BBC correspondent Joe Inwood explains how Pillay's childhood in South Africa led her to become a driving force in international law from Myanmar to Gaza.

The planned execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad would be the first military execution in more than 60 years.

BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes says the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season could bring dangerous winds, storm surge and heavy rains to the Gulf Coast Friday.

Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled.

Sun Yuanyuan was seemingly pictured on the back of another person's bike during part of the Berlin Marathon.

Gavin Newsom called the remarks "deranged", but the White House said Trump was warning of the risk of a nuclear Iran.

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.