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More than 1,000 Russians - including Olympic medallists - benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme between 2011 and 2015, a report claims. At least 30 sports, including football, covered up samples, the report says. Read more:…

Hundreds of men appear to have gone missing after crossing from rebel-held areas of Aleppo into government territory, UN officials say. Forces led by Syria's government have seized at least 85% of eastern parts of the city from rebels in…

Downing Street has said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comments on Saudi Arabia do not represent "the government's position". Footage has emerged from an event last week at which Mr Johnson said UK ally Saudi Arabia was engaging in…

A man who worked as a hired killer for Colombia's late drug lord Pablo Escobar says he was robbed in Colombia's second-largest city, Medellin. Jhon Jairo Velasquez, better known as Popeye, said two men on motorbikes pulled up alongside him…

The European policing agency Europol is planning to investigate what is believed to be the biggest loss of a migrant boat in 2016, following a Reuters-BBC Newsnight investigation. More than 500 people are thought to have died in the…

The government has urged the Supreme Court to make a decision the "ordinary man and woman" would understand in the landmark legal challenge over Brexit. Government lawyer James Eadie QC said ministers could trigger Brexit and that there…

A seven-year-old girl whose tweets from a besieged Syrian city drew worldwide attention is safe, the BBC has learned. Bana Alabed disappeared from the social network on Sunday as a government offensive was launched on rebel-held areas in…

Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia's authoritarian president of 22 years, has suffered a surprise defeat in presidential elections. He will be replaced by a property developer, Adama Barrow, who won more than 45% of the vote. Read more:…

Five Nobel Laureates have called for urgent action to save ancient sites from conflict, as a cultural heritage summit opens in Abu Dhabi. France and the UAE are leading a push to create a $100m fund to protect and restore antiquities under…

Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, has become the country's new king, succeeding his much-revered late father King Bhumibol Adulyadej. He accepted the throne in a televised broadcast following an invitation from parliament,…

Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the operating licence of LaMia, the charter airline whose plane crashed on Monday killing 71 people. It was LaMia's only operational plane, and had been part-owned by the pilot. Read more:…

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he is to leave his business empire to focus on the presidency and avoid perceived conflicts of interest. Mr Trump gave few details but said he would expand on his plans at a press conference next…

(CNN)Four people who were due to board the plane that crashed, killing 71 people in Colombia, have revealed how last-minute changes stopped them from getting on the flight. The Lamia 2933 flight, carrying Brazilian football team…

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Colombia's civil aviation body says only six people survived the crash, blamed on an electrical fault.…

Donald Trump has named Tom Price as health secretary and reportedly plans to pick ex-Labor Secretary Elaine Chao as his transportation secretary. Mr Price, a Georgia lawmaker, has been a vociferous critic of President Obama's signature…