Published14 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingA selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.Image source, Luis Tato/AFPImage source, Simon Maina/AFPImage source, Carmen Abd Ali/AFPImage source, Cem Ozdel/Getty Im... More »
Published18 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AFPBy Will GrantBBC Mexico correspondent, YucatánTo the ancient Maya, the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula were sacred as they believed them to be portals to the gods of the u... More »
Published52 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Intermediate People’s Court of JiangmenBy Mariko OiBusiness reporterA Chinese former bank manager has been jailed for life over one of the country's biggest corruption cases.X... More »
Published1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Mahmoud AkiBy Dalia HaidarBBC News ArabicMedics working in the Gaza Strip are using a specific phrase to describe a particular kind of war victim. "There's an acronym that's unique... More »
Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersBy David GrittenBBC NewsMobile phone and internet services have gone down across the Gaza Strip due to a lack of fuel for back-up generators, Palestinian telecoms companies... More »
Published23 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesFrench counter-terrorism police have shot an unarmed woman reportedly threatening passers-by in Paris.A police source told the BBC that they intervened at the Bibl... More »
Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AFPBy Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsSouth Africa's rugby union team are back home from France after winning the World Cup for a record fourth time.The players were met at OR Tambo Air... More »
The U.N. agency that has been aiding Palestinian refugees for the past 74 years said on Thursday that it had begun to significantly reduce its operations in the Gaza Strip after nearly exhausting its fuel reserves, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis that the a... More »
Analysts say the long-range weapons could force Russia to move military assets further away from the front lines, undermining their operations.One day after Ukraine used newly acquired, American-made missiles to launch a damaging attack on Russian air bases in... More »
Published42 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, TelegramBy Sean Seddon, Joshua Cheetham & Benedict GarmanBBC NewsWarning: This article contains details that some may find distressingThe last videos taken before the horror b... More »
Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Derek CaiBBC News, SingaporeAn Indonesian court has sentenced a woman to two years in jail for posting a viral TikTok video where she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork. Lina Lutfiawa... More »
From 11h agoUkraine’s city of Odesa has endured another night of Russian drone and missile attacks, the latest of which have left at least three people injured, according to local officials.The governor of the region on the Black Sea said falling rocket fragme... More »