BBC News

• Iraq ferry sinking: 'At least 55 dead' in Tigris river at Mosul

  4 hours ago Top News BBC News 2

  Most of those on board the vessel in a tourist area in Mosul could not swim, reports say.

• Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested

  4 hours ago Top News BBC News 2

  Michel Temer has been arrested as part of a wide-ranging corruption investigation, local media say.

• Nicaragua agrees to free all opposition prisoners

  14 hours ago Top News BBC News 4

  The move is aimed at restarting stalled peace talks after months of anti-government protests.

• Radovan Karadzic sentence increased to life at UN tribunal

  1 day ago Top News BBC News 5

  A tribunal rejects the Bosnian Serb ex-leader's appeal and increases his jail term for genocide.

• Radovan Karadzic: Former Bosnian Serb leader faces final war crimes verdict

  1 day ago Top News BBC News 1

  A UN tribunal is to rule on the appeal of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was found guilty of genocide.

• Kazakh leader Nazarbayev resigns after three decades

  2 days ago Top News BBC News 2

  Nursultan Nazarbayev, 78, became leader of oil-rich Kazakhstan in 1990.

• Christchurch shootings: City in lockdown after mosque shootings

  6 days ago Top News BBC News 4

  The city in New Zealand is on high alert after shootings at two mosques killed 49 people.

• New Zealand shooting eyewitness: 'They started falling'

  6 days ago Top News BBC News 5

  A woman driving near one of the mosques attacked in Christchurch says she tried to help the shooting victims.

• Musk adds new Model Y to electric car line-up

  6 days ago Top News BBC News 1

  The new mass-market electric vehicle has a base price of $39,000 and a 230-mile range.

• Jacinda Ardern: 'One of New Zealand's darkest days'

  6 days ago Top News BBC News 2

  Jacinda Ardern says her thoughts are with the victims of an attack at a mosque in Christchurch.

• 'Shots fired' near mosque in New Zealand

  6 days ago Top News BBC News 4

  Gunshots heard near mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, local media report, as police warn of a "critical incident".

• Frank Cali, of New York's Gambino family, is shot dead in New York

  1 week ago Top News BBC News 5

  The killing of the reputed head of the Gambino family is the first of a New York mob boss since 1985.