The AfD helped elect liberal Thomas Kemmerich in Thuringia, prompting widespread outrage.

Jofra Archer will miss England's two-Test tour of Sri Lanka next month and the Indian Premier League after suffering a low-grade stress fracture of the elbow.

Microsoft has rectified an issue, which made it harder for users to find files on PCs.

England coach Eddie Jones benches scrum-half Ben Youngs as part of five changes to his starting XV to face Scotland.

Bala Devi, India's first female professional footballer, tells the BBC girls should "aim for the sky".

Ross Brawn says Formula 1 will look to reschedule the Chinese Grand Prix if it cannot be held on its original date because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Two Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire and 12 Israeli soldiers are hurt in a car-ramming attack.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Spielberg and more pay their respects to the late movie legend.

Premier League clubs vote to change the summer transfer window to bring it in line with the rest of Europe.

A new series of "culturally diverse" classic book covers sparked a backlash online.

The star comes out as queer after receiving criticism for being cast in an LGBT-interest show.

Saracens centre Nick Tompkins will make his first Wales start against Ireland in Saturday's Six Nations trip to Dublin.

Magnus Bradbury replaces Nick Haining in the only change to the Scotland line-up for Saturday's Six Nations visit of England.

Residents in the state of Kerala woke up to find an unexpected cocktail gushing out of their taps.

BP's Bernard Looney is the latest chief executive to join the platform, but do bosses know what it's for?

A monitoring group says missile strikes near Damascus killed 23 soldiers and Iran-backed fighters.

Breakthrough technologies cannot be relied on to help the UK meet its climate targets, a report says.

The actor, who died on Wednesday aged 103, won't just be remembered for his acting.

Li Wenliang warned fellow medics in December - but police told him to stop "making false comments".

The tourist board mistakenly shares a post from a visitor saying that she and her family were robbed.

Republicans, including Mr Trump, accuse their party's former presidential nominee of being a secret Democrat.