The BBC speaks to experts about current US state sexual assault laws and why some believe changing them will help victims.

Israel has threatened to close the consulate, which handles UK relations with Palestinians in the city, over British sanctions on Israeli settlements.

Why a growing number of parents are opening pensions for their children.

The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he is not retiring from international football but deserves to be punished for walking out on Portugal even though head coach Jorge Jesus "broke his word to me".

From releasing hormones to regulating our temperature, fat has myriad roles in the body. Here's why chasing extreme fat-loss goals is so unhealthy.

It comes as the BBC attempts to save £500m over two years as it faces "significant financial pressures".

Along the US's South-eastern coast, Gullah Geechee communities preserve a distinct culture and language rooted in West Africa that is spoken nowhere else on Earth.

Moving "from the slums to the exclusive salons", Brassaï captured the brothels, gay bars and backstreets of Paris's hazy night-time in its radical inter-war years.

In the past decade, many more great white sharks are being seen in Canada's Atlantic waters. What's drawing them so far north?

The Travel Show heads into the Scottish Highlands to meet a survival expert and learn to navigate the wild.

From Tokyo egg sandwiches to Greek dairy aisles, supermarket aisles are becoming one of travel's most revealing and beloved experiences.