Tag: World news

A senior member of the Saudi royal family has warned that a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme could prompt other regional states to develop atomic fuel. Prince Turki al-Faisal told the BBC that Saudi Arabia would then seek the same…

Two bomb blasts have killed at least 10 people near two churches in a Christian neighbourhood of the Pakistani city of Lahore, local officials say.

The president of Vanuatu has told the BBC most of his people are homeless after the devastating cyclone that hit the Pacific island nation on Friday. Speaking from Japan, Baldwin Londsdale told the BBC that most of the buildings in…

The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has announced that its leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has accepted the pledge of allegiance from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram.

Swedish prosecutors have offered to travel to London to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange over sex assault allegations.

The Sri Lankan president says he hopes to set up a domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during the country’s civil war within a month.

Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang have fought alongside Islamic State militants, a top Chinese official says.

Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang have fought alongside Islamic State militants, a top Chinese official says.

Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang have fought alongside Islamic State militants, a top Chinese official says.

A daughter of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says Vladimir Putin must bear responsibility for his murder. Zhanna Nemtsova told the BBC she believed the Russian president was “politically” to blame. Mr Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and veteran…

A court in India has summoned former PM Manmohan Singh over a corruption scandal involving coal mining licences. Mr Singh has been accused of criminal conspiracy and ordered to appear in court on 8 April. In 2012, federal auditors said…

Three French sports personalities are among 10 people killed in a helicopter crash in Argentina, the French presidential office confirmed.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the country is “sick of being lectured” by the UN over its treatment of asylum seekers.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak has said that his country remains committed to finding flight MH370, on the first anniversary of its disappearance.

Two men have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced.

Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq. On Thursday IS – which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria – began demolishing the site, which was…

By Ben Ferguson & Ben Bryant The families of the missing east London schoolgirls who traveled to Syria to join Islamic State (IS) said today that UK police “let them walk out,” as it emerged that officers spoke to the…

Iran should agree to freeze sensitive nuclear activity for at least a decade if it wants to strike a deal with the US, President Barack Obama has said.

India’s top diplomat has arrived in Pakistan for the first meeting between the two neighbours since New Delhi cancelled talks last year. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will discuss an upcoming regional summit with Pakistani counterpart AA Chaudhry. Hostilities between the…

Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS).

Missiles flew 490km from Nampo to East Sea, according to ROK military North Korea fired two short-range projectiles, presumed to be Scud-type ballistic missiles, on Monday morning South Korean time, Seoul’s military leadership announced. “North Korea fired two short-range missiles…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in the US to argue against a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Mr Netanyahu says the deal would be inadequate to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. He is due to give a…

New CCTV pictures appear to show three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria.

Thousands of people have paid tribute with candles and flowers at the site in Moscow where leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead. An opposition march which Mr Nemtsov planned in Moscow for Sunday has now been turned…

The US Homeland Security Department has avoided a partial shutdown as Congress passed a one-week funding extension, hours before a midnight deadline.

The widow of a man killed by a masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” says she wants him caught alive.

A row between the US and Benjamin Netanyahu has deepened, with the Israeli leader accusing America and others of “giving up” on trying to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.

Amnesty International has urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases where atrocities are being committed.