“Another appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “We cannot say this louder,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, “attacks on health must stop everywhere!” Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on … Read more
A tentative truce faltered Tuesday when Israel accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect and vowed to retaliate. Iran’s military denied firing on Israel, state media reported — but explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning, and an Israeli military official said two Iranian … Read more
Video shows air defences over Qatar as Iran attacks US base Sean Seddon & Gabriela Pomeroy BBC News Iran launched missiles at a US military base in Qatar on Monday, in what it said was retaliation for American strikes against its nuclear sites over the weekend. Witnesses reported hearing loud bangs in the sky above … Read more
At least four people have been killed in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the interior minister says. In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko says residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure were hit. “An entire section of a residential high-rise building was destroyed” in the worst-hit Shevchenkivskyi district, … Read more
A bride was shot dead on her wedding night in a village near the south-east French city of Avignon after masked gunmen opened fire, local officials say. One suspected attacker was also killed in an apparent exchange of fire, and the groom and a child of 13 were seriously wounded during the incident in the … Read more
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since May over the weekend, as rising tensions in the Middle East and renewed inflation fears triggered a sharp selloff across digital assets. Bitcoin dropped below the $99,000 mark on Sunday — its lowest level in more than a month — while ether plunged over 10% at one point, … Read more
It took months of planning and included over 125 planes, a submarine and 14 “bunker buster” bombs. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas describes how the US mission “Operation Midnight Hammer” took place and analyses new satellite imagery that reveals the damage at Iran’s nuclear sites Isfahan, Natanz and Fordo. Produced by Aisha Sembhi. Graphics by Mesut … Read more
President Donald Trump addressed the nation Saturday evening, hours after the United States attacked Iran, striking three nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz, and Esfahan. Earlier in the day, U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers left Missouri heading toward the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft are capable of carrying the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), a 30,000-pound bomb known as the … Read more
LONDON — Singer Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to a charge in connection with an alleged 2023 London nightclub attack and will face trial later this year. Brown, wearing a navy blue, three-piece suit, appeared in person at London’s Southwark Crown to enter a not guilty plea to one count of attempting to cause … Read more
An anti-Iranian hacking group with possible ties to Israel announced an attack on one of Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges on Wednesday, destroying nearly $90 million and threatening to expose the platform’s source code. A group known as Gonjeshke Darande, or “Predatory Sparrow,” claimed the attack, making it the group’s second operation in two days. On … Read more