Pakistan air strike kills at least 100 at Kabul drug rehab centre
Some of the bodies were injured beyond recognition, forensic laboratory sources told the BBC.
At least 23 people killed in suspected suicide attacks in north-eastern Nigeria
More than 100 others injured in bombings targeting post office, market areas and hospital in Maiduguri
At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in multiple suspected suicide bombings in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, shattering its reputation as a relative oasis of calm in recent years as a long-running insurgency was pushed to the rural hinterlands.
Authorities said the explosions went off at the post office and market areas, as well as the entrance to the University of Maiduguri teaching hospital, on Monday evening during iftar, the breaking of fast in the month of Ramadan.
Continue reading...‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition
Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern
In 1845 British citizens and companies were already legally prohibited from owning or buying enslaved people overseas, yet that year 385 captives were “transferred” to a British mining company in Brazil named St John d’El Rey.
Despite a global campaign waged by the UK against slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the move was not technically illegal because the enslaved people were not sold but “rented” – a practice permitted overseas under the 1843 Slave Trade Act.
Continue reading...Could the Iran war trigger a global recession?
Energy prices are surging as the Iran war disrupts supply, raising risks for the US, China and Europe.
Blood tech: The UK ambassador, the sex offender, Palantir, and Gaza
Despite its public objections to Israel’s actions, the UK is buying spyware developed and tested on Palestinians.
Israel says Iran’s security chief Larijani has been killed
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, has been killed in an Israeli strike.
The war created an oil problem. It’s not the only price you’ll pay – CNN
- The war created an oil problem. It’s not the only price you’ll pay CNN
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- Iran Foreign Minister Says Countries Are Asking for Safe Passage Through Strait of Hormuz WSJ
- IMO chief says escorts no guarantee of safe passage through Strait of Hormuz, FT reports Reuters
- Why is the Strait of Hormuz critical to Europe? Euronews.com
Israel says it’s killed Larijani, Iran’s security chief and Basij commander
Israel’s Defence Minister Katz has claimed that Iran’s security chief has been assassinated
Gulf economies suffer brunt of Iran war as recession risk looms
From energy exports to tourism, the economies of Gulf nations are at risk from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
Why the Iranian regime did not collapse after Khamenei’s assassination
The Iranian regime is designed to survive power vacuums. That, however, does not mean it will survive the war unscathed.
Israel claims to have assassinated commander of Iran’s Basij militia unit
If confirmed, Soleimani would be the highest-level assassination in war since US-Israeli forces killed Ali Khamenei.
Woman who wrote book on grief guilty of murdering husband
A woman who wrote a children’s book on handling grief after her husband's death, has been found guilty of murdering him.
Nigeria’s first state visit since 1989: President Bola Tinubu heads to UK
British pomp and pageantry await the Nigerian leader, but some in the diaspora are sceptical about his trip.
Families search for loved ones after deadly Pakistan strikes on Kabul rehab
Afghan authorities say a Pakistani attack has killed hundreds of civilians; Islamabad rejects the claim as 'false'.
Trump seeks to delay meeting with Xi in China
The escalating war in Iran has overshadowed many of the US' foreign policy objectives
Palestinian refugees face new displacement as Israel’s bombs hit Lebanon
Lebanon's Palestinian refugees suffer amid war, facing insecurity and trauma, in camps under attack.
Iran is targeting ships in response to US attacks — can the US stop them?
As the US-Israeli war against Iran continues, we look at a scenario reminiscent of the tanker war of the 1980s
LIVE: China vs Australia – Women’s Asian Cup 2026 semifinal
All the build-up and live updates from the first 2026 Women's Asian Cup semifinal between China and Australia.
Iran war: What is happening on day 18 of US-Israel attacks? – Al Jazeera
- Iran war: What is happening on day 18 of US-Israel attacks? Al Jazeera
- Iran War Live Updates: Israel Escalates Attacks in Lebanon as Iran Strikes Near Tel Aviv The New York Times
- Two killed by Iranian ballistic missile in central Israel, emergency response service says CNN
- Israel-Hezbollah fighting drives over 1 million Lebanese from their homes AP News
- Iran war updates: Tehran urges Middle East countries to ‘expel’ US military Al Jazeera
Israeli attacks hit Beirut, southern Lebanon, one million displaced
Attacks hit three southern Beirut neighbourhoods, fighting in the south intensifies as Hezbollah engages Israeli army.