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Civilians fled if they could as fighting erupted between the Taliban and Afghan troops in Helmand.

The Church is among the investors in a company that has been snapping up the rights to classic songs.

The man waited for Samuel Paty, who showed Prophet Muhammad cartoons in class, and beheaded him.

A photograph of the artwork has been posted on the guerrilla artist's Instagram page.

The victim is said to have shown his pupils controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in class.

Drug manufacturer Gilead has questioned the findings, from a clinical study by the WHO.

As image recognition software is increasingly used, one firm had to deal with subterfuge.

The 37m feline figure, said to have been created some 2,000 years ago, escaped notice for centuries.

Sex workers had to register themselves and get medically examined under British rule, new research shows.

Lisa Montgomery is due to become the first woman to face federal execution in the US in 67 years.

The overnight curfew in nine cities is aimed at curbing the soaring Covid infection rate in France.

For many generations, Chinese adults mostly ignored milk, seeing it as a food for children or the elderly. And there’s a biological reason why it took so long to catch on.

Swimmers at a London lido aid understanding of what cold does to the body.

The British tycoon has reportedly accepted a $62m offer for the vast property a year after buying it.

The fatal attack in Shanghai Wild Animal Park's "wild beast area" is under investigation.

The CIA ran a fake vaccination programme in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad to try to get a DNA sample from the family of Osama Bin Laden, media reports say.

Safa and Marwa Bibi have made good progress, but the surgeon who operated on them still has regrets.

The city's mayor orders an investigation amid outrage from residents and animal rights groups.

The country is close to being overwhelmed as the number of cases soars, the health minister warns.

Peter Madsen was jailed for life in 2018 for murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

Fake naked images of thousands of women are being made from social media photos.

Osiris-Rex will make the briefest of contacts with Asteroid Bennu to try to pick up rock samples.

As part of our coverage of the US election and the world, the BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Afghanistan.

Town residents pick Val-des-Sources to replace the moniker that paid homage to its mining history.