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US regulator to review Disney broadcast licences after Jimmy Kimmel joke about Melania Trump
The US Federal Communications Commission is ordering an early review of Disney’s television broadcast licences days after President Donald Trump called for the firing of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Trump had urged ABC – whose parent company is Disney – to pull Kimmel’s show after the comedian joked that Melania Trump...
Heavy gunfire in Somali capital as row over election delay escalates
Government forces and opposition fighters have exchanged heavy gunfire in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as a row over delays to elections has escalated. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term in office ended on 15 May but was extended by a year. The opposition said this was unconstitutional and called for protests on T...
Australian mother who faked son’s cancer to fund lavish lifestyle jailed
An Australian mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis to solicit donations and fund her lavish lifestyle has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.
US regulator to review Disney broadcast licences after Jimmy Kimmel joke about Melania Trump
The US Federal Communications Commission is ordering an early review of Disney's television broadcast licences days after President Donald Trump called for the firing of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
United Arab Emirates to quit oil cartel OPEC
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership.
Britain led the fight to end slavery; we shouldn’t be paying for a crime we helped eradicate – Kemi Badenoch
The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has criticised the Labour government’s foreign policy, accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to protect British taxpayers from "trillions in reparations" at the United Nations.
Kim Jong Un praises troops who ‘self-blasted’ to avoid capture by Ukraine
Kim Jong Un has praised North Korean soldiers who killed themselves by detonating their grenades while fighting for Russia against Ukraine, confirming a long-suspected battlefield policy.
America’s special relationship ‘probably Israel’, says UK ambassador to US
The UK's ambassador to the US has said the only country that has a "special relationship" with the United States is "probably Israel".
Mahama pays courtesy call on King Charles III
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, capping a five-day high-level diplomatic and investment-focused visit to the United Kingdom. The President and the British Monarch held a closed-door meeting at the Palace in London. King Charles III is the constit...
Man shot dead by FBI after taking hostages at California bank
A man who had been holding several people hostage overnight inside a California bank has been shot dead in a standoff with the FBI, police said. The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel” on Wednesday, the Bakersfield Police Department said. The fatal sh...
Heavy gunfire in Somali capital as row over election delay escalates
Government forces and opposition fighters have exchanged heavy gunfire in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, as a row over delays to elections has escalated.
SpaceX says it’s worth $1.75tn as it targets largest stock market debut
Elon Musk's SpaceX has released a suggested share price ahead of its planned listing, which would make it the largest initial public sale in history.