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Several floors in the Pentagon building have been placed on lockdown following the detection of an “air quality issue”, prompting hazardous material (hazmat) response teams to the scene. The building’s systems detected an “air quality…
The long-awaited opening of a new bridge connecting the US and Canada has been delayed yet again, according to the Canadian organisation in charge of construction. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was scheduled for Friday to honour the new Gordie…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “certainly gotten some things wrong”, US Vice-President JD Vance has said, as ties between the two partners in the war against Iran appear to have become strained in recent weeks. While Vance…
Bakary Jaiju was 19 when he climbed into a wooden boat in the Gambia and set out for Europe. He would be at sea for seven frightening days as his supplies of food and water gradually ran out. “You can’t even sleep in case you fall in,” he…
El Niño – the natural Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global temperatures – has officially begun, US scientists say. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared that El Niño conditions are now under…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered a fresh blow on Thursday after Secretary of Defense John Healey resigned over a budget dispute, saying the government is not willing to give the British Armed Forces the “resources they need.”…
At least 15 people – 11 civilians and four security officers – have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, local authorities say. The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) – a…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Katiba Institute have moved to court seeking contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General and the Cabinet Secretary for Health, accusing them of defying court orders that suspended the establishment…
Iran attacked US bases in the Gulf region in retaliation for the latest round of US strikes, which came after Donald Trump said he would hit the country “hard”. US Central Command (Centcom) said it had completed its second consecutive day…
The US military has disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of violating an American blockade by “attempting to transport oil from Iran”. In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired “precision munitions”…
Billionaire Bill Gates told a congressional committee on Wednesday that he never had a personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and cut ties with the convicted sex offender when he could not deliver on fundraising for the Microsoft…
Security will remain tight around Madison Square Garden when the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, despite the fact that President Donald Trump is not attending, and some fans say the restrictions will put a…
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his “association with suspected members of terror organisations”, says a US official. The 34-year-old – Africa’s referee of the year in 2025 – was set to be the…
US President Donald Trump and Iran’s senior officials have traded new threats of further action, after the two sides exchanged strikes. Trump said Tehran had taken “too long to negotiate a deal” and would now “have to pay the price”,…
A Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing one of his peers at a high school athletics event in the Dallas area was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday. The racially polarising trial of Karmelo Anthony over the April 2025 death of Austin…
A Norwegian appeal court has rejected a request by Marius Borg Høiby to be released from custody because of his mother’s serious illness, ahead of a verdict in a rape trial. The appeal court’s ruling in Oslo overturns a lower court’s…
US prices in May rose at their fastest rate in three years, with inflation surging to 4.2%. The rise, from 3.8% a month earlier, was largely driven by rising energy costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said. It marked the third…
Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting at an informal settlement in Johannesburg. At least 10 suspects, heavily armed with rifles, entered the Jumpers Informal Settlement in the suburb…
The UK, Australia, Canada, France and Norway have imposed sanctions on what they call “networks” involved in financing and enabling attacks against Palestinian civilians by Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The move is…
The US has launched strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump accused the country of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. American forces began strikes at 17:00 EST (22:00 BST) on Tuesday in response to the…
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Democratic primary for Maine, putting him on course to face-off against the state’s longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins in the November midterm elections. Platner, an oyster farmer and former…
A former Air Canada pilot is accused of flying thousands of passengers on commercial flights without a proper licence for 17 years, officials say. Police said the pilot, 59-year-old Geoffrey Wall from Ontario, was discovered to have been…
The Indian crew of a sanctioned oil tanker urged authorities to “send help” after the ship was hit by a US missile off Oman on Monday, saying it was on fire and sinking in a distress call shared with BBC Verify. US Central Command…
Two crew members of a US army helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday were rescued by an American sea drone, US officials have told CBS News, the BBC’s media partner. It was the first such operation carried out by US…
