WORLD · 1 hours agoSaudi Arabia has not commented on claims, but confirmed three killed in airport strikes earlier this week
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis say they have struck Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport with a ballistic missile, badly damaging a plane and leading some airlines to suspend flights to the capital.
The group provided no evidence, and Saudi Arabia did not immediately comment on the claim.
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WORLD · 1 hours agoVictory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a high-stakes battle for the left of British politics.
The byelection, called after the former prime minister Keir Starmer resigned the seat in September, was considered a two-horse race between the Labour candidate, Sagal Ab
WORLD · 1 hours agoThousands expected to march in Delhi on Saturday, as anger mounts over controversial changes to voter lists in world’s largest democracy
India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which began as a satirical movement but is now emerging as a political force among gen Z’s, says authorities have begun detaining its members en masse days before a major anti-government protest in Delhi.
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WORLD · 1 hours agoPolice say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and injured a man in New York City on Thursday afternoon during an enforcement operation, federal officials said.
The man was conscious and hospitalized, authorities said, and the shooting quickly sparked angry protests from local residents and elect
WORLD · 1 hours agoSagal Abdi-Wali defeats Green party leader Zack Polanski to retain the Holborn and St Pancras seat for Labour
Activists in Camden have suggested the Greens’ decision to back the anti-Zionism motion has cost them votes in the byelection.
Councillors for both Labour the Liberal Democrats told the Press Association that voters had informed them they would not be backing the Green party after it passed the motion last
WORLD · 1 hours agoPentagon chief joins Trump in attempt to use deadly shooting at Texas base to attack former Democratic president
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Donald Trump has urged James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the US Senate race in Texas, to debate Ken Paxton – Republican attorney general that the president has endorsed in the election.
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WORLD · 2 hours agoThe US Defence Secretary says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
WORLD · 2 hours agoResidents in areas from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Florida urged to ‘evacuate if told to do so’
Millions of people from Louisiana to Florida were under hurricane warnings on Thursday as Hurricane Isaias heads toward the US Gulf coast, with weather officials warning of dangerous storm surge, hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and flooding.
Isaias intensified from a tropical storm into the first hurrica
WORLD · 2 hours agoMaking its southern hemisphere debut, Dance Reflections will feature collaborators of Rosalía, Madonna and Beyoncé – and a high-wire takeover of the Cutaway
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A “once-in-a-lifetime” program of dance works of scale will be coming to Sydney in January, including 11 international works from France, Belgium, South Africa and beyond making their Australian premiere.
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WORLD · 2 hours agoChrista Pike has made a "remarkable physical recovery" since she regained consciousness following her botched execution in Tennessee, her attorney told ABC News
WORLD · 2 hours agoTreasurer earmarks funds for year-long transition period for tax office, delaying ban’s 30 November start date
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A controversial ban on credit card payments on tax bills will be delayed by more than six months, after the federal government overruled the tax office and announced new stopgap funding.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced on Friday extra funding on
WORLD · 3 hours agoThe company says Russian operatives used its AI chatbot to update their bosses, shedding light on influence campaigns previously not attributed to Russia.
WORLD · 3 hours agoThe leader of the "764" network, which seeks to exploit minors online, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors.
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WORLD · 3 hours agoMargaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died
WORLD · 3 hours agoThe USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war. The extended deployment drew attention following reports of crew stress and supply shortages.
WORLD · 3 hours agoState planning minister declares project ‘state significant’, wresting approval process away from local council
Plans for a grand new public square in the centre of Sydney are in doubt after the New South Wales planning minister declared the project “state significant”, wresting the approval process away from the City of Sydney.
The lord mayor, Clover Moore, released renders in August for the plaza opposite Sydney’
WORLD · 4 hours agoNidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. A defense department official later confirmed the execution will be livestreamed.
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WORLD · 4 hours agoA new film paints the Meta founder as a villain. But the tech firm seems immune to bad publicity, writes our North America tech correspondent.
WORLD · 4 hours agoVitalii Zhykovych gives his own account of the attempted assassination of Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolayev.
WORLD · 4 hours agoPeter Fonagy lauds courage of young people and warns of consequences of rising prevalence of mental illness
Full report | NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
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Eighteen months ago, in an off-the-cuff remark during a discussion on disability benefit cuts, Wes Streeting said mental health condi
WORLD · 4 hours agoProf Peter Fonagy’s 607-page report is categoric that mental distress has increased substantially and ‘cannot be explained by greater awareness alone’
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WORLD · 4 hours agoEngland-focused mental health review returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system
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WORLD · 4 hours agoNine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff mental healthSchool inspections in England continue to damage the mental wellbeing of teachers and senior leaders, according to a survey commissioned by Ofsted that casts doubt on efforts to reduce the stress caused by inspectors’ visits.The independent survey of school leaders who had undergone the revised inspections since last
WORLD · 5 hours agoFlowers, tried six times over 1996 murders of four people, faced execution before supreme court tossed his conviction
Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the US supreme court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56.
