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US President Donald Trump is ordering military aid to Ukraine to be paused after his Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A White House official says the President has been clear that h
Two people have been killed after a vehicle drove into a pedestrian area in the city of Mannheim, western Germany. Investigators say five people were seriously injured, and another five suffered minor injuries.
Pope Francis suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said. Francis had inhaled “copious†amounts of mucus in another set
Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid 2000s. Skype will “no longer be available†to use starting in May, the
As authorities investigate the causes of deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, close and longtime friends of the couple say they seemed to be in good health at their most recent encount
The Vatican says Pope Francis who has been battling pneumonia for two weeks, has had an "isolated" breathing crisis in hospital. BBC News says it led to an episode of vomiting and a "sudden worsening of his respira
The top judge in the United States has given temporary backing to the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid payments. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' intervention came as the administration faced a
The death toll from a Sudanese military aircraft crash in the city of Omdurman has increased to at least 46 people, including women and children. Officials says this is of the deadliest plane crashes in the northea
The First death in the United States Of America measles outbreak is a unvaccinated child in Texas. The current outbreak is centered in north-western Texas, with measles also recently found across the state's border
New Zealand Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford highlighted that they are making it easier for primary teachers coming to New Zealand to apply for residency faster. Stanford says from late next month teachers with
Three people are critically injured after a plane flipped over on landing in Toronto. All 80 people on board the Delta flight from Minnesota have been evacuated according to the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Peter Roberts OAM has been announced as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Fiji. Roberts is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is currently Deputy Head of Mission at t
A crush at New Delhi Railway Station has left at least 15 people dead and 10 injured. Dr Ritu Saxena, deputy medical superintendent of Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi, confirmed the numbers to BBC Hindi after thous
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas that the Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages by this Saturday. Netanyahu says the Israeli military is ready to return to int
US President Donald Trump has revoked former President Joe Biden's security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings after his predecessor did the same to him four years ago. In a post on his Truth Soci
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order today intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women’s sports. The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,†giv
Around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected gunman yesterday, in what has been described as the worst mass shooting in Sweden’s history. A lar
A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to run away from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in northern Queensland. Authorities say the water level will continue to rise and have warn
A medical plane crashed in a Philadelphia neighbourhood on Friday night, killing one person in a car and all six people on board, including a mother and her daughter. According to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker
A man who recently moved his family back to Pakistan from the US has confessed to killing his teenage daughter because he disapproved of her TikTok videos. Pakistan Police say Anwar ul-Haq was charged with murder a
