Hello, I'm Julie Candela with the BBC News. A key minister in Brazil's new government is stepping aside, after he was caught on tape allegedly conspiring to obstruct the country's biggest-ever corruption investigation. Romero Juca was a close ally of...
Computer hacking directly affects thousands of people and companies every day. Of late, thereve been stories of how the voting records of more than 18 million Mexicans were accessible online, all data from a dating site being traded and more recently...
The Iraqi Prime Minister has announced the start of a large military operation to recapture Fallujah from Islamic State fighters, the city which is 65 kilometers west of Baghdad has been controlled by IS for the past two years. James Earl reports. Us...
The Greek parliament has approved several economic and financial reforms after a long and acrimony emergency debate on further austerity measures. The Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras say the outcome show that Greece honored its economic commitments. He...
A day after an Egypt airplane dropped off the radar close to Cairo. No debris has yet been discovered. Rescue teams are continuing to search the East Mediterranean for rackage. Egyption officials initially thought part of the plane have been found, l...
The Nigerian military say they freed nearly 100 women and girls held by Boko Haram militants during a clearance operation in the north of the country, the hostages include one of the more than 200 school girls kidnapped from Chibok school in 2014. Da...
Vessels and aircrafts from several countries are continuing to search for wreckage of the Egypt airplane that disappeared over the east Mediterranean early on Thursday. Egyptian and Greek authorities say the debris spot earlier in waters of the Greek...
The voters of Beirut have had their chance to let the politicians know what they think of the months and months theyve had to enjoy stinky rubbish piling up on the street. And in Beirut, a collection of disgruntled residents and opinion formers creat...
Scientists say that dung beetles have developed a complex method of navigation that relies on the position of the sun, the moon and the stars. Its hoped that understanding the beetles navigational skills could eventually aid the development of driver...
Venezuelan police have fired tear gas at thousands of opposition protesters in the capital Caracas who blame the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro for the country's economic crisis. Police arrested several people and blocked roads to prevent the...
The presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will be prepared to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Mr Trump said that if he was elected in November. He would talk to Mr Kim about his countrys nuclear program and...
The Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has criticized president Nicolas Maduro for declaring a state of emergency last week. Mr. Capriles said the decree giving Mr. Maduro extra powers to deal with the country's economic crises was uncons...
Representatives of World and Middle East power has begun new talks aimed at putting the Syrian peace process back on track. Germany's foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said diplomats have to find way to return to the political negotiation. Our...
Youve probably heard of people collecting stamps or arts or even antique cars, but what about parasites? In 1892, the American government established a National Parasite Collection to learn more about diseases affecting livestock. Twenty million spec...
Political commentators here in Britain are describing the resignation of the Welfare Minister Iain Duncan Smith as the most dramatic cabinet departure of David Camerons leadership. Now the recriminations within the governing conservative party contin...