Australia's lower house of parliament has voted in favour of a national gun buyback programme and new checks on firearm licence applications, a month after the deadly shooting at ...

Getty ImagesThe voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK before the next general election, the government has said.Other planned changes include allowing more forms of voter ...

Unite has announced it has suspended Angela Rayner from her membership of the union, in an escalating row over the long-running bin strikes in Birmingham.The union said it would ...

10 hours agoBy Michelle Fleury, North America Business correspondentBBCQcells is investing billions in a solar panel factory in GeorgiaThe former “carpet capital of the world” is getting a multi-billion-dollar makeover.Here in ...

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.Adnan Abidi/ReutersSupporters throw petals on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

On Friday, more than 160 million voters in 21 states were eligible to vote for more than 1,600 candidates in 102 seats. With 39 seats, Tamil Nadu in southern ...

Labour aims for an election comeback from one seat in Scotland, the BBC's Nick Eardley writes. Source link