Foreigners ordered to exit local trading market to boost revenue
Ghana has banned all foreigners from trading in its local gold market as part of efforts to boost national revenue and streamline the country’s mining sector. It follows the enactment…
Hamas rejects Israeli truce disarmament proposal
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent EPA Armed members of Hamas’s military wing took part in hostage handover ceremonies during the recent ceasefire Hamas is said to…
Rodent nests found near house where Betsy Arakawa died
Getty Images Gene Hackman with his wife Betsy Arakawa in 1986 Nests and some dead rodents were found in outbuildings of the house where Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his…
People fear savings lost as investment app freezes them out
Angry Nigerians are turning to social media to describe how they have been locked out of their accounts on the digital financial platform, CBEX. People have posted videos of themselves…
Relatives press charges against owner
The parents and wife of one of the people who died when the roof of a nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic last week have become the first to press…
Architect Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood, Pope confirms
The Vatican has put Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí on the path to sainthood in recognition of his “heroic virtues”. Gaudí – who has been dubbed by some as “God’s architect”…
French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks
Several prisons in France have been hit by a wave of attacks overnight, the justice minister has said. Gérald Darmanin said prisons had faced “intimidation attempts” ranging from vehicle burning…
BBC smuggles phones into el-Fasher to uncover hunger and fear
Heba Bitar BBC Eye Investigations, el-Geneina Hafiza Hafiza and her brother lost their mother in August 2024 when a shell hit the market where she was working “She left no…
Girls driven to low-paid carpet weaving after school ban
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service BBC Carpet weaving is one of few professions open to women since the Taliban government took power in 2021 At a workshop in Kabul where…
Trump says Zelensky shares blame for war dead
Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelensky shares the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of people dead” in the Ukraine war. The US president was responding to reporters’…