BBC News witnesses a negotiation between ransomware hackers and a 'cash-strapped' university.

Mercedes will run a new black livery in Formula 1 in 2020 as a signal of their commitment to greater diversity and inclusion in motorsport.

Reports say a ferry carrying about 50 passengers crashed with another vessel on the Buriganga river.

François Fillon receives a prison sentence for paying his wife for work she never did as his aide.

The sculptures, allegedly taken during the 1960s civil war, fetched around $240,000 in a Paris auction.

The insects have already caused damage to crops in Paraguay and could head for Uruguay next.

The Premier League, EFL and PFA announce a new scheme to increase the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic coaches.

In a landmark ruling, the court struck down a Louisiana law restricting abortions as unconstitutional.

A wildfire raging in Mount Charleston, Nevada, has sent up a large plume of smoke visible from nearby Las Vegas.

Watford striker Troy Deeney, a key organiser of the Premier League's Black Lives Matter support, says the next challenge is to keep up the pressure for change.

The story of NFL star and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick’s early years is being made into a documentary series.

Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic will join Barcelona at the end of the season in a swap deal with Brazil international Arthur.

Australia, Canada and Japan are included on the safe list, but the US and Brazil are not.

With museums reopening in July, the return of looted cultural objects is in the spotlight again.

Malawi's new leader, Lazarus Chakwera, had to square his church leadership with secular ambitions.

As Ford, Adidas, Microsoft and HP pause ads on the social network, should Facebook be worried?

Police say they found a huge online network after arresting a man who shared images of child abuse.

The Indian government says it has banned 59 apps with links to China on national security grounds.

A report says China is carrying out a campaign of forced birth control to limit the minority group.

The pandemic "is not even close to being over", the World Health Organization's chief says.

Ex-policeman Joseph DeAngelo terrorised Californian communities in the 1970s and 80s.