Three Americans killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command (Centcom) has said. Officials…
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is game of the year
Tom RichardsonBBC Newsbeat Picture Group Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s director Guillaume Broche accepted the game of the year prize Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named game of the year…
Congress ups pressure over boat strike video with threat to Hegseth’s budget
EPA US lawmakers are trying to pressure the Trump administration to release video of a controversial “double-tap” military strike by limiting Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget. The incident on…
Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, has voted to introduce voluntary military service, in a move aimed at boosting national defences after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It marks a significant shift…
Why is US President Trump threatening Venezuela’s President Maduro?
Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online Reuters US President Donald Trump has been ramping up pressure on Venezuela’s leader, President Nicolás Maduro. The Trump administration has doubled the reward…
The hidden heroines found in long-lost photographs
Alkazi Collection of Photography Lilavati Munshi, a Congress leader, standing defiantly outside a boycotted British store in Mumbai In India, a set of recently discovered photographs is drawing attention to…
What we know about the Hong Kong apartment fires
BBC on the scene of the Hong Kong apartment block blaze A devastating fire has ripped through several high-rise tower blocks in Hong Kong, killing at least 44 people, making…
Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria
Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger State on Friday have escaped. The Christian Association of Nigeria says they have been reunited…
Nicki Minaj backs Donald Trump’s contested claim Christians being persecuted in Nigeria
Wycliffe Muia and Natasha Booty Watch: ‘Faith is under attack’ – Nicki Minaj speaks out about religious violence in Nigeria Award-winning rapper Nicki Minaj has publicly backed President Donald Trump’s…
DR Congo and M23 rebels sign framework for peace in Qatar
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a framework for peace in the east of the country. The ceremony was held in Qatar,…

















