Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet that the ball was "in America's court to prove that they want to do a deal".

Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger state, Nigeria.

Samantha Guthrie's fame has helped turn her mother's abduction into a national obsession.

Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First - and stake a claim as future party leaders.

The theft has left Germans with a strong sense that trust in institutions and the system has been shaken.

The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

Two people were arrested after a woman was spotted by a drone grabbing a phone from an attendee.

Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials.

The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials.

The annual aficionados' bonanza has been postponed until further notice as shortages affect international travel.

The annual aficionados' bonanza has been postponed until further notice as shortages affect international travel.

Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says.

Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says.

There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.

The US Secretary of State reassures European leaders that the Trump administration backs the transatlantic alliance.

The prominent agent and LA Olympics chief has come under scrutiny over past ties with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The prominent agent and LA Olympics chief has come under scrutiny over past ties with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The river, which runs through seven US states that share it, is currently facing the worst drought in 1,200 years.

A search has been carried out in Tuscon, Arizona, close to where the 84-year-old was abducted from nearly two weeks ago.