Lucy Williamson BBC Middle East correspondent Watch footage shared with BBC from inside Gaza aid operation A former security contractor for Gaza’s controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites…
Two streets in Adolf Hitler’s hometown in Austria are to be renamed following longstanding complaints that they commemorate Nazis, officials say. The council of Braunau am Inn made the decision…
Ethiopia says it has completed building a mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long been a source of tension with Egypt and Sudan. Launched in 2011 with a $4bn…
At least four people were killed and 14 others injured in a drive-by shooting outside a Chicago nightclub, police said. Chicago Police said a dark-coloured car drove past the club…
Musical icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to be selected for a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame. Kidjo, who comes from the West…
Hundreds of people have been evacuated as major wildfires continue to burn out of control in parts of Greece. The fires, which have been fanned by gale-force winds, broke out…
South Korean lawmakers have voted to revise the rules around martial law, now barring any attempt to obstruct lawmakers from entering the National Assembly. This comes after former President Yoon…
Tens of thousands of passengers have been hit by a French air traffic control strike that has cancelled flights in France on Thursday and Friday and had a knock-on effect…
Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Abuja AFP via Getty/Reuters Political heavyweights Peter Obi (left) and Atiku Abubakar (right) have joined forces Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders have joined a new political…
More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night. Seismic activity has been…
