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130 itemsMonday 19 October
Judgement day for Kenya pastor accused of ordering parents to starve their children to death
A Kenyan court is set to deliver a judgement in a mass murder case involving doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie.
Sunday 18 October
Search for Amelia Earhart's plane resumes after stormy weather
A search for the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean has resumed after severe weather caused research…
Burnt out cars and shattered glass on Paris streets after protests turn to riots and looting
France awoke to scenes of widespread damage on Sunday after a day of riots and demonstrations, with shopfronts shattered, burnt out cars, ch…
Saturday 17 October
Anti-government protesters battle with police in Albania
Demonstrators and riot police fought pitched battles in the centre of Tirana on Saturday for the fifth day in a row.
Three men jailed for 158 years each for murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico
A Mexican judge has sentenced three men convicted of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their US friend Carter Rhoad…
A thousand slogans echoed here - but it could be the end for iconic Delhi protest site
What is the point of a protest?
Friday 16 October
Trial of German steakhouse heiress that sparked a huge spy scandal
It is a trial that has gripped Germany, with a wealthy heiress in the dock for months and a case that triggered the country's biggest espion…
Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad shot suspect 'multiple times'
Some readers may find this article distressing.
Albanian protests turn violent: What we know
Protesters and anti-riot police have clashed in Albania's main cities in scenes not witnessed for decades.
Children aged 5, 8 and 11 killed in US school shooting before suspect shot by bystander
A 16-year-old has shot dead three children and a teacher at a primary school in the US state of Oregon before he was killed by a bystander,…
Thursday 15 October
India's 'cockroach' party founder detained ahead of protest
The founder of India's "cockroach" protest movement, Abhijeet Dipke, has been detained in Delhi ahead of a planned march in the heart of the…
Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York
Venezuela's former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court on Thursday to plead not guilty to new charges of con…
School headscarf ban sparks rare protests in Azerbaijan and row with Turkey
"You are telling me, I can't come to school?" says a teenage girl in a navy blue Islamic headscarf, captured on video challenging a staff me…
Tip-off foiled US teen's plot to attack Hindu temple, police say
A Taco Bell cashier's alleged plot for a mass shooting at a Hindu temple near Chicago was thwarted by a tip-off from one of his colleagues,…
Actor Imran Khan ordered to leave India after participating in protest
Authorities in India have ordered actor Imran Khan, nephew of Bollywood star Aamir Khan, to leave the country by 28 October after he partici…
Indian woman and boyfriend get death sentence in 'blue drum' murder case
Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing.
At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan
At least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according t…
Hundreds of IDF investigations into killings still have no public outcome, BBC Verify finds
BBC Verify has identified 254 incidents in which the Israeli military has been accused of killing or injuring people in Gaza, Lebanon, the o…
Australian woman charged with lacing colleague's curry with snail poison
An Australian woman has been charged after allegedly lacing a colleague's curry with snail poison.
Tuesday 13 October
India 'cockroach' leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site
Leaders of India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were detained early on Tuesday after they entered a heavily-guarded protest site and chanted…
Death threats and isolation - the cost of fighting sexual violence in Iraq
This story contains details of sexual violence which some readers may find upsetting
Monday 12 October
South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences
South Africa's deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences.
US detains man accused in multi-billion Venezuelan money laundering scheme
A Colombian man wanted for allegedly laundering money that had been illegally syphoned off a Venezuelan government welfare plan has been det…
Pupil arrested after two teachers shot at French school
A student has been arrested after a principal and teacher were shot at a school in France on Monday morning.