The phishing email we shouldn’t click on

A new type of phishing email that includes the recipient's home address has been received by thousands of people, the BBC has learned.Members of the BBC Radio 4's You and Yours team were among those who received the scam emails,…

Harry Potter Chair sold for nearly $400,000

A chair that author JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two Harry Potter books has sold at a New York auction for nearly $400,000 (£283,000).The 1930s piece was one of four mismatched chairs that the British author picked up…

Al-Makhzoum: PC will announce leadership of Libyan army soon

The newly elected First Deputy of the State Supreme Council, Saleh Al-Makhzoum said that the Presidential Council, being the Chief Commander, will announce soon the suitable figure to be the leader of the Libyan army in cooperation with…

Barcelona beats Atletico Madrid 2-1 in Champions League

Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis accused Uefa of “protecting” Barcelona after their Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat at the Nou Camp and even questioned what it would take for a referee “to send one of them…

Syrian regime army retakes most of southern Aleppo

Syrian government forces have launched a counter-offensive to retake a village south of the city of Aleppo recently captured by jihadist militants. Troops and militiamen from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement began the assault on al-Eis…

Middle East suffers massive increase in diabetes

The world is facing an "unrelenting march" of diabetes which now affects nearly one in 11 adults, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In a major report it warned cases had nearly quadrupled to 422 million in 2014 from 108 million…