Rapper-politician Balendra Shah set to be Nepal’s next prime minister
Thursday’s general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.
Continue ReadingThursday’s general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.
Continue ReadingBut in the wake of the President Masoud Pezeshkian’s apology, Iran’s ambassador to the UK agreed to our request to speak to him, and even more unusually, invited us to speak to him in Iran’s embassy in London, a building that tells the story of the fraught and troubled history between Iran and the West.
Continue ReadingFlights in and out of Nairobi Airport have been disrupted while some roads in the capital are submerged.
Continue ReadingVideo filmed by a witness and verified by the BBC shows a drone crashing close to Dubai International Airport. The exact location of the impact is not clear, but appears to be near the airport’s concourse A. The global transport hub said earlier this morning that operations had been suspended, but later announced that flights […]
Continue ReadingUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says ten other people – including children – are injured as rescuers continue to search through rubble.
Continue ReadingOrdinary Iranians reflect on seven days of conflict and where they see their country going next.
Continue ReadingThe move is backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, which says the current fee is unjustified because of the high cost of living.
Continue ReadingThe president also calls on Tehran to pick new leaders who are “acceptable” to the White House after six days of war.
Continue ReadingShe will be joined by conservative leaders from eight nations — Argentina, Paraguay, El Salvador, Chile, Panama, Honduras, Guyana, and Ecuador — who share ideological ties with the Trump administration. Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil will be absent.
Continue ReadingThe sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India.
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