Suspect linked to Monaco bomb attack on millionaire speaks to BBC from Ukrainian prison
Vitalii Zhykovych gives his own account of the attempted assassination of Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolayev.
‘Expecting life-threatening impacts’: Tropical storm Isaias to strike US Gulf Coast as hurricane
Isaias set to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the US Gulf Coast Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday (local time) off eastern Mexico and was forecast to rapidly strengthen into…
Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection
File photo: Texas man executed for killing convenience store clerk in 2000 Texas executed Jamaal Howard, 46, on Wednesday, making him the first person put to death in the US…
Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike’s botched lethal injections
Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections.
As China and the EU begin crunch trade talks, optimism is in short supply
As China and the European Union began a fresh round of trade talks in Beijing on Thursday, observers on both sides appeared to agree on one thing: a big breakthrough…
Data centre opposition is growing in Australia. Is there a middle ground?
Australia may have vast tracts of land and political will to support the growth of the artificial intelligence industry, but the development of data centres to power the technology is…
Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.
Netanyahu govt rejects flydubai bid to resume Israel flights after cockpit attack
Netanyahu govt says no to flydubai return after midair cockpit attack (Reuters file photo) Benjamin Netanyahu-led Israel has declined flydubai's request to resume its flight operations to the country, a…
‘Will call Putin over pneumonic plague,’ says Trump – what is happening in Russia?
Pneumonic plague fears in Siberia: Trump to speak with Putin, Rubio seeks transparency Reports of a case of pneumonic plague at a research institute in Siberia have triggered international concern,…
Hong Kong police investigate case of girl, 10, made to carry bags of beer
Hong Kong police are investigating the case of a 10-year-old girl who was made to carry bags of beer after videos were posted online showing her being berated by a…