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Gaza City – More than 80 percent of Gaza’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its war on the besieged enclave in October 2023, acco…
Prices for gasoline and diesel have more than doubled since the US-Israel conflict with Iran began in February, affecting transport businesses, farmers and any…
The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. A Defense Department off…
A former teacher who sexually assaulted a student has been returned to jail in Indonesia after a BBC investigation revealed he was secretly released early. Mo…
Christa Pike is "up and walking" while in hospital after last week's botched attempt to execute her in the US state of Tennessee, a member of her legal team sa…
An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spain's housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according …
Kenya reported its first death from a deadly strain of Ebola virus which had spread widely, starting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) earlier this…
What we know about Russia’s suspected plague case Russia has dismissed media reports of a second suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia, as the World H…
The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman di…
The bacteria that causes bubonic plague. Science Source hide caption The ancient word "plague" is back in the headlines. NPR's Russia correspondent Charles M…
Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old pensioner whose eviction sparked widespread housing protests in Spain, has died, highlighting the urgency of tenant rights a…
Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of co…
I'm always eager for an excuse to visit the Lahore High Court in the British-built quarters of Pakistan's second-largest city. To me, the high court is a near…
A California pair has been charged with multiple counts of abusing at least 14 surrogate-born children - some as young as two months old - and dissuading a wit…
The WHO advises against prescribing obesity drugs or surgery to children under ten, prioritizing lifestyle changes due to insufficient safety data. This guidan…
On 23 August, Cooper Freeman had no idea clouds above his head were being filled with a silver compound in order to cause rainfall. Neither did thousands of o…
At the Pashupatinath temple, on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Madan Lal Lawat joined other families in honouring loved ones who were lost when a…
Trading volumes for certain products on prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are raising questions from some industry observers, who fear the numb…
Queen Camilla has paid tribute to the bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer, who has died at the age of 86. "Seldom does an author get to li…
More than a million people who say they have never smoked are now vapers, latest data for 2025 reveals , external - up from around 940,000 in 2024. People age…
