Portugal fires kill at least 27
Image copyright EPA Image caption The fires have spread through large areas of Portugal and Spain At least 27 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country's civil protection service says.More than 50 people have been
New Zealand town funds its own petrol station
Image copyright Radio New Zealand Image caption "Fill her up please, and wipe the flies off the blinkers while you're at it" A remote New Zealand township has funded its own petrol station because residents were fed up with their
Catalonia: Independence deadline approaches for Puigdemont
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEurope correspondent Gavin Lee looks to the past for the origins of the Catalan crisis The leader of the Spanish region of Catalonia is just hours away from a deadline set by
Venezuela socialists win governor seats amid fraud claims
Image copyright HANDOUT Image caption "Chavismo' is alive, in the street, and triumphant," Nicolas Maduro said afer the result Electoral authorities in Venezuela say the Socialist Party has won 17 of 23 state governorships in a crushing victory.President Nicolas Maduro
AirAsia flight returns to Perth after mid-air scare
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The plane (not pictured) experienced problems about 25 minutes after take-off An AirAsia Indonesia flight has been forced to turn back to Australia after pilots were alerted to a possible loss of cabin pressure,
Turning of the tide
Image caption Various reports point out that Muslims have been living in Myanmar for centuries For Tun Kyi, Myanmar is home. He was born and brought up in the country and, like thousands of other Burmese, he was also protesting
Iraqi Turkmen woman recalls horrors of IS captivity
Image copyright Mahmut Hamsici Members of Iraq's Shia Turkmen community have been the targets of brutal persecution by so-called Islamic State (IS). One woman, who asked not to be named, told BBC Turkish's Mahmut Hamsici about her ordeal at the
Boys Who Identify as Girls Allowed to Wear Skirts, Be Addressed as ‘Zie’ at Surrey Boarding School
Photo Credit: Gordon’s School(Evening Standard) — A boarding school in Surrey will let boys who question their identity wear skirts and sleep in girls’ boarding houses. Pupils may also request to be addressed by different names or gender-neutral pronouns such
Airbus boss ‘would step down if needed’
Image copyright Airbus Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has said he would be prepared to step down if he was "no longer part of the solution", as the firm deals with ongoing corruption probes.The aircraft maker is under investigation in
Iraq conflict: Kurdish leaders refuse to reject referendum result
Image copyright AFP Image caption Shia militias allied to the Iraqi government have poured into the city of Kirkuk Kurdish leaders have refused Iraqi government demands to reject the result of an independence referendum ahead of talks on the future