Germany and Italy want slopes closed until January, but the EU is yet to reach an agreement.

British-Australian lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert endured two years of "incredible hardship".

South Korean Cho Ju-bin ran a group which blackmailed girls into sharing sexual videos.

Michael Hancock urged residents to stay at home, before admitting he travelled to Mississippi.

A former gymnast is thought to have jumped across the border fence undetected to flee to the South.

The whole squad is quarantined following six positives, after some members "contravened protocols".

PM Abiy Ahmed says the military will try not to harm civilians and urges people to stay at home.

A British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence in Iran for espionage has been freed, with Tehran saying it was a swap for three jailed Iranians.

In a statement, Kylie Moore-Gilbert thanked those who had worked for her release and said that leaving…

It is one of the first major rulings since conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court.

The football legend is laid to rest in a private ceremony after a day of emotional scenes.

Air force pilots, other officers and civilians are jailed for trying to oust President Erdogan.

Despite tougher laws and punishments brought in after the rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012, India continues to see cases of brutal attacks on women.

Many survivors and their families have told the BBC World Service, as part of its 100 Women…

The 60 year-old Argentinian died of a heart attack on Wednesday.

Fans around the world gather to pay tribute to one of the greatest players of all time.

Relations between the two companies are at an all-time low.

Three men jailed for a bombing have left Thailand after Iran frees a lecturer held on spying charges.

In a letter, the traveller asks to be forgiven for taking a marble fragment from Rome in 2017.

A doctor in Missouri has made a video simulating what a patient dying from Covid-19 might see - in a bid to urge people to wear face masks.

Dr Kenneth Remy told the BBC that "wearing a mask is not as uncomfortable as having a piece of plastic put into your…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is launching the "final phase" of the army's operation in the northern region of Tigray after weeks of fighting.

He said the military would try not to harm civilians in the regional capital Mekelle - a city of…

People across Argentina have been mourning the death of football great and national icon Diego Maradona, who died following a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 60.

Three days of national mourning have begun in the country and thousands of fans have…

Alys Tomlinson's Lost Summer features school leavers denied their proms by the coronavirus pandemic.