Three dead and dozens sick after eating sea turtle stew
Three people have died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew. Dozens of indigenous Teduray people reported symptoms such…
BBC hears of horror and hunger in massacre town El Geneina
Lyse Doucet / BBC No one lives in the ghostly outskirts of El Geneina anymore. But its empty buildings still stand to tell their shocking stories, loudly and clearly. Charred…
Guinea: Dozens killed in crush at football match
Dozens of people have died in a crush following clashes at a football match in Guinea’s second-largest city, N’zérékoré, local media report. Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah said a stampede…
What we know about Ugandan opposition leader’s detention
Reuters Kizza Besigye says he should not be tried in a military tribunal as he is a civilian The mysterious detention of Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye while on a…
Hunter Biden’s pardon shows rulebook being rewritten
Joe Biden had repeatedly denied that he was going to pardon his son Hunter for his gun and tax evasion convictions or commute what was shaping up to be a…
US President Joe Biden issues official pardon for son Hunter
US President Joe Biden has issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases. In a statement, the president said his son had…
Fireworks shot at police and water cannon sprayed in Tbilisi
Protesters have been out in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, for a fourth night after the country’s bid to join the European Union was put on hold by the ruling party,…
She fled Israel’s bombing of Lebanon four times. It still found her
BBC Rihab Faour at her temporary home in Beirut. ‘I have to find something to fill my days,’ she said Rihab Faour fled her home. Then she fled again. Then…
‘Italian’ purees likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
Getty Images “Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found. Some have “Italian” in…
Bowen: Syria’s rebel offensive is astonishing
Getty Images The reignited war in Syria is the latest fallout from the turmoil that has gripped the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October last…