Jay Clayton confirmed as Trump’s new director of national intelligence
Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US director of national intelligence (DNI), after President Donald Trump's original choice was rejected by lawmakers.
On...
CJP: India’s ‘cockroach’ protest brings Gen Z slang to parliament
The language of India's young, perpetually-online population has finally reached one of its oldest institutions.
Days after a youth-led protest movement forced the resignation of...
Saudi Arabia joins US in strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq
Saudi Arabia and the US have carried out strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, in a potential escalation of...
Japan in a race against time to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake
At least 13 people have been killed after a 6.8 earthquake struck the island of Kyushu on Tuesday, with...
Japan earthquake: Survivors describe the shock of the 6.8-magnitude tremor
Business was winding down for the day at Sendan Shokudo, a diner in Japan's southwestern city of Yatsushiro, when...
‘No safe options’ for thousands sheltering in key Sudan city as RSF advance
ByMatt Murphy and Peter MwaiBBC Verify
Thousands of people who have poured into the city of el-Obeid hoping to find shelter from...
‘Israeli settlers laid siege to our home’: Inside a Palestinian village under weekly attack
ByLucy Williamson
Middle East correspondentReporting fromAl-Mughayyir, in the occupied West Bank
The large, bolted gate of the Abu Alia family compound...
Wildfires in south-west France flare up as region braces for new 40C heatwave
This summer's fourth heatwave was expected to start by Wednesday, bringing temperatures in the area to 40C.
Similar temperatures are...