The ferocity that Ayatollah Khomeini brought back with him from exile on 1 February 1979 has eased a lot. But it is still there. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TkHq6k
Bollywood actress Esha Gupta found herself at the centre of a storm over racism after posting a Whatsapp chat. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RYFwLU
A new campaign introduced by the country's president, has called on people to get out on the streets and clean. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BnJofl
As the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson had a huge impact on and off the field. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sYoD52
Rutger Bregman caught the world's attention as he spoke at the annual World Economic Forum, held in Davos. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2t13qaN
The UK, Germany and France create a payment system to allow trade with Iran without breaching US sanctions. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RyerKE
Hackers are trying to discredit the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in US politics, prosecutors say. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Rujpbd
Turkey's decision to take and process olives from Syria's occupied Afrin region hasn't pleased local producers from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GbiACa
Body armour, like that worn by DR Congo's new president, can save lives but presents problems if you want to be discreet. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HE7ack
The statement from the US central bank is aimed at reassuring financial markets, which jumped on the news. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2MHkewu
Tyson Foods has been forced to recall chicken nuggets after customers discovered pieces of soft blue rubber inside. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HG5hMk
Kennedy Agyapong tells the BBC he regrets journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s death, but has a clear conscious. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sVKNEY
A Ghanaian investigative journalist was shot dead. Police believe he was assassinated because of his work. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UogDGc
Dutch patients with dementia who want euthanasia are less likely to get it if their disease is advanced - so many request it very early. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2ScPHff
Canadian Bruce McArthur admits killing eight men, most of them with links to Toronto's Gay Village neighbourhood from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DGtZbc
Self-declared interim leader, Juan Guaidó, says he's right to take over as president among political unrest and protests. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2G5tSaO
The US Justice Department has filed criminal charges against Huawei - will this sink the Chinese telecoms giant? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TiIQhB
A popularity contest backing YouTube star, PewDiePie, got out of hand and two teenage hackers are in hiding. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Rm5yUn
A controversial new abortion law has been enacted in New York state, but why has it caused such a heated debate? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TkrEYS
A look back at photojournalist Peter Dench's journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway during the World Cup in Russia 2018. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FUROhW
Anna Bergstrom runs a shopping mall in Sweden where everything for sale is recycled. Her goal is to make sustainable shopping fashionable. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RRnuLD
US puts sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm and urges its military to accept peaceful power transfer. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRuEFm
Chelsea's on-loan striker Gonzalo Higuain is a "mercenary", says Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S6RdQ0
From Obama's clothing to the Brexit campaign - how to decode the hidden messages in politics known as "dog whistles". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SedWcI
With a front-runner in the 2020 race, and the House Speaker winning her shutdown battle, the state is resurgent. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RS8FIM
As Venezuela's economy collapses, a tide of lawlessness - and piracy - is spreading to the nearby island of Trinidad. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TdOP77
The Trump administration lifts curbs on firms linked to Oleg Deripaska, despite objections from Democrats. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RiQyGK
Novak Djokovic wins a record seventh Australian Open men's singles title with a crushing victory over Rafael Nadal. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2G2ecVP
Malaysia is stripped of hosting the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships for refusing to let Israeli athletes compete, says the IPC. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DAchpN
Lady Mya Amarise is a British Muslim mother-of-four who wants more women like her to compete in beauty pageants. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S6Ik94
Discontent fuelled by hyperinflation, power cuts and food and medicine shortages have led to a political crisis in Venezuela. What's going on? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CPhTer
President Buhari faces international pressure after suspending the country's top judge before an election. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2G5XYv7
Naomi Osaka beats Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open in three thrilling sets, sealing back-to-back Grand Slam titles. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RhMV3z
Firefighters are searching for those missing after a dam collapse caused a huge mudslide at a mine complex in Brazil. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ujvlye
It's been confirmed the actress and model, who had three children with the US rapper Diddy died from pneumonia. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2B4sYrL
Bungaree was the only Australian on the first ship to circumnavigate the continent, but his story is often ignored. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2G01uqC
