Alaa Abdel Fattah: UK urged to help jailed British-Egyptian activist
By Yolande Knell BBC Middle East correspondent A group of MPs and peers has written to the UK government pressing…
Ratan Tata: Tycoon’s ride in India’s cheapest car wins internet
Indian tycoon Ratan Tata is being praised on social media for travelling in one of the world’s cheapest cars. The…
Trump urges ‘Dr Oz’ to declare victory in cliffhanger Senate vote
Former President Donald Trump has urged celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to declare victory in Tuesday’s too-close-to-call Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary,…
Navjot Singh Sidhu: India’s cricketer-turned-politician jailed for road rage death
India’s top court has sentenced cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to one year in prison in a decades-old road rage case.…
Drugs tunnel connecting US and Mexico found
By Megan Fisher BBC News A huge drugs tunnel has been found running from Tijuana in Mexico to a warehouse…
Lebanon election: Hezbollah and allies lose parliamentary majority
The Iran-backed Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement and its allies have lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament, results from Sunday’s election…
Mexico disappearances reach record high of 100,000 amid impunity
By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The number of people reported as disappeared in Mexico is at a record…
Turkey threatens to block Finland and Sweden Nato bids
By Yaroslav Lukov & Matt Murphy BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Turkey’s president has restated his opposition to Finland and…
Mariupol: Hundreds of besieged Ukrainian soldiers evacuated
By Yaroslav Lukov & Matt Murphy BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped…
Nato begins its military exercises in Baltics
By Malu Cursino BBC News Russia-Ukraine war One of the biggest-ever Nato exercises in the Baltics is now under…