The same area devastated by floods last year's floods, which caused more than 130 deaths, is once again being hit.

Surrogacy is banned in Germany, a policy firmly backed by Jens Spahn's Christian Democrat party, and several years ago by Spahn, too.

Martin Lewis explains why you should go back to the item's retailer, not the manufacturer.

Some apps are sharing users' health data. New research uncovers which apps lock down your privacy, and which don't.

Legendary former West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers, regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, dies aged 89.

As wildfires blaze through Canada, air quality alerts are in place there and in parts of the US. Here are the profound ways wildfire smoke influences your physical and mental health.

The US president removes BBC Studios from his defamation lawsuit over a controversial documentary.

The latest Global Liveability Index ranks the world's top cities. We asked residents what makes them such enjoyable places to call home.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was met with horror, then revered. A century later, the piece was reinterpreted by US artist Henry Taylor, and Picasso's masterwork remains contentious – why?

For half a century, Gyaros was off-limits to the world as a military prison and naval firing range. Then came an astonishing photograph.

Why the striking armour that once protected Japan from its enemies could not withstand changing times.

An oil boom, a supermarket opportunity and decades of adaptation transformed the taco from a Tex-Mex import into one of Norway's most beloved traditions.