Category World News and Events

Democrats have a problem that runs deeper than the 2024 election. They have a problem that runs deeper than Elon Musk’s assault on the government. Look at the places they govern: strongholds like New York and Illinois and where I’m…

At least 13 people have died in floods in the Argentine port city of Bahía Blanca. Torrential rain forced more than 1,200 residents to leave their homes and large parts of the city have been left without electricity. Roads and…

When military and civilian experts on peacekeeping started meeting in Geneva in the spring of 2022, they insisted on discretion. Their topic was sensitive: how to implement a future cease-fire in Ukraine. Last week, that group of experts went public…

Syrian security forces are alleged to have killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the Alawite minority group in continuing violence along the country’s coast, according to a war monitoring group. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said some…

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent…

Yogita Limaye South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent BBC Gurpreet Singh hoped to enter the US before President Trump’s crackdown began Gurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led onto the tarmac…

Three days of clashes between fighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders and those loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad have left scores of civilians dead, according to two war monitoring groups, who reported on Saturday that many of them…

Leading European nations have said they support an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion (£41 billion) and avoid displacing Palestinians from the territory. The plan, drawn up by Egypt and endorsed by Arab leaders,…

Brush fires broke out on Long Island on Saturday, forcing the closure of sections of a highway in Suffolk County amid high-risk fire conditions of low humidity and gusty winds. Images on social media showed billowing black smoke as multiple…

Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia and bronchitis for more than three weeks, has shown a “good response” to treatment, the Vatican has said. “The clinical condition of the Holy Father in recent days has remained stable and, consequently,…