North Korea touts progress on nuclear-powered submarine
North Korea is showcasing what appears to be progress on a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media images revealing a largely completed hull.
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Photos: Global stories of 2025 in pictures
A powerful visual timeline showcasing the pivotal events that reshaped our global landscape throughout the year.
Somali capital holds first direct election in five decades
People in Mogadishu vote in first direct local polls in 56 years amid opposition boycotts.
Prospect for Premier Returns to Bangladesh After 17 Years in Exile
Tarique Rahman, who had managed his party’s political affairs from Britain, is back in his country to campaign in elections.
Egypt vs South Africa: AFCON 2025 – Salah, team news, start and lineups
Record winners Egypt, led by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, face South Africa in the first titanic battle of the tournament.
Conflict with Thailand brings surge of unity amongst Cambodians
Cambodian children write letters to soldiers, while donation sites fill for those displaced by fighting near the border.
Ukrainian refugee leaves UK sixth-form college that urged her ‘to study Russian’
Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjectsA Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion. Continue reading...
Russia claims to have seized more than 5,100 square km of Ukraine in 2025
Analysts and Ukrainian officials doubt Moscow's latest announcements as peace talks stall.
Saudi Arabia demands Yemeni separatists leave seized governorates
Riyadh calls seizure of oil-rich provinces 'unjustified escalation' as fragile anti-Houthi alliance shows cracks.
Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique
Rising numbers of people flee jihadists, as violence against civilians increases and foreign aid dwindlesMore than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting.With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan attracting more attention and foreign aid falling, the grinding conflict in Mozambique has been largely ignored or forgotten. More than 1 million people have been displaced, many of them two, three or even four times. Continue reading...