A wave of unprecedented violence, a Mexican city badly damaged by warring gangs, and the football fans voicing a community's pain. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HE2QtQ
US partial shutdown to be lifted temporarily as President Trump announces deal to fund government while talks go on. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DBdXPZ
Flights are halted into New York's LaGuardia Airport due to air traffic control staffing shortages as shutdown goes on. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RhaucS
Lessons at the University of Pretoria will now mostly be in English, in the hopes of "transforming the culture". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FWUrim
Greek parliament votes narrowly to back unpopular deal on renaming neighbour North Macedonia, settling 27-year row from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FXAfgs
Trump ally Roger Stone charged with seven counts in Mueller probe, including obstruction and witness-tampering from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CHxZ9Y
Can a new invention help a blind musical virtuoso see the conductor’s baton and play in time with an orchestra? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2B0eObi
Some EU states want to give UK airlines and hauliers more access than that proposed by the European Commission. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TeTG88
A spat between Italy and France has reignited a debate over French involvement in its former African colonies. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UdEyrV
Thousands of people have taken to the streets demanding an end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sFPl2m
The Barents Sea is shifting from an Arctic climate to an Atlantic climate, and is now said to be at tipping point as its waters heat up. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sH9AwF
Daschcam footage shows a car spinning out of control in the US state of Wisconsin, nearly hitting a police officer. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2R7cmoE
Petra Kvitova reaches her first Grand Slam final since being stabbed, beating unseeded American Danielle Collins at the Australian Open. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2MtylVZ
The futures of more than a million Nigerian university students are on hold as a lecturers' strike drags on. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Re2wl2
Christine Welch has been writing and singing in Mandarin Chinese for years, but got her big break in an unexpected way. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ta0MuO
US President Donald Trump says he recognises Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Hu4LRl
Andre Hanekom's family say he died of suspected poisoning ahead of a hearing where they hoped to clear him. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UhqXQv
Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt officially calls time on his pursuit of a career in professional football, declaring his "sports life over". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Mq1UI6
Frances Tiafoe credited pickle juice with his run to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open - but what is the science behind it? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2T8ef6r
Police said they shot dead four violent IS-linked terrorists, but then a young boy tore holes in their story. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2W9M490
For two years Asante McGee was R. Kelly's girlfriend. Then she went to live in his house in Georgia. She lasted three weeks. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Dtl6BW
Their football dreams were threatened by convention - and housework - but girls in one Mumbai slum are defying tradition to pursue their dreams. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sF96Hd
After #GetTonyAFlypast started trending online the RAF have said they’ll perform a flyby to commemorate the anniversary of 10 airmen’s deaths. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FRoqs7
Emiliano Sala was born in Santa Fe, Argentina - but it is in France that the 28-year old has forged his reputation. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AZEFQD
Two South Africans, a Croatian, a Bosnian and a Kosovan were in a vehicle that blew up while transporting mines. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AYQO8j
At least 43 security personnel are now known to have died in Monday's devastating attack on an intelligence base. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Dr6hQ9
Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets to continue his superb run in Melbourne and reach the Australian Open semi-finals. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2T7ZxvV
Jacinda Ardern says it's tough juggling her roles but hearing her baby giggle can put things in perspective. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2T5nkNf
Bodycam footage released by Tallahassee Police Department shows the two year old with her hands raised for officers. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Hm6Tuj
Jockey Mikey Sweeney on Ask Heather almost falls off but makes an "incredible recovery" then goes on to win the race. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2R3tr2J
Serena Williams impresses in a high-quality 6-1 4-6 6-4 last-16 win over top seed Simona Halep at the Australian Open. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RJIMLe
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev, who smashed up his racquet at one point, is knocked out of the Australian Open by Canada's Milos Raonic. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RFulrp
On 20 January 2018 Taliban gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul that was popular with foreign guests - Vasileios Vasilieiou was one of them. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FCS6dl
A standoff over funding for the US president's promised border wall has led to a shutdown. What's going on? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2T4IVFD
Defending champion Roger Federer is out of the Australian Open after Stefanos Tsitsipas earns the biggest win of his career. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FDD9rw
Protesters have clashed with police in the Greek capital Athens over plans to rename neighbouring Macedonia. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DnMdOE