Category: World

The US has started a naval blockade of maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports. Washington says it will allow ships coming or going from…

Hamas has rejected the disarmament plan of a top figure in President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace efforts, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations…

At least 16 people have been injured after an ex-student opened fire at a high school in south-eastern Turkey. The attacker, who was in his…

Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have announced a period of “safe travel passage” and halted fighting ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the conflict‑hit region…

A retrial into the death of the football great Diego Maradona, who died aged 60 after suffering heart failure, starts on Tuesday. The first trial…

Seven people have been arrested in connection with a deadly stampede at a popular tourist destination in Haiti, the country’s national police force says. The…

BBC News journalist Simon Atkinson explains how the couple’s tour will be different compared to their last visit.

A 90-year-old woman in South Korea has been sentenced to a year in jail for helping her son to launder profits from drug trafficking. The…