BBC News Long Reads

The Kani brothers presided over a reign of terror in the Libyan town of Tarhuna - now their crimes are being revealed.

Jimmy Carter was the first British Asian to play in the Premier League, but almost nobody realised and 11 years passed before another followed.

Anisa Subedar fell in love with a visiting cat. It wanted attention, so she gave it attention. Then it disappeared.

A 22-year-old became seriously ill with Covid while pregnant, but ultimately both mother and baby were saved.

Dorothy Bonarjee was Indian by birth, English by upbringing, French by marriage - and Welsh at heart.

Thomas Becket, killed in Canterbury in 1170, was attached to a "little book", which may now have been found in Cambridge.

The story of Victor Depaepe, who tested fishing rights in UK waters granted by King Charles II.

Nick Butter was 26 when inspiration came. He set out on a unique adventure but, despite two years' planning, wasn't ready for what came next.

An Italian pathologist is trying to identify the migrants on a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in 2015.

Two years after their historic World Cup match, USA and Iran met again in 2000. It was supposed to build bridges - but not everything went to plan.

As he faced jail, the life Niyah Smith had once dreamed of looked impossible. But then came a chance to turn his fortunes around.

The 1980 hit comedy 9 to 5 was inspired by a real protest movement, which is profiled in a new documentary.

Theo had just turned 17 when he became homeless. He turned to the council for help - but was given only a one-man tent.

The story behind Britain's fifth Grand Tour winner is "the stuff of comic books". Here's how Tao Geoghegan Hart rose to success.

Four Syrians say they enlisted for sentry duties in Azerbaijan and were sent to the Nagorno-Karabakh front line.

A nine-year prison sentence for rape did not stop Robinho's return. Campaigners believe that highlights bigger problems in Brazil.

Reporter Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani writes about his experience of secretly filming inside Sudan's Islamic boarding schools to expose abuse, and reveals why the investigation was so personal to him.

Judy Heumann has fought all her life to challenge the stereotypes and misconceptions associated with disability.

Melvin McNair hijacked a US airliner with his wife and children and then became a model French citizen.