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Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh

Key facts,dates and events




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Regions and territories: Kosovo

An overview of Kosovo including key facts, leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Karachay-Cherkessia

Key facts, dates, events




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Regions and territories: Kalmykia

Key facts, dates and events




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Regions and territories: Kaliningrad

Key facts, dates, events




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Regions and territories: Isle of Man

An overview of the Isle of Man including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Ingushetia

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions and territories: Greenland

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions and territories: Faroe Islands

An overview of the Faroe Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Dagestan

Key facts, dates and events




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Regions and territories: Crimea

Key facts, dates, events




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Regions and territories: Corsica

An overview of Corsica including key facts and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Chechnya

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions and territories: The Channel Islands

An overview of the Channel Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Ceuta, Melilla

A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla




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Regions and territories: Ajaria

An overview of Ajaria including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Abkhazia

An overview of Abkhazia including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media.




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Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions

Older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions are more vulnerable to the virus.




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Coronavirus: Do face masks work? And other questions answered

The BBC's Fergus Walsh and expert Sian Griffiths answer your questions about the virus outbreak.




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Coronavirus lockdown: Lessons from Hokkaido's second wave of infections

The Japanese island, which initially saw a drop in cases, is now facing a bigger wave of virus cases.




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Coronavirus: Prostate-cancer men swap chemo for precision drugs

Men with advanced prostate cancer can now take highly targeted hormone therapies at home.




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Nasa names companies to develop Moon landers for human missions

The space agency announces the companies that will work on landers to return astronauts to the Moon.




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High microplastic concentration found on ocean floor

Mediterranean sediments are shown to have up to 1.9 million tiny plastic pieces per square metre.




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Coronavirus lockdown reduces UK ground motions

Science instruments sense a big dip in seismic noise as the population stays at home.




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Coronavirus mutations: Scientists puzzle over impact

A study has identified a mutation that its authors say could make the coronavirus more infectious.




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Profile: African Union

Key facts about the pan-African organisation




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Timeline: Ethiopia

A chronology of key events




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Regions and territories: Zanzibar

An overview of Zanzibar, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Western Sahara

Key facts about the territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement




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Territories: St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha

Key facts for St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha




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Regions and territories: Somaliland

An overview of Somaliland, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Reunion

An overview of the French island in the Indian Ocean




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Regions and territories: Puntland

A profile of the Somali region which declared autonomy in 1998




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Ethiopia country profile

Key facts, figures and dates




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Early 'in-person' mother's day visits for Huron County seniors

The county-run Huronlea and Huronview long-term care homes have organized "physical distancing" visits for their residents.




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Production shifts returning to Ingersoll’s CAMI plant

The first CAMI employees will be returning to the Ingersoll plant next week, but production shifts won’t return until the week of May 24.




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Women hardest hit by recession as unemployment hits historic highs

Erin Ironsides has felt the economic impact of the pandemic first-hand after recently being laid off from the airline she worked for.




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'Operation Inspiration' grounded Saturday because of snow and hail

The famed Snowbirds were scheduled to fly over parts of Southern Ontario Saturday as part of "Operation Inspiration," but actual snow has grounded those plans for 24 hours.




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No new COVID-19 cases or deaths in the region: MLHU

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting some good news regarding the status of COVID-19 in the region.








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Profile: Organization of American States

A guide to the 34-member regional grouping




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Regions, territories: Turks and Caicos Islands

A profile of the British overseas territory in the West Indies




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Regions and territories: St Pierre and Miquelon

An overview of the sole French territory in North America




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Regions and territories: Puerto Rico

An overview of Puerto Rico, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Curacao

A profile of the Dutch territory in the Caribbean




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Regions and territories: Montserrat

Key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Martinique

An overview of the French overseas department in the Caribbean