President Emmanuel Macron said Friday France will build an ice-capable vessel as part of a billion-euro plan to boost polar research. Addressing a conference on the polar regions and glaciers,…
There will be disco and dancing at the closing ceremony of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday, as participants and volunteers celebrate the end of the week-long sporting…
The Israeli military says that 242 people are being held hostage by Hamas. Four hostages have been released and another was freed by Israeli forces. Ori Megidish, an Israeli solider,…
Whole families have been wiped out in Israel’s air strikes on the densely populated streets of Gaza, where many Palestinians live in multi-generational homes. Three Palestinians in the UK told…
At least 99 people died when an inferno destroyed the town of Lahaina in the deadliest wildfire in modern US history. Through first-hand accounts, as well as police bodycam footage…
Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview at the Élysée Palace, he said there was “no…
Diwali runs over five days The festival tends to fall between October and November, but the exact date varies each year. Each day has a different meaning and, in 2023,…
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond. CREDIT: BBC
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s “ashamed and outraged” at recent antisemitic attacks in Germany. He was speaking at an event to mark the anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938,…
Almost 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Myanmar after an alliance of ethnic armed groups launched an offensive against the military two weeks ago, the United Nations…
