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The US and Iran have agreed to “stand down” following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports say citing a US official. It comes after several attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, culminating in both nations accusing each other of violating their ceasefire. The official confirmed to the BBC’s […]

It doesn’t take long to spot an empty shop front, or several of the area’s growing number of elderly people. Now Jan-Niklas, who sees reunification as a “success story” overall, is on a mission to bring younger people and families back. It’s “home”, he says. “I like the people. I think they deserve [to do] […]

Kabul, in turn, has previously accused Islamabad of carrying out unprovoked attacks in which civilians were killed – though Pakistan says it only targets militants. The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire last October following weeks of deadly clashes. As with past internationally-mediated truce deals, however, that ceasefire has since fallen apart. The BBC […]

Venezuelans in quake-affected areas have expressed anger over the state’s response to the natural disaster. Volunteers are racing to locate survivors who may still be trapped under rubble of fallen buildings. The BBC’s Orla Guerin reports from the scenes of rubble in Catia la Mar, a coastal city in northern Venezuela, where locals feel the […]

Hong Myung-bo has resigned as head coach of South Korea’s men’s national football team after they failed to advance to the World Cup knockout stage. The team had hoped they could still qualify for the next round of the tournament as one of the best third-placed teams, but that hope was quashed on Saturday. The […]

Minutes after the final whistle was blown on Canada’s historic World Cup victory against South Africa on Sunday, coach Jesse Marsch gathered his players and staff in a huge huddle and delivered some words of inspiration to them. “Canadian heroes,” he called his team after they won a knockout game at the tournament for the […]

The waiting room outside the hepatology clinic at Rajagiri Hospital in Kochi is suspended between hope and despair. One man stares silently at the floor, weakened by advanced liver disease and in urgent need of treatment. Nearby, another family clutches a folder of old medical reports, hoping the hospital can still save their loved one. […]

A country club in the town of Caraballeda in Venezuela has been turned into a makeshift hospital, with survivors of the country’s devastating earthquakes receiving care and sleeping on mattresses on the grass. Helicopters carrying aid have landed at the improvised hospital and those who lost their homes during the quake are being provided with […]

Europe’s unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme heat continued to move east. In a post on […]

Three firefighters were killed and two were injured while battling massive wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday, officials say. The firefighters were part of a federal response team assigned to the Knowles and Gore fires. They were suddenly overwhelmed by flames and tried to take shelter, the Department of the Interior said. The two […]