Trump’s FBI nominee’s qualifications face criticism
Critics of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI have expressed doubts that he is qualified to lead the US government’s principal law enforcement agency. Some also raised fears…
Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi spotted entering Mexico
A woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles by her family last month was last seen by US authorities safely crossing the southern US border into Mexico,…
Kaduna’s Tudunbiri village mourns deaths a year on
Gift Ufuoma / BBC An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria’s military during…
Giulia Cecchettin’s family awaits killer’s sentence in Italy
Cecchettin family Giulia Cecchettin was days away from graduating from university when she was stabbed to death A verdict is expected on Tuesday in a murder case that gripped Italy…
Suspect in Australian murders extradited from Italy
A man wanted over one of Australia’s most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy. Suzanne…
Trump nominates banker Warren Stephens as UK ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated businessman Warren Stephens to serve as America’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. “Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full time,” Trump said…
Vietnamese tycoon in race to raise $9bn to avoid execution
Getty Images Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan is in a race for her life. On Tuesday, the 68-year-old will hear the verdict in her appeal against the death sentence…
Fianna Fáil emerges as largest party
PA Media Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin previously served as taoiseach from 2020 to 2022 Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following…
Migrants moved from secretive UK military island after three years
Getty Images Diego Garcia hosts a joint UK-US military base Migrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to…
40 years since the tragedy killed thousands in India
Forty years ago, an Indian city became the site of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. On the night of 2 December, 1984, a poisonous gas leaked from Union…