The SNP won 64 seats in the Scottish Parliament - one more than last time but one short of a majority.

Belgium's Remco Evenepoel made an emotional comeback at the Giro d'Italia as Italian Filippo Ganna won the opening time trial in Turin.

The attackers opened fire at a checkpoint and two police stations amid a surge in separatist violence.

Liverpool boosted their hopes of Champions League qualification by beating Southampton 2-0 to put pressure on fourth-placed Leicester City.

Bo, a Portuguese water dog who arrived in the White House shortly after the Obamas, died on Saturday.

Lewis Hamilton's 100th pole position is "hard to compute", but the real emotion resonated from the account of an old friend.

Bryson DeChambeau rushed to get to the tee for Saturday's third round of the Wells Fargo Championship, having flown home to Dallas thinking he had missed the cut.

A search for answers as at least 40 tonnes of carp float to the surface of a lake in southern Lebanon.

Some complementary medicines result in marginal weight loss but do not benefit health, study suggests.

Masomah had to flee the Taliban in Afghanistan because she wanted to ride her bike. Now she's part of a team nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and hopes to compete in the Olympics.

Covid cases in Pankti's home state increased eight-fold in her first month as a medical intern.

A selection of striking images from our readers on this week's theme.

The former MP will serve for another three years after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.

More than 80 Palestinians and at least one Israeli police officer are hurt in a second night of violence.

Germany marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sophie Scholl, who was killed defying the Nazis.

Some Asian countries are now seeing rising coronavirus infections - is that down to the Delta variant?

After waiting seven decades for freedom, Joe Ligon tells the BBC how he intends to spend the rest of his days.

President Hernández has been linked to what US prosecutors call "state-sponsored drug trafficking".

With cremations on the rise, firms now offer such things as turning your ashes into artificial reef formations or human compost.

When Zambia's founding president celebrated his 97th birthday, some people had never heard of him.

Researchers believe the nine unlucky individuals may have been hunted and killed by hyenas.