In a separate case, he is to go on trial accused of trying to bribe a magistrate, Gilbert Azibert, by offering a prestigious job in Monaco in return f…

"However, there is no doubt that as of now there is a success here which they are already beginning to talk about and look at in many countries, mainl…

For its Solidarity clinical trial, the WHO tested the effects four potential treatments - remdesivir, an Ebola drug, was one, but they also looked at …

For days thousands of Nigerians have been protesting against the infamous 'Special Anti-Robbery Squad' (Sars), a police unit plagued with allegations …

In a statement, the US Justice Department alleged that Mr Brockman, 79, carried out the fraud by using a family charitable trust and several offshore …

The big worry is the burgeoning population of redundant hardware in orbit - some 900,000 objects larger than 1cm by some counts - and all of it capabl…

This Saturday, people in New Zealand are heading to the polls for a general election after three years of the Labour Party's Jacinda Ardern.There are …

From Saturday, socialising indoors will be banned in London, as the UK capital and other areas of England will be put under a higher Covid alert. Read…

Because the couple had pleaded guilty, Mr Cohen and his partner Philip Hirschkop were forced to appeal the decision to get it to the Supreme Court. Du…

Nathan knows that the fossils are protected by law, so when they got home, they went to the website for the Royal Tyrrell Museum, which is located in …

One week ago on 8 October, Ms Harris and Mr Biden campaigned together in Arizona, where they held multiple appearances and interviews. The campaign sa…

"Investigations by the press, during impeachment, and even by two Republican-led Senate committees whose work was decried as 'not legitimate' and poli…

President Trump's question and answer session - known as a town hall - in Miami, Florida, will be broadcast on NBC. A similar format for Mr Biden in P…

When Anon Nampa, a deceptively mild-looking lawyer, first called for an honest discussion about the monarchy, on 3 August, you could almost hear the c…

Ms Soreide said in a statement that Norway's security and intelligence services were "co-operating closely to deal with this matter at the national le…

Violence against protesters must stop and political prisoners must be released, Mrs Tikhanovskaya said, a day after police were authorised to use leth…

The UN warned that community transmission was widespread, as almost 90% of new cases could not be traced to a known source; infection rates among heal…

In its report for 13 October the EU's European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows that confirmed new Covid cases in the Czech Repu…

But the study in the Lancet Infectious Diseases raises questions about how much immunity can be built up to the virus.Read the full article at: bbc.co…

image copyrightReutersimage captionAmy Coney Barrett faces direct questioning from senators on TuesdayUS Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces…

Defiant Trump returns to campaign trail in FloridaPresident Trump holds a campaign rally less than two weeks after testing positive for Covid-19.Read …

A military source said high temperatures caused a "chemical reaction in one of the mortar shell fillings" at an army facility in the Jordanian city of…

As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads and case numbers soar in India, a vaccine is keenly awaited.Serum, an Indian-based company that has made billions of …

Image copyright Vikram Misri Image caption The foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a meeting in Moscow India and China have agreed to "quickly d…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dozens of infernos are sweeping the state of Oregon More than half a million people in the US state of Oreg…