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A British couple jailed in Iran on espionage charges have lost an appeal against their 10-year sentence, according to their family. Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a round-the-world…
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The Israeli military has increased the zone in southern Lebanon that it has warned residents to evacuate from, as it further expands its ground operations against Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reiterated its warning to…
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Throughout his time as Russian President, Vladimir Putin has been alert to the power of visual imagery. The first time I interviewed him in 2001, an aide swooped in just before the cameras went live and snatched away the small water…
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A Russian drone strike on a residential apartment block in Romania has injured two people and sparked fresh concerns among NATO allies over the growing spillover risks from the war in Ukraine. The incident occurred on Friday in the…
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The United States government has announced a major immigration policy change that could significantly affect Ghanaians currently living in the US on temporary visas and hoping to obtain green cards. Under the new directive by the US…
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A suspect who shot at a White House checkpoint was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening, officials have confirmed. The BBC’s US media partner CBS has named the suspect as Nasire Best, a 21-year-old…
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People living close to the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak which has killed 131 people have told BBC News of their fear, as a World Health Organization (WHO) representative warned cases may be spreading faster than originally thought. One…
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Abdul Rashid Azimi, a father in Afghanistan’s Ghor province, has told the BBC he is willing to sell his twin daughters as extreme hunger, unemployment, and poverty push families into desperate survival decisions. His story reflects a…
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US President Donald Trump has cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China. “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent,” the US president told Fox News on Friday, May 15, at the end of his two-day summit with…
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Nigeria and the United States say a joint military operation has killed a senior Islamic State (IS) commander believed to be one of the group’s top global leaders in a major blow to extremist operations across West Africa. The militant,…
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