Fact check: Trump-Harris presidential debate — truths and falsehoods

1 year ago

People watch the presidential debate between Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris [John Locher/AP Photo] Philadelphia, September 11— Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump met...

Protesters storm Mexico’s Senate

1 year ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke into Mexico’s Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the body to take a temporary...

Harris goads Trump into flustered performance on pivotal night

1 year ago

Philadelphia, September 11 — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris met for the first time on the presidential debate stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. They may have shaken hands,...

More than 80 dead in Vietnam super typhoon

1 year ago

Typhoon Yagi is the most powerful storm to hit Vietnam in 30 years. Reuters Hanoi, September 10 — At least 82 people have now died in Vietnam as a...

US election polls: Who is ahead - Harris or Trump?

1 year ago

BBC News, September 10 — Voters in the US go to the polls on 5 November to elect their next president. The election was initially a rematch of 2020...

Israeli strikes kill 40 in Gaza

1 year ago

Teams conduct a search and rescue operation after Israeli airstrike on a tent encampment of displaced Palestinians in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Getty Images Gaza, September 10 —...

Typhoon Yagi collapses busy bridge in Vietnam

1 year ago

Footage online showed part of the 375-metre Phong Chau bridge still standing. Getty Images Hanoi, September 9 — A busy bridge in northern Vietnam has collapsed in the wake...

Israeli strikes on Syrian military sites kill 16

1 year ago

Damascus (Syria), September 9 — At least 16 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on a number of military sites in central Syria, the Syrian state news agency...

Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam

1 year ago

Vietnam, September 9 — At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country's north, state media said Sunday, as officials warned of...

No cries or gurgles: The hospital ward filled with starving babies

1 year ago

Baby Bibi Hajira was fighting for her life when the BBC visited. BBC/Imogen Anderson Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start. Jalalabad (Afghanistan), September 9 —...

79th United Nations General Assembly begins tomorrow

1 year ago

New York, September 9 —The 79th United Nations General Assembly begins here tomorrow. The UNGA is taking place this year from 10th to 30th September under the theme 'Leaving no...

Forty-eight killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash

1 year ago

Abuja (Nigeria), September 9 — At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and...

Lightning strikes kill 7 in India's Chhattisgarh

1 year ago

NEW DELHI, September 8 — At least seven people were killed and three others injured Sunday due to a lightning strike in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. ...

Thousands protest in Pakistan to demand ex-PM Imran Khan’s release

1 year ago

Imran Khan’s supporters rally on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad [W K Yousufzai/AP] Islamabad, September 9 — Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Pakistani...

Why is the Pope doing a long tour when he's so frail?

1 year ago

Aleem Maqbool, BBC News — Pope Francis, who has often appeared to revel in confounding and surprising others, is at it again. Many times over the years, he has seemed to...