No country for young men and women: why do older politicians seem to have such a tight grip on the US political system?

With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.

The ad by Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy features his Democratic rival's estranged mother, who she has not seen since her stepfather was charged with sexual abuse in her childhood.

The BBC's Liza Tambunan is in central Kalimantan, to explain what peat is and why Indonesia is facing its worst wildfire season in a decade.

Hotel chaos, transport mishaps and diplomatic blunders cast a spotlight on organisers and the firm hired to deliver the games.

The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.

Moscow says it is "ready in principle" to resume peace talks and US President Donald Trump says the world is "the closest we've been" to ending the war.

Early on Thursday morning local time, South Korea's oceans ministry said the shark had been successfully guided out of the canal.

César Jáuregui Moreno is accused of allowing US agents to join a raid on a suspected drugs lab in April.

Test results have confirmed his diagnosis as a lung adenocarcinoma that was localised.

President Vladimir Putin does not feel under pressure right now to end the war, the BBC's Russia Editor writes.

The wife of a diplomat based in Abuja travelled to Kampala for a vacation.

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were accused of breaking into an unauthorised protest venue in Delhi.

Locals describe the MP, who had to have both legs amputated, as a genuinely kind person who fought for the community.

Brian Stack was crossing a street in Dublin in 1983 when he was shot in the back of the neck and died 18 months later.

The comment is an apparent swipe at Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, who both face elections in coming weeks.

Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.

The Gambia has confirmed receiving $2.5m from the sale of the house in Maryland.

In France and beyond there is widespread disagreement over what led to some of the worst unrest seen in French cities in modern history.

Faheem Akram allegedly sold more than 5 million fake postage labels for a fixed price of $2 a piece.

BBC's Katy Watson describes what unfolded in Wangaratta as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent appeared before court over the alleged attack of Helen Haines.

The president thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight with a false pet-eating claim - years later, it remains at the heart of the immigration debate.

The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.

The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday.

The Ukrainian leader's hug with Steve Witkoff in the Norwegian capital is unlikely to dispel misgivings about US policy towards his country, writes Paul Adams.

The lawsuit argues the White House exceeded its authority in imposing the latest tariffs on the country and caused "immediate harm to American businesses".

As a no-confidence vote looms, Cornell says the characterisation of the head's reaction is "incorrect".

A truck carrying people to a funeral and a market alleged to be supplying fuel to the RSF were targeted.

Janine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC.