America’s oldest serving astronaut Dan Pettit has returned to Earth on his 70th birthday. The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Pettit and his Russian crewmates Alexey […]
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Forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Alamy Rakhaldas Banerjee is credited with making one of the most important discoveries in world history An Indian archaeologist, whose […]
Sen Van Hollen says deported man ‘traumatised’
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu BBC News Watch: US senator Hollen says his ‘principal mission’ was to meet Ábrego García A Maryland man who the Trump administration […]
US strikes on Yemen oil terminal kill at least 58, Houthis say
Reuters The US military says the attack aimed to restrict supplies and funds for the Iran-backed Houthis US air strikes on a key oil terminal […]
China races robots in Beijing half marathon
Robots ran alongside humans at the Yizhuang half marathon in Beijing on Saturday. Twenty-one humanoid robots, designed by Chinese manufacturers, raced next to thousands of […]
Five dead as ‘hazardous’ waves hit Australian east coast
Five people have drowned after huge waves hit parts of Australia at the start of the Easter weekend. Two others are missing off the coasts […]
Pakistan expels tens of thousands of Afghans
Yama Bariz BBC World Service Reporting fromTorkham border crossing Getty Images Afghan families wait outside a registration centre at the Torkham border crossing Pakistan has […]
Hopes for Iran nuclear talks tempered by threats and mixed messages
Parham Ghobadi BBC Persian EPA Iran and the US have held a second round of high-stakes nuclear talks in Rome – and agreed to meet […]
US Supreme Court halts deportation of Venezuelans under wartime law
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of alleged Venezuelan gang members. A civil liberties group […]
Fleeing civilians trapped in border town of Renk
Akisa Wandera BBC News, Renk Hassan Lali / BBC When the devastating war in Sudan reached Sarah Williams’ neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum, she and […]