Houthis tighten squeeze on crucial shipping route
Reports from Yemen say fighters from the Iranian-backed Houthi group have taken over the island of Perim, in the Bab el-Mandab Strait - a cr...
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Israeli military demolishes Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon
The Israeli army claims to have destroyed a series of underground tunnels used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. They reportedly found Irani...
Philippine ferry erupts in flames
An urgent search for survivors is underway after a ferry in the Philippines catches fire. Dozens are still missing and at least five people...
US Republicans kick off first-ever midterm convention
US Republicans have kicked off their first-ever midterm convention to rally voters ahead of November's elections, despite Donald Trump's low...
AI scientist quits Anthropic over risk to humanity
A top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned that AI might be able to improve itself to the point where it poses an existential threat to...
Israel hits back at sanctions on settlers
The Israeli government takes retaliatory action after Britain, France and Canada impose sanctions on illegal settlements in the occupied Wes...
UK sanctions Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
Twelve countries ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank; Britain's Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, says plans to build...
West Bank parents fear after settler attacks on school
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are terrified for their children's lives at school after an increase in attacks by Jewish extremist s...
Merz: Germany faces a "tectonic shift" after AfD victory
Friedrich Merz says the decisive win in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt by the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, signals the need f...
Historic win for far-right in Germany
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is heading for a dramatic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, far ahead of its main...
US brings 'proposal to end war' to Russia and Ukraine
The US is bringing a "proposal to end the war" to Russia and Ukraine - but hopes for progress towards peace are not high. President Trump's...
Clancy trial ends in deadlock
After a week of deliberation, jurors have failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accus...
The Happy Pod: Record pig kidney transplant brings hope
A man in the US has survived for a record nine months with a kidney from a genetically modified pig, bringing hope to transplant patients ac...
Two men rescued from tunnel in Nepal, nine days after flood
Rescue crews in Nepal have freed two workers from a blocked hydropower tunnel, nine days after they were trapped by debris from flash floods...
Funerals held for Palestinian teenagers killed in occupied West Bank
Funerals have been held for two Palestinian teenagers killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the village of Al-Mughayyir in the occupied...
Feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem dies
Gloria Steinem, a leader of the women's liberation movement in the US, has died at the age of 92. During the 1960s and 1970s, she campaigned...
Venezuela and the US hail new oil deal
The United States and Venezuela have welcomed a big energy deal which they have formally signed in Caracas, along with a series of agreement...
European leaders denounce Moscow over attacks
The heads of Nato and the European Commission have warned that Russia is growing increasingly reckless and vowed to respond to a "new normal...
US accused of hitting a wedding in Iran
The Iranian Red Crescent says four people including a child were killed by US strikes on a wedding in southern Iran as fighting escalates. I...
Six million refugees being forced back to Afghanistan
Afghans in Pakistan and Iran face an uncertain future under the Taliban amid a huge deportation drive. We have a report from the Torkham cro...