Iranian state TV reported that the man was arrested for taking soil samples in a restricted area.

Russian forces push into the eastern Donetsk where one civilian died on Thursday after a missile strike.

A verdict in the fraud trial of former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini is expected on Friday.

Families of the 43 people killed look for justice four years after a Genoa highway bridge collapsed.

The US basketball player admits the charges in a Russian court but denies any intent to break the law.

Tadej Pogacar moves into the overall lead of the Tour de France after sprinting away at the finish to win stage six.

American style training at Fort Leavenworth stands in contrast to Soviet-style military education.

President Putin's spokesman says "he doesn't like us and we don't like him either".

If Russia has carried out war crimes in Ukraine how could Putin or his army generals be prosecuted?

Residents are told to leave the big Ukrainian city of Slovyansk after a deadly Russian attack.

Residents of Belgorod are divided on how to respond to Ukraine after the city was hit by explosions.

The fall of the city of Lysychansk means the whole Luhansk region is now under Russian control.

The annual event in Spain's Pamplona was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus restrictions.

Unbeaten in two years and with a squad full of Champions League winners, Spain have however been hit by injuries to key players.

BBC Sport analyses the 21 stages of the Tour de France, with pointers to where the race could be won and lost.

The BBC speaks to three people sought in return for support of Swedish and Finnish Nato membership.

Rebecca writer Dame Daphne du Maurier discovered her apparent aristocratic past was not as it seemed.

More than 400 survivors and relatives gave evidence in the unprecedented trial that ended this week.

The contenders battle it out in an annual world championship event.

Russian-born Ekaterina Volkova was injured in an air strike on her apartment that killed her Ukrainian husband.

Three people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital, police say.

About 11 million tonnes of plastic waste flows into the ocean each year, the UN says.

Couples tie the knot nine months after the country voted for marriage for all.