Sarah Rainsford,VilniusandDearbail JordanWatch: BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisonersBelarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country.Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those...
Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations' cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco's list of "intangible cultural heritage", but now Italian cooking traditions and the way they are practiced...
Paul Njie,Thomas Naadi,Chiagozie Nwonwu,BBC Africa reportersandLucy FlemingBTVThe soldiers appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning to say they were suspending the constitutionThe government of Benin says it has foiled an attempted coup by members of the West African nation's...
Authorities arrested a Virginia man in connection to two pipe bombs placed outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees on the eve of the 6 January Capitol riot nearly five years ago.US Attorney General Pam Bondi and...
EPA/ShutterstockPresident Zelensky has said Kyiv's priorities in peace talks to end the war with Russia are maintaining Ukraine's sovereignty and securing strong security guarantees.Zelensky said "the territorial issue is the most difficult", as Russia continues to demand that Ukraine give...
James FitzGeraldandMahfouz ZubaideAFP via Getty ImagesTens of thousands of Afghans entered the US under special immigration protections following the US withdrawal from the country in 2021Afghans living in the US have condemned Wednesday's "deeply tragic" deadly shooting attack in Washington...
PA MediaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Dan Driscoll in KyivWhen talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war took an unexpected turn last week, with the leak of a peace plan said to come from the US, the Trump administration...
EPAA woman lights a candle at a church in TehranOne Monday in mid-October, after a year in US immigration detention, officers arrived unannounced at Majid's cell in Texas.They told him simply to "pack up" - that he was being moved...
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and Guy Delauney,Balkans correspondentAFPThe club's owner, nearest the camera, is among those on trialThirty-five people and three institutions have gone on trial in North Macedonia over a devastating fire at a nightclub that killed 63, mainly...
ReutersWater levels in Tehran's Amirkabir dam are at 8% of capacity, officials sayAuthorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.Known as cloud-seeding, the process was conducted...