Flowers’ family confirmed that he died on Wednesday at his home in Mississippi, attorney Rob McDuff tol
WORLD · 5 hours agoThe $11-a-share offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997
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Firmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI datacentre business failed to materialise.
A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that pro
WORLD · 5 hours agoThe USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group returned to its Southern California homeport on Thursday
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WORLD · 5 hours agoThe BBC spoke to Americans and international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty following the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
WORLD · 5 hours agoEducation minister promises 3,000 substitute teachers by Tuesday with schools still blockaded across France
High school students have again blockaded schools and marched through cities across France, promising to continue their campaign against the poor state of the national education system in the 10th day of protests that have left hundreds injured.
Large crowds took to the streets on Thursday for mainly peaceful
WORLD · 5 hours agoVance singled out Microsoft, accusing the company of fraud.
WORLD · 6 hours agoDemocrat James Talarico has been off the campaign trail for about a week as he battles the flu – prompting attacks from President Trump and his GOP opponent Ken Paxton.
WORLD · 6 hours agoStudies show that there is only a slight increase in reaction risks taking flu and COVID shots at the same time.
WORLD · 6 hours agoThe brothers’ parents, Martin and Debra Robinson, to address court before a Mexican judge hands down verdict
A Mexican judge is expected to hand down his verdict in the high-profile murder trial of three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and their American friend in 2024.
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip
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WORLD · 7 hours agoFree-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme
A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has discovered that the once endangered species is thriving.
A population of Aldabra giant tortoises lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll.
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WORLD · 7 hours agoRally to remember woman, 87, whose rent battle with investment firm triggered nationwide protests over housing crisis
About 20,000 people took part in a march through the centre of Madrid on Thursday evening in memory of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her flat in the capital a fortnight before her death triggered mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis.
The pensioner, whose fl
WORLD · 7 hours agoGas prices stand above $4.30, marking an increase of 46% from pre-war levels.
WORLD · 7 hours agoThe NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets, arguing in an amicus brief filed that states are better positioned to oversee sports-related contracts “given the current landscape.”
WORLD · 7 hours agoBBC Weather's Chris Fawkes says the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season could bring dangerous winds, storm surge and heavy rains to the Gulf Coast Friday.
WORLD · 8 hours agoThe former Alabama football coach speaks with ABC News’ Will Reeve about “Saban,” a new docuseries on his career.
WORLD · 8 hours agoHundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election.
WORLD · 8 hours agoNPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.
WORLD · 9 hours agoThe German sportswear brand wants the Sydney-based label to stop selling the clothes and pay damages.
WORLD · 9 hours agoOusted Venezuelan president and Cilia Flores have been in jail in New York since early January
The deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted for alleged conspiracy to commit torture, according to Manhattan federal court papers unsealed on Thursday.
The superseding indictment was unsealed shortly before Flores appeared at court in her ongoing push for pretrial release
WORLD · 9 hours agoIntense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a mysterious flash of energy was released into the universe.
Astronomers have now detected that flash – a burst of radio waves which travelled for more than 10bn years before reaching Earth – what they believe to be the most distant fast radio burst (FRB
WORLD · 9 hours agoEmbassies post links to hastily produced online film echoing style of real Guardian documentary about mass killings of Gaza civilians
The Israeli government is promoting an online film project that mimics the style of NAZA, the award-winning documentary that details Israel’s mass killings of civilians in Gaza, in an attempt to counter the real film’s findings.
The real documentary, directed by the Oscar-winning fil
WORLD · 9 hours agoThe new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.
WORLD · 10 hours agoMore than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.
WORLD · 10 hours agoConsulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the city
Israel’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in occupied Palestine. But it also served the current government’s ambitions to fully annex Jerusalem as a national capital, diplomatic and lega
WORLD · 10 hours agoThe CDC said it has established measures to "identify and assess" any travelers from the Russian region where a possible plague case was reported.
WORLD · 10 hours agoRetired astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson discusses the "impressive" return from space.
WORLD · 10 hours agoUK and Israel back away from full diplomatic confrontation, though British presence in Palestine will be much reduced
Israel and the UK have backed away from a full-scale diplomatic confrontation, with Britain announcing it is rebranding its consulate general building in East Jerusalem as a UK mission, a move that will result in UK diplomats leaving Israel, with only seven to remain in the building. Among those l
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WORLD · 11 hours agoUkraine accused Russia of targeting two crowded vehicles in the front line city of Kramatorsk to kill as many civilians as possible.
WORLD · 11 hours agoThe US will provide $1.5bn (£1.1bn) under the deal that was negotiated after Trump cut USAID funding.
WORLD · 11 hours agoIt is the latest in a diplomatic spat after Kyiv disclosed that two North Korean prisoners were transferred to Seoul.
WORLD · 11 hours agoThe USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.
WORLD · 11 hours agoGovernment forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war
Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between the neighbouring countries.
Military vehicles carrying soldiers drove across Eritrea’s southern bo
WORLD · 11 hours agoU.S. authorities added new torture charges to their case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ramping up pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking allegations.