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Getty Images The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its “Board of Peace” for Gaza. Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will also sit on the “founding executive board”, the […]

For over two weeks, demonstrations rocked Iran and, according to a human rights group, more than 2,600 protesters have been killed. Protesters have been met with deadly force by authorities, masked by a near total shutdown of the internet and communication services. Reporting from the Iranian-Armenian border, the BBC’s Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega, described […]

Greenland, a sparsely populated but resource-rich island, is at the heart of a growing diplomatic dispute between Denmark and the US – but why? The BBC’s Europe Editor, Katya Adler, explains why the island has sparked so much interest from President Donald Trump. More on this story

Nadine YousifSenior Canada reporter Watch: Canada-China trade relationship “more predictable” than with US, says Carney Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new approach to Canada’s foreign policy can perhaps be distilled in one line: “We take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.” That was his response when asked about the deal […]

Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

Reuters Most Greenlanders are opposed to Trump’s bid to buy their island or to seize it by force A bipartisan group of members of the US Congress is visiting Denmark in what is seen as a show of support in the face of increasing pressure from President Donald Trump for the US to annex Greenland […]

Laura Bicker,Beijing , Suranjana Tewari,Singapore , Koh Ewe,Singaporeand Jessica Murphy,Toronto Reuters Mark Carney’s visit to Chins is the first by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney have announced lower tariffs, signalling a reset in their countries’ relationship after a key meeting in Beijing. China is […]

Will GrantBBC’s Cuba correspondent in Havana Watch: Public pay their respects to Cubans killed in Venezuela during US raid From sunrise, throngs of military personnel, government officials and civilians lined the route between Havana’s airport and the Armed Forces Ministry to applaud home the remains of 32 Cuban troops killed in Venezuela as they passed […]

In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for her dog – and instead found herself petting a smooth, slithering object. As Bloor retreated further under the covers and pulled them up to her […]

US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell unrest over federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. He threatened to send in troops following a night of protests and vandalism in the Minnesota city after an agent shot a man in the leg. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]