He took power in 1996 after staging a bloodless coup against his father, and went on to transform Qatar into the gas-rich power it is today.

The BBC's Nick Beake sees homes razed to the ground and "a sea of black" in one of the villages hit hardest by Spain's deadly wildfires.

One of the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondents, he reported on five popes during his career.

Willey is best known for covering the Vatican, and reported on five popes during his long career.

The unnamed pair were found semi-conscious with 40% burns after being trapped by the blazes raging through Almeria province.

Three cameras caught the moment people ducked then ran for cover in Sumy, in north eastern Ukraine.

Schools, work and outdoor activities have been suspended in Zhejiang province and many transport services cancelled.

The influential politician has just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.

The German supermarket's $9bn US push targets urban hubs like Manhattan. Can its discount model match Walmart?

Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between two individuals at the festival, and two firearms had been recovered from the scene.

Police have urged the public to stay away from the area.

Tabassum Khan has been facing online abuse after convicting 14 Hindu men in a lynching case.

A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex will go on sale in New York with a pre-sale value of $30m.

A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex will go on sale in New York with a pre-sale value of $30m.

Children often inherit their father's first name as a surname, but traditions are changing and causing upset.

With men’s fertility increasingly in the spotlight, we meet the men using unproven “hacks” promoted by influencers to up their sperm counts.

Warsaw and Kyiv have for decades been at loggerheads over the killings of many thousands of civilians during World War Two.

The five-year-old elephant seal attracted global attention during his recent time ashore in southern Tasmania.

Warsaw and Kyiv have for decades been at loggerheads over the killings of many thousands of civilians during World War Two.

Mojtaba Khamenei says vengeance is "inevitable" for the killing, which happened on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran.