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Hundreds of princes and billionaires were held and more than $100bn recouped by the state since 2017. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...

France's interior minister says "the fanatic committed suicide" after killing one and injuring five. from BBC News - World h...

Senator Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 (£441,000) in damages after his neighbour attacked. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/...

A 14th employee at Canada's embassy in Havana falls ill, and the country cuts staff there by half. from BBC News - World https://bbc.i...

The data comes as several global firms warn China's slowing economy will hit their bottom line. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2...

Nantes pay tribute to missing former striker Emiliano Sala during their 1-1 draw with Saint Etienne. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/...

The BBC has gained rare access to Athlan village, the site of a major US attack on al-Qaeda in Yemen. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...

The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means. from BBC News - World https://bbc.i...

Stars support Empire actor Jussie Smollet, the victim of a suspected hate crime in Chicago. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRvIJi

The fears of six athletes who claimed asylum in Australia after the 2018 Invictus Games. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S8Sgz1

Six women tell the BBC they were raped by security forces as part of a government crackdown. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRqD3G ...

Kennedy Agyapong tells the BBC he regrets journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s death, but has a clear conscious. from BBC News - World https:/...

Two Saudis who sought asylum in the UK explain why they risked everything. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SdhEnb

The actor and superfan was "overcome with emotion" when Streisand replied to his childhood letter. from BBC News - World https:/...

The Lord of the Rings director will use unseen footage of the tense sessions for their final album. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2...

Social media outcry puts controversial construction on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast under scrutiny. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...

Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...

A US state could become one of the first places in the world to allow corpses to become fertile soil. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...

In most places, a crocodile would send people scurrying in fear. But not in this part of India. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sbqv...

The international community is split over who it recognises as the country's current president. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2...

The story of Nastya Rybka, who was questioned in a Thai jail by the FBI about the Trump-Russia inquiry. from BBC News - World https://bbc....

Imagine onions - tonnes of them, rotting in a customs queue. It's a Dutch farmer's Brexit nightmare. from BBC News - World https:/...

Firms have to set out how they will cut water bills as part of the regulator's five-year review. from BBC News - Business https://bbc....

With two months to go until the UK is due to leave the EU, how are firms and the UK economy faring? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.i...

The data comes as several global firms warn China's slowing economy will hit their bottom line. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.i...

JD Sports, Sports Direct, TK Maxx, Amazon, Boohoo and Missguided must do more, say MPs. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HHsiyB

The UK industry's trade body warns of "permanent devastation" if Britain leaves the EU without a deal. from BBC News - Busin...

The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Uu7wUu

Nearly two million people are estimated to have left it until the last minute to fill in their tax returns. from BBC News - Business https...

The US central bank says it can "afford to wait" before making further interest rate rises. from BBC News - Business https://bbc...

Stephen Martin has been director general of the Institute of Directors for less than two years. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2M...

President Donald Trump had hailed Foxconn's investment as the start of a manufacturing revival. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.i...

The firm, which has routinely posted losses, reports a small profit for a second consecutive quarter. from BBC News - Business https://bbc...

The High Street bank "cannot wait any longer" to shift business to Dublin because of Brexit. from BBC News - Business https://bb...

Landlords in England must organise a check every five years, mirroring rules already in place in Scotland. from BBC News - Business https:...

Latest twist feels like a "throw of the dice" and does nothing to take no-deal off the table, says the CBI. from BBC News - Busi...

The ex-Nissan chairman says some executives were opposed to his plans for the Japanese carmaker. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2...

Robot waiters and chefs form the future of hotpot chain Haidilao. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HGanbw

An app is helping healthcare workers in rural Kenya to collect data and improve their service to patients. from BBC News - Business https:...

The US Justice Department has filed criminal charges against Huawei - will this sink the Chinese telecoms giant? from BBC News - Business ...

China's economic growth is slowing down. But what's really going on? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2DxtjVy

Museum and gallery shops are reporting rising sales and greater interest. What is their recipe for growth? from BBC News - Business https:...

Can the country's mining giant Vale recover after its second major disaster in four years? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Sl...

Can employees refuse to work if they cannot travel to work or their children's school is closed? from BBC News - Business https://bbc....

Anna Bergstrom runs a shopping mall in Sweden where everything for sale is recycled. Her goal is to make sustainable shopping fashionable. ...

Facebook, Google and others have grown rich from our data. Some tech start-ups are fighting back. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/...

A cross-party committee says social media companies should have a legal "duty of care" to children. from BBC News - Technology h...

The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Uu7wUu

The app bans images of men in underwear and swimwear after "repeated suspensions by app store distributors". from BBC News - Tec...

The car repair chain's IT system went offline on Saturday and has been experiencing problems since. from BBC News - Technology https:/...

Crowdfunding site PledgeMusic seems to have run out of money, leaving musicians wondering what to do. from BBC News - Technology https://b...

The world's bestselling drone-maker says it must tackle cases of employee theft. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2BbV4Sh

The move comes after the Belgian Gambling Commission threatened legal action over in-game loot boxes. from BBC News - Technology https://b...

England's children's commissioner writes to social media companies, urging them to tackle disturbing content. from BBC News - Tech...

Saoradh claims the social media giant removed a number of its pages from its platform. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2FYq7oy

Trade tensions with the United States and a slowing economy are keeping Chinese tourists to budget-friendly destinations closer to home for ...

LAS LAJAS, Argentina - When China built a military-run space station in Argentina's Patagonian region it promised to include a visitors...

Russia and the United States failed to bridge their differences over a landmark Cold War-era arms treaty at last-ditch talks in Beijing, Rus...

The strength of the embattled Afghan defense forces has declined to its lowest level in four years, a U.S. watchdog said on Thursday, as tal...

On a cold, grey Sunday morning, in a street lined with shuttered builders' yards and storage units, songs of prayer in the West African ...

Australia will direct more foreign aid to develop the sport of rugby league in the Pacific, officials say, bolstering a soft power offensive...

A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official ...

The White House warned traders on Wednesday not to deal in Venezuelan gold or oil following its imposition of stiff sanctions aimed at forci...

Saudi Arabia has ended a sweeping crackdown on corruption ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that it said had recovered more than $...

Citgo Petroleum Corp, the eighth largest U.S. refiner and Venezuela's top foreign asset, is in the middle of a tug-of-war as the Trump a...

Venezuela has told dozens of expatriate staff working for Citgo Petroleum Corp in the United States that they must return to Caracas by the ...

Australia's two biggest mining firms on Thursday backed calls for an indigenous advisory body in parliament, saying Prime Minister Scott...

Thousands of commuters flock to Manila's railway tracks every day, but rather than boarding the trains, they climb on to wooden carts pu...