nakamura, 73, while he was travelling in a car in Afghanistan this week.

US puppeteer Caroll Spinney has died after a long career as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.

Diogo Jota scores twice as Wolves stretch their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 11 games with a 2-2 draw at Brighton.

Members of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Athletes Committee demand a blanket ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympics.

The singer has been accused of fetishising bisexuality on his new album.

The PM says a leaked Treasury document that says there will be customs checks is "wrong".

China's Ding Junhui beats Stephen Maguire to win the UK Championship - 10 years after he last lifted the title.

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says he is happy for his side to be left out of the Premier League title conversation despite sitting second in the table.

Who played like they were George Best and who scored as good a goal as the President of Liberia ever did? Find out in Garth Crooks' team of the week.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City "might not be able to compete" with the best teams in Europe and have to "accept that reality".

It had previously been mandatory to have one entrance for families and women, and another for men.

Political posturing is harming attempts to address key issues at the UN climate talks, participants say.

The first face-to-face talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine will take place in Paris.

When it is re-opened Spreepark will have a focus on art, culture and nature.

Here are the most striking images from an unprecedented and historic few months in Hong Kong.

Millions of kids are watching toy unboxing videos in the run-up to Christmas. Should parents be concerned?

Entrepreneur Mathias Mikkelsen was so desperate to get into a 'hacker house' he slept in a closet.

Using chalk and markers, women and girls in Nairobi document their experiences of street harassment.

About 50 visitors were near White Island volcano, with some walking inside the rim, when it erupted.

The prime minister tours Labour seats that voted for Brexit, three days before the election.

World anti-doping body will decide punishment after Russia accused of falsifying test result database.