The Duchess of York insists her undercover trip to Turkey did not undermine the Queen or the royal family

The Duchess of York is accused by a Turkish minister of smearing Turkey's image during a television documentary about orphanages.

A new orphanage founded in Sri Lanka in memory of a Leicestershire schoolgirl is ready to take in its first children.

The BBC World News series Life on the Edge meets a film director in Hungary who is in a dilemma about his Roma roots.

Police in the Indian state of Orissa say suspected Hindu extremists have set fire to an orphanage run by Christian missionaries, burning a woman to death.

An orphanage director convicted of child abuse in Brazil is freed on bail pending his appeal.

The Indian authorities give approval for 10 orphanages for children whose parents have died of Aids.

A brass memorial plaque is unveiled at the site of a former orphanage in Bolton.

Chadian children who were caught up in a trafficking scandal are being reunited with their families.

The BBC's Matt Prodger reports from an orphanage in Eldoret, one of the flashpoints of Kenya's recent ethnic violence.

A Telford gap year student is trapped in a Kenyan orphanage as violence erupts in the village.

A mother says her daughters' human rights were infringed when they were sent to an orphanage during a US trip.

Cricketers enjoy splash at Sri Lankan elephant orphanage

A roundup of some of the top-achieving GCSE students' successes, as tens of thousands get their results.

A US mother in the process of adopting twin boys talks about her experience of a Guatemalan home currently being investigated by police.

Soon after bringing this little girl home from a Chinese orphanage, her British parents proudly posted photos of her online - only for it to reveal that she has an identical twin sister, also adopted abroad.

Ugandan police launch an investigation into allegations that two orphanages are involved in child trafficking.

More than 20 boys are found starved and neglected at a government-run orphanage in Iraq.

The Charity Commission and the Sri Lankan government are concerned about the activities of some Tamil charities.

BBC Scotland journalist Paula Mackinnon describes the trials and tribulations of taking aid to orphans in Ukraine