Iowa’s Republican legislature passes six-week abortion ban
Iowa's Republican-led legislature has passed a bill banning most abortions after six weeks.Both the state's Senate and House passed the legislation on Tuesday night...
Doctors shaken by rape in Sudan conflict
The voice of the female doctor in war-hit Sudan is shaky. She is leaving a message with BBC Arabic's mobile phone number via WhatsApp.It...
Children found alive in jungle month after plane crash
Four children have been found alive more than a month after their plane crashed in Colombia's Amazon jungle, the country's president has said.The siblings,...
Kathleen Folbigg: Woman jailed over infant deaths pardoned
A woman once branded "Australia's worst female serial killer" has been pardoned after new evidence suggested she did not kill her four infant children.Kathleen...
Tanzanian nurses to be charged with organ-harvesting
Four nurses in Tanzania's western Tabora region are to be charged in court with harvesting the organs of baby twins, a regional official has...
The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children
Salema Masha speaks softly, but her slender frame is animated by an inner strength that saved the lives of her five children.One day in...
Wild lion Loonkiito, ‘one of the world’s oldest’, killed in Kenya
A wild male lion believed to be one of the world's oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said.Loonkiito,...
DR Congo floods: Digging through mud to find relatives
Nearly 400 bodies have been retrieved following floods and landslides that hit two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week.The authorities had...
Daring pilots rescue trapped driver from raging floods
A driver trapped in the cabin of an oil truck that was surrounded by raging flood waters was dramatically rescued in coastal Kenya on...
The effects of sugar-sweetened beverages on health
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are non-dairy or non-alcoholic beverages which have caloric sweeteners added to it. More simply, they are drinks with the largest source...