The number of executions is rising globally, but many countries have banned capital punishment.
How much pollution comes from farm fires, factories and other sources in the Indian capital?
Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from PM Scott Morrison.
The mass stranding on Chatham Island means more than 200 whales have died off NZ in the past week.
A group of experts will travel around North Korea working out how to update its ageing train network.
President Trump's threats of more tariffs against China dampen hopes of a breakthrough over trade at a meeting with Xi Jinping.
Rehana Fathima made an unsuccessful attempt last month to enter one of Hinduism's holiest temples.
The BBC's Vineet Khare visited the controversial Carmichael project by Indian energy giant Adani.
Senate administrator Benoît Quennedey is suspected of "supplying information to a foreign power".
An Australian judge is not impressed as prison officials bring a murderer's namesake for sentencing.
The pilot was nine times over the limit when he was arrested before he was due to fly from London.
Syrian Hassan al-Kontar had not been outside for nine months - but now has a new home in Canada.
It is the first country to recognise "orphanage trafficking" as a form of modern-day slavery.
Several people died and dozens were hurt when gunmen stormed the compound and a car bomb was detonated.
Jiang Jinfu was arrested following allegations he had abused his Japanese girlfriend Haruka Nakaura.
Staff at a real estate firm had to walk 6,000 steps a day in order to avoid a fine.
He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had created the first genetically edited children.
Microsoft complained to local police, who arrested more than 50 people in call centres.
The "Kartarpur corridor" is a rare instance of co-operation between Pakistan and India.
The young Indian mum wanting to breastfeed in a mall was told to do such "home chores" at home.
US president renews the prospect of tariffs on cars being imported into the US.
Three officers are jailed for killing a 17-year-old, in a case that sparked public anger.
A mass evacuation in Gracemere, Australia, has magnified worries about "historic" bushfire conditions.
A South Korean court orders Mitsubishi Heavy to compensate Koreans for their forced war work.
Australian actor John Jarratt has denied that he attacked a woman in Sydney in 1976.
Ten die in an explosion and gunfire at one of the British security firm's bases in the Afghan capital.
New Zealand's bar on the company's 5G kit raises questions about why the UK seems less concerned.
Theresa May is asked if she has "personally intervened" in the Pakistani Christian's case.
The royal couple visit the site of a helicopter crash which killed five people, including Leicester City's chairman.
The country's top officer is in custody, accused of covering up illegal killings in the civil war.