Mr Boyle was taken hostage in Afghanistan in 2012 along with his now estranged wife, Caitlan Coleman.

"It doesn't look like there's much love lost there", said the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg as the pair walked to the House of Lords.

Vladimir Putin is asked what he thinks of the UK PM, who once compared him to a Harry Potter character.

The Iowa man was found guilty of committing a hate crime against the Iowa gay community.

It took two hours for Miami firefighters to extinguish the blaze, leaving the vessel partially sunk.

The shop in Rio de Janeiro was one of 24 addresses raided by anti-corruption investigators.

Macau, known for its casinos, was also returned to China. It has taken a very different path from Hong Kong.

Amid the first parliamentary elections under a new president, there are doubts reforms are genuine.

For decades Israel's Beitar Jerusalem football club was known for violence and racism among some of its fans. So how did the new owner wipe out racism?

It will be illegal to possess rifles and military-style guns after 21 December in New Zealand.

BBC Click reporter LJ Rich, who is undergoing 10 sessions of treatment, shares her experiences.

Care centres and specially designed courts are helping rape victims in South Africa

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In a country of more than 300 million, these three people tell us much about how polarised the US is right now.

Thirty years ago, US soldiers descended on Panama, using rock music and weapons to unseat its ruler.

The Ethiopian government set a target of planting four billion trees in three months this year. Did they succeed?

Radical, firebrand, maverick, mercurial - but Moqtada al-Sadr could hold the key to calm in Iraq.

Fardin Kazemi was stranded in central Poland, after his lorry broke down and couldn't be repaired.

The uncrewed demonstration of Boeing's Starliner capsule is cut short because of technical problems.

The PM says the legislation, enabling Brexit to happen on 31 January, will allow the UK to "move forward".

Camille Schrier, who wowed judges with a science experiment, said she aims to "break stereotypes".