US and UK tell citizens in Qatar to shelter in place
The US and the UK have told their citizens in Qatar to shelter in place “until further notice”. The US embassy in Qatar suggested in a notice online that Americans…
Kenyan police officers charged with blogger
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in…
First celestial image from revolutionary telescope
Ione Wells South America correspondent Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory The first image revealed by the Vera Rubin telescope shows the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in…
What is the Strait of Hormuz and why does it matter?
Getty Images About 20% of global oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz There is considerable speculation that Iran might retaliate for the US’s strikes on its nuclear…
Colombia says 57 soldiers kidnapped by civilians
Colombia’s military says 57 soldiers have been kidnapped by civilians in the country’s south-western Micay Canyon area. It says 31 soldiers were seized on Saturday while the rest were abducted…
US asks China to stop Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. His comments came…
Four killed in Kyiv in new Russian aerial attack
At least four people have been killed in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the interior minister says. In a post on social media, Ihor…
Bride shot dead in attack on wedding party in south-east France
A bride was shot dead on her wedding night in a village near the south-east French city of Avignon after masked gunmen opened fire, local officials say. One suspected attacker…
The victims caught in the crossfire in Cape Town
Nick Ericsson BBC Africa Eye Africa family Davin was shot dead four months’ ago – an unwitting casualty of Cape Flats’ gang problem The distraught father lies on the narrow,…
What the US and Iran do next could be even more momentous
Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent BBC For decades, the United States and Iran have carefully avoided crossing a dangerous red line into a direct military confrontation. One American president after…