Son of British couple held by Taliban ‘ecstatic’ as they return to UK
Watch: Their daughter Sarah was visibly emotional as she spoke to reporters in Doha ahead of the reunion The son of an British couple detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan…
Intervision 2025 – Russia’s answer to Eurovision has less kitsch, more Kremlin
Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow BBC Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is representing Uzbekistan at Intervision At a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan. “Put your…
Kenyan athlete Evans Kibet says he was duped into joining the Russian army and going to Ukraine
Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, Nairobi and Vitalii ChervonenkoBBC Ukrainian, Kyiv Edith Chesoi With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back…
Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force
A global agreement designed to protect the world’s oceans and reverse damage to marine life is set to become international law. The High Seas Treaty received its 60th ratification by…
US forces strike third alleged drug vessel killing three, Trump says
President Donald Trump has said US forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel which he said was trafficking drugs, and the attack killed three “male narcoterrorists” on…
Harjit Kaur’s ICE arrest stirs Sikh community
Manjit Kaur Harjit Kaur’s age and sudden arrest have generated an outpouring of sympathy and support The visiting room of the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Centre in Bakersfield, California, is…
Doctor penalised for calling mushroom murderer ‘disturbed sociopath’
An Australian doctor who raised the alarm about Erin Patterson has been sanctioned by the medical regulator over disparaging comments made about the triple murderer. Chris Webster was a key…
Police find remains they think are man accused of killing his three daughters
Wenatchee Police Department Human remains, believed to be of a man wanted on suspicion of murdering his three daughters, aged nine, eight and five, have been found in the US…
Trump’s hope to ‘take back’ Bagram airbase dismissed by Taliban official
A Taliban official has rejected the idea that the US could retake a key airbase in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump told reporters he wanted it back. Zakir Jalal, who…
South African hospital worker arrested with human placentas in Mpumalanga
A South African hospital cleaner has been arrested after being found in possession of a bag of human placentas in eastern Mpumalanga province, police say. Rose Mnisi was allegedly seeking…