Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France
Cycling's governing body says the fine is for "unseemly or inappropriate behaviour".
Cycling's governing body says the fine is for "unseemly or inappropriate behaviour".
Russia continues to pummel energy sites across Ukraine, plunging the country into extended blackouts.
Around 1,000 people are suffering diarrhoea and vomiting linked to one city's school meals.
Robert Fico gave a speech in Bratislava seven weeks after being wounded in an assassination attempt.
Voters backed the moderate with hopes that he can soften sanctions and improve women's rights.
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso hope to form closer ties and move away from the wider regional bloc, Ecowas.
If his party wins Sunday’s election, Bardella would become France’s first far-right head of government since World War II.
Labour’s Sam Carling, who won by 39 votes, says he does not want people to focus on his age.
Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned on modest social reforms and engagement with the United States over the country’s nuclear program.
The prophesized birth of a rare white bison is welcomed among tribes that work to support buffalo.
The president dismisses suggestions he may end his re-election bid, as a fifth House Democrat calls on him to quit as the party's nominee.
Wisconsin Democrats tell the BBC they support the president but are willing to consider replacing him.
Hundreds of marriages collapse each month in the northern city of Kano.
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Four million stray dogs roam Turkey. But getting them off the streets is proving contentious.
Russia is pummelling Ukraine's energy grid, forcing Ukrainians to live and work by torch light.
France’s sometimes violent election campaign closes with appeals from leaders ahead of Sunday’s vote.
Eyewitness video shows the malfunction that led to multiple injuries and several hospitalisations.
Britain’s politics have been volatile and chaotic, but this country sure knows how to execute a swift, orderly transfer of power.
Of Britain’s top five political positions, three now belong to women.
Labour's landslide victory has been followed closely by media commentators around the world.
The ultra-conservative archbishop was found guilty of splitting with the Catholic church.
The US singer becomes the first female to hold both the number one and two spots for three weeks.
Surprise resumption of talks puts warring sides closest to agreement for months.
Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife has frequently expressed worries about his health.