Russia has released a former U.S. Marine four years after his conviction, a sentence his family has disputed.
Russia has released a former US marine who had been in prison since 2022, after Vladimir Putin granted the ailing…
Germany has approved plans to ease restrictions on its intelligence agencies, marking what officials describe as a security "revolution."
The German government has approved a draft law aimed at removing many of the restrictions placed on its intelligence agencies…
Nipple tape, pickle juice, and dinosaurs: how I found my own strange path to loving running.
I’ve always hated running. I’ve tried it many times before, even stuck with it for a week or two, then…
She drowned on the very day her visa was approved: the tragic story of a Moroccan footballer who was trying to reach Ceuta.
Football was everything Faten Ben Omar El Azizi had ever wanted. She had played for years in Morocco’s regional league…
Europe is warming faster than any other continent in the world. So, what's causing this?
The world is getting hotter as carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels traps more and more heat. But Europe is…
A moment that changed me: My stammer made life miserable – then a song gave me my voice back.
For most of my life, I had one goal: don’t get found out. I was a covert stammerer (or stutterer).…
'If we displayed every Balkan joke, we'd never have opened': a visit to Slovenia's Bullshit Museum
On the main riverside promenade in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, tourists stop to take photos of a mannequin with a bucket…
'Feminists need to push back': how did the women's movement become so divided – and how can it come together again?
One June day in 2015, I stood outside Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre near Bedford and heard the women inside…
'A horrible nightmare': the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
When Massachusetts couple Ina and David Steiner started their journalism careers covering Silicon Valley at the start of the 2000s,…
"I’m giving people a happy space": the man who clears gardens for free – and brings light into strangers' lives.
Anita Thursby had been dreading the gas engineer coming to service her boiler. He would have needed to go into…