Gazans fear Israel’s key UN aid agency ban makes life harder
People in war-torn Gaza are already struggling with a deep humanitarian crisis – but now they fear it will get much more difficult because of Israel’s ban on the biggest…
France backs Morocco in dispute over Western Sahara
AFP Thousands of Sahrawi people are living in refugee camps in Algeria France’s President Emmanuel Macron has told Morocco’s parliament that he believes Western Sahara should be under Moroccan sovereignty,…
Hungary’s Orban swipes at EU and tells PM disputed vote was fine
Matthew Goddard/BBC Hungarian PM Viktor Orban’s visit to Georgia has been widely criticised by other EU states Hungary’s Viktor Orban congratulated Georgia’s increasingly authoritarian government in person on Tuesday, on…
Argentina hotel collapse kills one, say reports
One person is reportedly dead and a number of others believed trapped in debris after a hotel collapsed in Argentina. The 10-storey Dubrovnik hotel, in the coastal city of Villa…
Nigerian lawmaker apologises after viral taxi slapping film
Nigerian MP Alex Ikwechegh has apologised after a video went viral of him slapping and verbally abusing a taxi driver who had come to deliver food to his house. “I…
Former Trump aide Steve Bannon released from prison
Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon has been released from prison after spending four-months behind bars. Bannon, 70, was released from a Danbury, Connecticut, correctional facility on Tuesday, Benjamin O’Cone,…
Japan’s Mount Fuji remains snowless later in year than ever recorded
Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest…
At least 93 killed and missing in Israeli strike on Gaza, health ministry says
At least 93 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike on the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Rescuers said a…
How this US election could change state of the world
BBC When US President Joe Biden walked through Kyiv in February 2023 on a surprise visit to show solidarity with Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, air sirens were wailing. “I…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader
Hezbollah has announced the group’s deputy secretary general will become its new head. Naim Qassem replaces long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut…