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Prince Harry steps down from African wildlife charity board

The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of an African wildlife charity whose rangers had been found to have committed human...

Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly...

UN peacekeepers killed in an ambush in South Sudan 

Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed on Monday during an ambush in South Sudan. The patrol came under attack while travelling to the remote...

Trump administration plans to revoke visas of foreigners seeking asylum

President Donald Trump's administration said on ‌Monday it planned to revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status...

Ukraine wants peace but won’t give in, Zelenskyy says on Independence Day

Ukraine wants peace but will not just give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr ​Zelenskyy said in a defiant speech on Monday...

11 bodies recovered after boat carrying migrants sinks off Tunisia

Eleven bodies have been recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying Tunisian ​migrants sank at the weekend en route to Italy, with three ‌others still...

US judge strikes down Trump immigrant visa ban affecting 75 countries

A United States judge has struck down a policy introduced by the administration of President Donald Trump suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from...

Tupac murder accused told police in 2008 his nephew fired fatal shots

The man accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur told police more than a decade later that he handed the gun used in...

Prince Harry and six other public figures face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5m to the publisher of the Daily Mail

Prince Harry and six other public figures face paying up to £34.5m to the publisher of the Daily Mail after a High Court judge...

Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

At a petrol station in the south-east of Moscow, Svyatoslav has been queuing in his car for two hours. The sign board up ahead has...

University suspends academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism

An academic who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism has been suspended from his post at a Belgian university. Nathan Cofnas, a...

Cameroon president returns home after 10-week absence

Cameroon's President Paul Biya returned home on Thursday after his longest recorded stay abroad since taking power more ​than four decades ago, ending months...

Teenager killed by gang who attempted to sell his testicles for £100,000

A 17-year-old boy has allegedly been murdered by a group in India after they were reportedly misled by a social media claim that human...

Togo detains two French journalists and their Togolese fixer

Two French journalists and their Togolese collaborator have been detained in Togo since July 27, 2026, prompting Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to call for their immediate...

US lifts security restrictions on ships from Nigeria after 12 years

The United States has lifted security restrictions imposed on vessels arriving from Nigeria after more than a ​decade, the Marine and Blue Economy Minister...

US condemns ‘unnecessary escalation’ after Israeli airstrikes on Syrian airbase

The United States has issued a rare rebuke of Israel after reports emerged it struck a Syrian military airbase near the Turkish border, calling...

Alleged sexual assault by local official and businessman sparks outrage in China

Chinese authorities have arrested a local government official and a businessman suspected of sexually assaulting a woman at a business gathering, in a case...

At least nine killed in hotel fire in India’s Kolkata

At least nine people were killed, including a child, in a fire at a ​hotel in India's eastern city of Kolkata ‌on Wednesday, local...

US judge allows Trump to end thousands of Ethiopians’ deportation protections

A federal judge allowed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to end legal ‌protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that have allowed them to live...

Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US

Liberia ‌has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the next 12 months, with an initial group of 20...

Jason Arday’s family ‘still coming to terms’ with his death as vigil held

The family of Jason Arday have said they are "still coming to terms" with his death in a statement shared at a vigil for...

Trump envoy Kushner arrives in Israel after rare Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan

US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has arrived in Israel, where he is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump’s chief of staff

Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with a person posing as the chief of staff to US President Donald Trump. Downing Street has declined to...

Volta Regional Minister calls for stronger Ghana-Namibia economic ties

Volta Regional Minister James Gunu has called for stronger economic, educational, cultural, and people-to-people relations between Ghana and Namibia. According to him, the historical bonds...

Ukrainian strikes kill six in Russia, acting governor says

Six people have been killed and four injured in Ukrainian missile strikes on Russia's Belgorod region overnight, its acting governor has said. A 14-year-old child...

Air India pilot’s reported cannabis test: What it can and can’t tell investigators

Reports that an Air India pilot tested positive for cannabis after a flight sound like the sort of finding that should make an aviation...

US judge clears way for Trump to end Somalis’ deportation protections

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to strip nearly 1,100 Somalis of legal protections against deportation that ​have...

The world’s oldest president left for a ‘brief stay’ in Europe. He hasn’t returned in two months

When Paul Biya won his first presidential election in Cameroon in 1984, Nformi Bime was 23 and still a student. Bime is now 65 and...

Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday found dead amidst plagiarism row

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead. Emergency services said a man was...

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

The man charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street two years ago pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in Manhattan on...

Chad’s president pardons main rival and opposition leader in jail

Chad's presidency said in a statement that President Mahamat Idriss Déby has ​pardoned his main rival and opposition leader ‌Success Masra, who has been...

Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil

Eight illustrations by French artist Henri Matisse, stolen from a library in São Paulo, have been recovered by police in Brazil. The works, with an...

Palestinian families ordered to leave homes during Israeli settler eviction operation

About a dozen Palestinian households in a village in the occupied West Bank were told to leave their properties during an Israeli military operation...

Three men will be executed on the same day as death penalties rise in US

It's been 16 years since three people were executed on the same day in the US, but later on Thursday, three men convicted of...

Japan PM says Putin’s visit to disputed islands ‘absolutely unacceptable’

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has criticised Vladimir Putin's first-ever visit to the disputed Kuril islands on Thursday as "absolutely unacceptable". Russian state media reported...

Putin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells BBC

At the Moscow offices of newspaper Novaya Gazeta, the corridors are silent. There is an overwhelming sense of emptiness. "There is no newspaper anymore," former chief...

Once-in-a-generation solar eclipse wows millions in UK and Europe

The UK and Europe have enjoyed their most dramatic solar eclipse for nearly 30 years, with millions thought to have witnessed the once-in-a-generation event. Those...

Serial UK sex attacker jailed for life for double murder, rape after police failings

A British serial sex attacker was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in jail ​on Wednesday, after he was convicted of two...

Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting

Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran. The work has repeatedly...

New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse

The U.S. and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reported separate attacks on shipping on Tuesday as prospects for ending the Iran war appeared to dim, with Tehran saying...