Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti assaulted three times in a month, family says
The Israeli Prison Service says the allegation that Barghouti was subjected to physical violence by prison guards are “false and baseless”.
Chinese national given one year in prison for smuggling ants out of Kenya
Zhang Kequn was arrested in March while trying to travel to China with more than 2,000 live ants.
Israel and Hezbollah continue attacks after Israel-Lebanon talks in US
Israel strikes hit southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, a day after rare direct negotiations.
Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Powell if he doesn’t leave in May
Donald Trump’s threat marks the latest escalation in his ongoing spat with Jerome Powell.
Four killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days
There has been no official confirmation of who has been killed or what has happened to the attacker.
South Africa names apartheid-era politician as new ambassador to the US
Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa.
Starmer ‘not going to yield’ to pressure from Trump on Iran war
It follows a warning from the US president that America’s trade deal with the UK “can always be changed”.
Trump’s rift with Pope is playing out in public – it’s costing him valuable support
Leading conservative Catholics tell the BBC why they back the American pontiff in his spat with Trump.
Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia – their first since 2018.
More than 200 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack return home
The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among those repatriated.
