'Muhammad Ali Was My Pen Aal For 30 Years'

Stephanie Meade and her pen pal Muhammad Ali

Stephanie Meade from Seattle, Washington first wrote to Muhammad Ali when she was 10 years old. More than 30 years later, they were still corresponding. Here, she tells BBC News about how these letters changed her life.

MH370: Blaine Gibson's One-man Search For Answers

Blaine Gibson made his latest find in Madagascar - a TV monitor case he believes is from MH370

In March 2014, Blaine Gibson was sitting in the living room of his childhood home, surrounded by memories.

Nigeria Army 'Killed Biafra Protesters'

Many ethnic Igbos feel Nigeria's central government does not represent their interests

Nigeria's military has killed at least 17 supporters of Biafran Independence, according to Amnesty International.

Niger Delta Avengers Threaten Secession From Nigeria

A militant group in Nigeria’s oil heartland of the Niger Delta has threatened secession from the West African country.

The move came as attacks on oil pipelines continue to deplete Nigeria’s output.

Zoo Incident: Mother Off The Hook

The mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit last month will not face charges, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Monday.

"I've never seen the attention given to a family endangering case as this," Deters said.

Hanging with Jane Sanders!!!

Jane Sanders picks me up at the Burlington, Vt. airport in her light green 2011 Subaru Forester with a “Bernie 2016” sticker in the window and a child’s booster seat in the back. No entourage, no driver, no hint that the wife of a presidential candidate is at the wheel.

Nigeria's Massive Refinery To Solve Energy Crisis?

Nigeria has a problem: The country is one of the world's top oil producers, but it doesn't have enough gasoline to fuel its struggling economy. 

On the outskirts of Lagos, Africa's richest man is building what he says is a solution to the country's fuel crisis: A massive, 650,000 barrel-per-day refinery that is designed to turn the country's crude oil into gasoline for hungry consumers.

Nigeria Is Fantastically Corrupt But These 18?????

Every year, Transparency International, the global anti-corruption coalition, releases its Corruption Perceptions Index, a survey into the countries people perceive as the most corrupt on earth.

As Transparency International notes, there is no hard-and-fast way "to assess absolute levels of corruption in countries or territories on the basis of hard empirical data." This is basically because, by its very nature, corruption is usually hidden from the public.

China's Faster High Speed tTrains With Adjustable Wheels For Different Gauges

China is developing a next-generation bullet train that can run at 400 kilometers an hour and is suitable for cross-border services, a senior researcher with the nation's high-speed rail program said on Sunday.