Paint was thrown over a wall and a "racist word" daubed on brickwork of a house in west Belfast.

Report from RNZ by Nick James Another major exhibition at Wellington’s $180 million convention centre has failed to break ...

South Korean defender Lee Myung-jae signs a deal until the end of the season with League One table toppers Birmingham City. All 176 people are evacuated from the burning plane at Busan's airport ...

The BBC spoke to couples who married at a Bangkok mall to ask what the legalisation means to them. Thailand is set to legalise same-sex marriage - one of the few places in Asia to do so.

A vandalised mural featuring three rugby players from a Cornish town has been restored by the artist. The mural in Camborne town centre was daubed with name tags within hours of it being completed ...

Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week. The sinkhole in Yashio city has now grown to the size of a swimming pool ...

Several Afghans tell the BBC the US has "turned its back" on them, despite years of working alongside Americans in Afghanistan. Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants for the Taliban government's ...

The concert, which also featured Dr Dre and Pink, took place to help raise funds to rebuild the LA area. The woman explained that she hadn’t heard anything because her hearing aids were charging.

The missile strike on a Lebanese apartment block targeting Hezbollah left mostly civilians dead, BBC finds. Twelve Palestinians are reported to have been killed since a major operation began in ...

The US President says he would like to see a "bidding war" over the sale of the social media app. As many take on the viral 75 Hard challenge, a fitness trainer says she has warned her clients ...

There has been a spate of such incidents in recent months, the latest of which saw a childcare centre in Sydney set alight and sprayed with anti-Jewish graffiti. No-one was injured. Prime Minister ...

Western officials tell the BBC the troop losses appear unsustainable. The two leaders pledged to bring China-Russia relations to "greater heights". The trio were arrested as authorities ...