Five Israeli men were acquitted of all charges on Monday at a Cyprus court over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman. Famagusta criminal court cleared the five defendants of two counts of rape, one count of sexual abuse, one count of forced sexual intercourse, one count of sexual harassment, and one count … Read more
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams describe what’s strange about being back on Earth after so long in orbit. The duo’s eight-day mission to the International Space Station became a nine-month space odyssey after their Boeing Starliner had technical problems. They finally returned to Earth on 19 March aboard the SpaceX Dragon, which splashed … Read more
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institutions museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington. The BBC went to the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC to ask visitors what “anti-American” … Read more
The Israeli military has issued a sweeping new evacuation order for the southern Gaza Strip – the biggest since its offensive in the Palestinian territory resumed earlier this month. The military instructed residents of the city of Rafah and parts of neighbouring Khan Younis to leave immediately for the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, warning that its … Read more
Htet Naing Zaw BBC Burmese Reporting fromMandalay region BBC Brightly coloured children’s backpacks were strewn among the remains of the preschool About 15 children’s backpacks lie torn apart in the rubble – pink, blue and orange bags with books spilling out of them. Spiderman toys and letters of the alphabet are scattered among broken chairs, … Read more
When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests, a quarter-billion dollars of the damages were awarded not for the actual demonstrations, but for defaming the pipeline’s owner. The costly verdict has raised alarm among activist organizations as well as some First Amendment experts, … Read more
Shingai Nyoka & Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Harare & Johannesburg AFP Residents walk past closed shops during planned protests in Zimbabwe A national protest meant to pressure Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign turned into a shutdown as citizens opted to stay away rather than take to the streets amid a heavy security presence. Only … Read more
“Incredible.” That was the single word uttered under her breath by Marine Le Pen as she stormed out of a Paris courtroom this morning. She left the court early – just before hearing that she was barred from running for office for five years after being found guilty of embezzlement of EU funds – almost … Read more
Google The man was sentenced in Cork on Monday A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 years in jail – with the final three years suspended – for the murder of a man while he was attending a funeral in County Kerry. Thomas Dooley, a father-of-seven from County Kerry, was attacked with bladed weapons … Read more
Tessa Wong Reporting fromSamut Sakhon BBC / Tessa Wong Ko Naing, who lives in Thailand, says he feels helpless and depressed reading the news about the quake The last time Soe Ko Ko Naing saw his great-uncle was in July, at his home by the banks of the Irrawaddy River. Ko Naing, a supporter of … Read more