The US president hopes to ease his party's pain before next month's midterm elections, writes the BBC's North America correspondent.

After four years, a Ukrainian man is set to stand trial in Hamburg accused of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines.

The Pentagon says the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, but experts suggest officials are reading the country wrong.

Students taking to the streets have become a focal point in the country's increasingly polarised politics.

Fresh details reveal how the 40-year-old businessman flew and crossed regional borders while seriously ill.

Alonzo Lunsford tells the BBC the punishment befits the crime but he has some doubts whether the public should be able to watch it.