Forces surround embassy sheltering opposition figures
Venezuelan security forces have surrounded the Argentine embassy in the capital Caracas, which is sheltering six Venezuelan political figures opposed to President Nicolás Maduro. Members
Anxious wait for parents after deadly Kenya school fire
Parents have been waiting anxiously to find out if their missing children are still alive after a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire. Seventeen
Hunter Biden offers last-ditch guilty plea in tax case
Hunter Biden has offered to plead guilty in his federal tax evasion case, appearing to surprise federal prosecutors who were ready to begin his trial.
Netanyahu doubles down on control of Gaza’s border with Egypt
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has again insisted that Israeli forces will not leave the Philadelphi corridor – a strategically important strip of land in
Children among 12 dead after boat carrying migrants capsizes
AFP At least 12 people have died and a further two people are missing, the French interior minister said A pregnant woman and several children
US seizes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s plane
The US has seized a plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, claiming it was bought illegally for $13m (£9.8m) and smuggled out of the
Whale dubbed a Russian spy found dead off Norway
A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast. The body of the
UN agencies start rollout of Gaza polio vaccines
Reuters Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan was the first person to contract polio in Gaza in 25 years UN agencies and local health officials in the
President Zelensky sacks Ukraine air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk
President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the commander of Ukraine’s air force, Lt Gen Mykola Oleshchuk, amid debate over the destruction of one of the country’s
Ukraine F-16 destroyed during Russian attack, BBC told
One of the F-16 fighter jets sent from Nato allies to Ukraine has been destroyed, a Ukrainian military source has told the BBC. The aircraft