Zelensky says Ukraine will lose war if US cuts funding
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News late on Tuesday that Ukraine would lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, pulled funding. The Ukranian leader said it would…
Palestinian olive harvest under threat from Israeli settler attacks and restrictions
Family handout Hanan Abu Salameh, 59, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier while she harvested olives On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old…
Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines
US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines, a US official told the BBC. The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said such mines…
MSF charity halts work in Port-au-Prince over attacks
The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its operations in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, following a violent attack on its staff and the alleged killing of two…
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time
Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old founder of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily, is taking the stand on Wednesday in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to…
Living in Indian capital is like watching a dystopian film again and again
Getty Images Pollution has disrupted transport services in Delhi Winter has come to Delhi and with it, a familiar sense of gloom. The sky here is grey and there is…
Uganda opposition figure Kizza Besigye kidnapped
The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he has been kidnapped and is now being held in a military jail. In a post on X, Winnie Byanyima wrote…
Republican moves to bar trans colleague from women’s bathrooms
Getty Images South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced the measure on Monday A Republican congresswoman has introduced a bill to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the US…
Sabrina Carpenter music video leads to New York priest losing job
A New York priest who let popstar Sabrina Carpenter film provocative scenes for a music video inside his church has been accused of mismanagement and stripped of his duties. Monsignor…
Trump picks TV host Dr Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid
Reuters Mehmet Oz at a rally with Donald Trump in 2022 Donald Trump has named Mehmet Oz, a doctor and former television host, to run the powerful agency that oversees…