Trump’s foreign policy dilemma laid bare by Iran tensions
The president’s calls for peace and willingness to exert military power can at times feel like competing impulses.
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Austrian climber found guilty after girlfriend froze to death on mountain
The woman died of hypothermia during a climbing trip on the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025.
Continue ReadingEpstein eyed record label investment to access women, files suggest
His associate said the music industry was “related to P”, a way Epstein apparently often referred to women.
Continue ReadingThe Grammy winner bringing traditional country to new audiences
Zach Top discusses winning the first ever Grammy Award for best traditional country album.
Continue ReadingHamas holds vote to choose new interim leader, source tells BBC
Yahya Sinwar, the overall head of Hamas, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in October 2024, and its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli attack in Iran in July that year. Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif was also killed that July, in an Israeli air strike on Gaza.
Continue ReadingSouth African farmers fear devastation as foot-and-mouth takes hold
The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.
Continue ReadingThe Russian village that lost its men to war
In the remote village of Sedanka in Russia’s Far East, almost all of its fighting-age men have left to join the Ukraine war.
Continue ReadingLion DNA convicts poachers in world first
After collecting forensic evidence they questioned two men in a nearby village and discovered three sacks of meat, 16 lion claws and four teeth. These body parts would later be tested against the database, with the DNA from all matching the profile of that missing lion.
Continue ReadingClimber convicted over girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest peak
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An Austrian court has found an amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest summit after he left her to fetch help, local media reported. […]
Continue Reading4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations
Lawyers say Trump is sending migrants to Cameroon who originated elsewhere. AP freelancers, among others, were detained while reporting on the deportees.
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