Some people killed during a earthquake in Afghanistan had to be buried on a mountain top, because it was too difficult to cross the terrain and get their bodies down, the BBC has been told.More than 800 people died in...
Celebrities have donned their best gowns and suits on the red carpet for this year's Venice Film Festival. The multi-day event, which began on Wednesday, saw actress Julia Roberts beaming as she attended for the first time. Actor George Clooney...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking part in a meeting in Washington, chaired by US President Donald Trump, to discuss plans for post-war Gaza, the BBC has confirmed.The Axios website reports that Trump's son-in-law and former senior adviser,...
The Canadian Press via APCanada's Prime Minister Mark Carney joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, as they lay wreaths at the memorial wall in KyivPresident Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom...
ReutersIsrael's military says it has warned medical officials and international organisations to prepare for the planned evacuation of Gaza City's one million residents ahead of an offensive to occupy it.The officials were told that "adjustments" were being made to hospitals...
Lisa Lambert and Kayla EpsteinBBC NewsReutersFlight attendants for Air Canada say they're not ending the strike - despite a federal back-to-work order on Monday, throwing the airline's plans to resume flights up in the air.The strike by more than 10,000...
At least 194 people have died in the last 24 hours in heavy monsoon floods and landslides in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.Most of the deaths, 180, were recorded by disaster authorities in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan....
Rachel Hagan & Ruth ComerfordBBC NewsReutersA major blaze in Turkey forced hundreds from their homesA scorching heatwave is fuelling dozens of wildfires across parts of southern Europe, forcing thousands of people from their homes and pushing temperatures above 40C (104F).Red...
US Vice-President JD Vance and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy have hosted a meeting of security officials near London to discuss the war in Ukraine. The talks are said to have been called at the request of the US.The pair...
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order hitting India with an additional 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil. That will raise the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States to 50% - among the...
