Craig Taylor

Officials say inmates at a prison in Zacatecas state fought each other with handguns and knives.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A New Year’s Eve blaze at Krefeld Zoo killed rare apes and monkeys, though a few survived.
BBC News – Europe

Many passengers are facing an increase of more than £100 for annual season tickets.
BBC News – UK

Protesters have left the US embassy compound in Baghdad, but the situation remains tense.
BBC News – US & Canada

Umaro Cissoko Embalo has pledged to resolve political tensions in the coup-prone West African country.
BBC News – Africa

An increasing number of older people are turning to dating apps for mature people, in a quest for love.
BBC News – Business

It is unclear how the ex-Nissan boss, who was awaiting trial, managed to flee to Lebanon.
BBC News – Middle East

It is ejecting one ambassador and various other officials following a dramatic confrontation.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia condemns the US ambassador to Poland for saying the Nazi-Soviet pact triggered World War Two.
BBC News – Europe

Fireworks displays are held in London, Edinburgh and other major cities, as the UK rings in a new decade.
BBC News – UK

President Donald Trump blames Iran for orchestrating an attack on the US embassy in Iraq.
BBC News – US & Canada

The ex-president’s billionaire daughter has been targeted in an anti-corruption investigation.
BBC News – Africa

Stoke-on-Trent, commonly just referred to as “Stoke”, is a city that is situated in Staffordshire, part of Englands West Midlands. It’s neither North nor South, which causes some controversy among the thous […]

The world will face irreversible heating unless financial firms shift priorities, Mark Carney tells the BBC.
BBC News – Business

The strikes, which reportedly killed 25 fighters, were in retaliation for an attack on an Iraqi base.
BBC News – Middle East

Archaeologists believe the palace was used at the height of the Mayan civilisation, 1,000 years ago.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Artificial snow is dumped in central Moscow so that snowboarders can still have their fun.
BBC News – Europe

A British woman, 19, is found guilty over lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, in July.
BBC News – UK

Bill de Blasio announces a series of measures following Saturday’s mass stabbing at a Jewish event.
BBC News – US & Canada

The death penalty is given to intelligence agents who tortured a detained protester to death.
BBC News – Africa