The US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of strikes between the two countries. Iranian state media reported that the strikes killed one person in southwestern Iran, while four were injured. Within hours of the fresh US strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck US military…
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, says the new arrangements, which are due to be provisionally implemented with their approval by the UK and European Parliaments still pending, represent “a huge change” for the territory. “One of the key things which has defined the past eight generations of Gibraltarians is the restrictions at the…
US Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not be returning to the Senate “quite yet” after suffering from a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia”. It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation about his health, following his admission to hospital in mid-June. A photo was released by…
Zhang’s alleged involvement in the drugs trade came to an abrupt end when he was arrested in Mexico on 31 October 2024. A judge took the controversial decision to place him under house arrest, but Zhang managed to slip out – reportedly through a hole in a wall – and flee by private jet to…
Over the years, the game has sometimes been a victim of its own hype and global appeal. Police and safety groups once warned players not to become so engrossed in catching the next Psyduck that they got lost or put themselves in danger. The game’s immense popularity sometimes also meant “servers buckled under the strain”,…
Lindsey Graham, who has died aged 71, was a political survivor. His career as a Republican senator served as a telling barometer for the dramatically changing climate in his political party – and America – in the Donald Trump era. While there were certain issues central to Graham’s political identity – including a hawkish foreign…
At least 27 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a bar in Bangkok, Thailand’s prime minister has said. Firefighters were called to the scene just after midnight and discovered patrons fleeing through the flame-enveloped front door of the venue. Footage posted on X shows flames blasting out of the bar as…
The South African government says more than 53,000 foreign nationals have been deported or repatriated since launching a “migration management” campaign five weeks ago. Most were from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, officials say, and the number is likely to rise as repatriations and deportations continue. South Africa is carrying out one of its biggest crackdowns…
David Willey, who served as a BBC foreign correspondent for more than half a century, has died aged 93. He reported from Algeria, Vietnam and China, but is best known for his time in Rome as the BBC’s Vatican correspondent, where he covered the papacies of five popes. Widely regarded as one of the most…
It would be football where he secured one of Qatar’s biggest – and controversial – triumphs. The country was awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010, despite allegations of corruption it was later cleared of. It hired 30,000 foreign labourers just to build the stadiums. In 2021 it was reported some…