Netherlands ICC prosecutor under increased pressure from sexual misconduct probe Reports claim that Karim Khan brought forward the court's arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu after learning he was under investigation for forcing himself on a colleague. 14/05/2025
India Modi says India 'paused' its offensive as Pakistan ceasefire holds The most serious direct conflict between India and Pakistan in decades has been halted for now, but tensions remain high. 13/05/2025
USA Biden calls Trump's approach to Russia 'modern-day appeasement' In his first interview since the end of his presidency, Biden warned that the Trump administration is eroding the world's trust in the US. 07/05/2025
India Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan The crisis sparked by the killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir is escalating into a full-blown conflict between the two nuclear-armed states. 07/05/2025
Canada Canada election: Carney set to form another Liberal government The resurgence of the Canadian Liberals that began with Donald Trump's presidency appears to have returned them to power. 29/04/2025
USA Trump claims Zelenskyy could be ready to give up Crimea to Russia The US president blames his Democratic predecessors for Russia's illegal occupation of the Ukrainian territory, which he dismisses as a "giveaway". 28/04/2025
France ECHR condemns France for failure to protect girls who reported rape France is in the midst of a long-running debate on expanding the definition of rape to include the absence of consent. 24/04/2025
India Modi pledges to hunt Kashmir attackers 'to the ends of the Earth' The Indian prime minister has upped the ante in an already tense atmosphere after 26 people were killed in a shooting in Kashmir. 24/04/2025
India Indian authorities hunt Kashmir shooters as Modi cuts Saudi trip short There is still no indication of who carried out one of the worst recent attacks to hit the restive disputed region. 23/04/2025
Vatican Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 1936-2025 "Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta," the Vatican said in a statement posted on X. 21/04/2025
Culture news NASA deletes female astronaut novel amid Trump's diversity purge "First Woman" has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon. 12/04/2025
Afghanistan British couple detained in Afghanistan to face Taliban court verdict The Reynolds family say that their parents have faced harsh conditions and arbitrary detention for unspecified reasons. 11/04/2025
Iran Do new US-Iran nuclear talks have any chance of success? Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear deal. Now he wants to make a new one on his own terms. 09/04/2025
Culture news International Pillow Fight Day is helping reclaim urban space for fun Crowds all over the world will soon assemble to gently beat each other with bags of downy feathers — for a good cause. 05/04/2025
Ukraine German FM says Ukraine talks 'deadlocked' but China disagrees Ukraine's European allies are putting on a show of support as Trump-brokered talks show little sign of progress. 01/04/2025
Culture news Vampire Diaries author LJ Smith dies aged 66 Smith's smash hit young adult novels provided the base material for a sprawling franchise. 28/03/2025
Culture news Salman Rushdie announces first fiction work since near-fatal stabbing 'The Eleventh Hour', which comprises a trio of novellas and two stories, marks the author's return to fiction after an onstage assassination attempt in 2022 blinded him in one eye. 28/03/2025
United Kingdom UK government defends cuts that 'could put 250,000 in poverty' Chancellor Rachel Reeves, whose Labour Party has promised an end to austerity, unveiled billions of pounds of new cuts on Wednesday. 27/03/2025
United Kingdom Three men convicted of murder plot after raid on Geneva art museum Two UK brothers and a co-conspirator attempted to kill a convicted armed robber just weeks after stealing Ming Dynasty artefacts worth millions of Euros. 26/03/2025
Burundi Burundi president claims Rwanda plans to incite war in his country Rwanda has rejected Ndayishimiye's words as "surprising" and said there was no plan to spark conflict in Burundi. 25/03/2025