One BBC employee has been killed and four journalists injured in the bomb attack in Kabul, the broadcaster confirmed. “It is with great sadness that the BBC can confirm the death of BBC Afghan driver Mohammed Nazir following the vehicle bomb in Kabul earlier today, as he was driving journalist
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British police said they arrested a 19-year-old man late Sunday in connection with the Manchester bombing after a search at an address in the city’s southeast. The man’s arrest in the Gorton area, “on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act”, brings the total in custody in Britain in connection with the attack to […]
US President Donald Trump has said leaks of the investigation into the Manchester Arena attack to the US media are “deeply troubling”. They were a “grave threat to our national security”, he added, and he would get to the bottom of it. His remarks come after US media published photos from the scene of Monday […]
A deal between the Israelis and Palestinians would be the start of peace throughout the Middle East, said US President Donald Trump in a visit on Tuesday to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. “If Israel and the Palestinians can make peace, it will begin a process of peace all throughout the Middle East, and […]
The president of war-ravaged South Sudan Salva Kiir declared a unilateral ceasefire on Monday and promised to release political prisoners, but with no sign of a political deal with rebels it was not clear whether a truce would take hold. South Sudan has been mired in a civil war since 2013, when President Kiir fired […]
More than 200 suspects have gone on trial accused of plotting and orchestrating last year’s failed coup in Turkey. The defendants were paraded into a purpose-built courthouse one by one, and each suspect was handcuffed and flanked by two security guards. They were surrounded by dozens of protesters who waved Turkish flags and brandished signs […]










