Turkey launches strikes after attack on aviation company
AP Turkey’s government says its military struck sites on Wednesday night in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara…
Moment passenger steers bus to safety after driver’s collapse
Surveillance footage shows a passenger jump into action to steer a bus to safety and call dispatch, after another passenger noticed the driver in distress. The Mountain Metropolitan Transit (MMT)…
Twelfth monkey dies in Hong Kong zoo amid bacterial outbreak
A twelfth monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo, with tests underway to determine if it succumbed to the same bacterial infection that killed 11 other monkeys in the past…
Kamala Harris goes negative, attacking Trump as race winds down
Reuters On Wednesday afternoon, Kamala Harris stood in front of the vice-presidential residence in Washington DC, and delivered a short but withering attack on her Republican presidential opponent. Calling Donald…
Lebanon village says Israeli strike on family’s home killed 19
At least 19 people, including six women and five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, a local official has said. Suad…
Tarzan star Ron Ely dies aged 86
US actor Ron Ely, best known for playing the role of Tarzan in the 1960s television show of the same name, has died aged 86. “The world has lost one…
Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic
USGS In a warming Arctic, polar bears are spending more of their time on land As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and…
Dar es Salaam to Dodoma link is East Africa’s first electric train
Basillioh Rukanga / BBC Shaped and coloured like the country’s rare gemstone, tanzanite, the sparkling new railway terminal in Dar es Salaam is a symbol of Tanzania’s transport ambitions. The…
The activist who went on a hunger strike to save his cold desert home
Getty Images Sonam Wangchuk has had a long career as an innovator and activist An Indian climate activist who ended a 16-day-long hunger strike this week says his fight to…
IDF soldiers should refuse orders which may be war crimes, Israeli ex-security adviser tells BBC
IDF could be committing war crimes in northern Gaza, says Eran Etzion As someone who served four Israeli prime ministers and was deputy head of the country’s National Security Council,…