South African court drops corruption charges against police intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo
BBC Newsby Khanyisile Ngcobo·11h ago
- Published South African prosecutors have withdrawn fraud and corruption charges brought against criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo and six other police officers.
Watch: Tornadoes touch down in New York and Delaware
BBC News·11h ago
Tornadoes touch down in New York and Delaware Tornadoes, heavy rain and powerful winds battered the Northeast, through Atlantic Beach in Long Island, New York and knocked out power across parts of...
Ebola in DR Congo: Vaccine trial to start as WHO warns about speed of infections
BBC Newsby Emery Makumeno·12h ago
- Published The Democratic Republic of the Congo is gearing up to roll out an Ebola vaccine with some doses being used as part of a trial to see if it is effective against the Bundibugyo species of...
Five missing after fire in Alpine town in Switzerland
BBC Newsby Ben Hatton·13h ago
1 of 5 - Published Five people are missing and eight others injured after a restaurant with apartments was "completely destroyed" by fire in the Swiss town of Thusis, police have said.
Mexicans arrested as big meth lab in South Africa found on remote Limpopo farm
BBC Newsby Khanyisile Ngcobo·14h ago
- Published Two Mexicans have been arrested in South Africa after police uncovered a multi-million dollar crystal methamphetamine laboratory in the north of the country.
Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts
BBC Newsby Ben Hatton·15h ago
- Published At least three people have been injured and buildings have been damaged after an earthquake struck Peru, local officials have said.
Nigerian villagers in Sokoto bury bodies after overloaded boat capsizes: 'We are devastated'
BBC Newsby Makuochi Okafor; Ruth Comerford·15h ago
- Published At least 48 people have died in Nigeria after an overloaded boat with an estimated 70 passengers capsized on a river in a remote area of north-western Sokoto state.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after hospital examination
BBC Newsby Carrie Davies; Olivia Ireland·15h ago
- Published Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was moved back to prison early on Friday after being examined by doctors at a hospital in Islamabad, who deemed him "medically fit".
Bodies of two mountaineers discovered after Swiss glacier melts
BBC Newsby Freya Scott-Turner·16h ago
- Published The bodies of two Belgian men who went missing in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have been discovered after being exposed by the melting of a glacier, police have said.
Eight die in plane crash at remote Alaskan military site, air force says
BBC Newsby Emily Atkinson·16h ago
- Published A plane crash at a remote US Air Force site in Alaska has killed all eight people on board, the US military has said.
US debt has hit $40tn - Will that be a wake-up call?
BBC Newsby Michael Race·17h ago
- Published What with a 250th birthday, Taylor Swift's wedding and the football World Cup, Americans could be forgiven for taking their eye off the ball this summer.
El Niño: Panama Canal to cut number of ships passing through
BBC Newsby Peter Hoskins·19h ago
- Published Panama Canal's operator is to cut the number of vessels passing through the key waterway due to low rainfall caused by El Niño.
Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial
BBC Newsby BBC Chinese·20h ago
- Published Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of inciting others to subvert state power under the city's...
Sparks fly over Mamdani's 'hit list' against New York's rich home owners
BBC Newsby Madeline Halpert·21h ago
- Published Owning one home in New York City is a dream far beyond what many people could afford.
What happened to Harry and Meghan's American dream?
BBC Newsby Shaimaa Khalil; Regan Morris·23h ago
- Published When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit working for the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to California, they brought something even Hollywood can't manufacture: royalty.
Japan executes man who killed five in gaming parlour fire
BBC Newsby Kelly Ng; Kurumi Mori·23h ago
- Published Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence.
Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence
BBC Newsby Koh Ewe·23h ago
- Published A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison for insulting a sacred religious event on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali.
Nigeria's PDP: Why one-time political giant may face extinction
BBC Newsby Mansur Abubakar·1d ago
- Published Once the undisputed giant of Nigerian politics, the Peoples Democratic Party now finds itself on the brink of extinction.
How much could Trump's 'economic D-Day' sanctions hurt Iran?
BBC Newsby Bernd Debusmann Jr·1d ago
- Published Nearly six months after US President Donald Trump vowed a swift victory over Iran, the conflict appears to be at a standstill, with prospects of a military victory or negotiated...
Trump wants to be friends with Kim - but South Korea could pay the price
BBC Newsby Jake Kwon·1d ago
- Published South Korea's annual military exercises with the US come to an abrupt end on Friday. Ulchi Freedom Shield, which involves 18,000 South Korean troops and 11 other American ally nations...
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