AFP Dhoni, who turns 44 in July, is playing his 18th straight IPL season As Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 unfolds, all eyes are on MS Dhoni who continues to command superstar status in Indian cricket despite retiring from international cricket in 2020. Dhoni continues to be a key figure in the world’s richest cricket … Read more
Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC Ukraine Maria Smerechanska Maria’s life has been reduced to waiting for the next phone call from her husband – never knowing if it might be the last. Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the skies from the very first hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, and has now … Read more
Farhat Javed BBC Urdu Reporting fromBalochistan BBC/Farhat Javed Saira Baloch is among thousands of women in Balochistan seeking answers about men they say were forcibly disappeared by Pakistan’s security forces Saira Baloch was 15 when she stepped into a morgue for the first time. All she heard in the dimly-lit room were sobs, whispered prayers … Read more
Orlando Police Orlando police have recovered two sets of earrings worth a combined $769,500 (£597,000) after an alleged thief swallowed them more than two weeks ago. Jaythan Gilder, 32, swallowed the Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings around the time he was taken into custody on 26 February, police said. Mr Gilder was monitored by detectives … Read more
At least two people died and hundreds evacuated their homes as wildfires raged in South Korea on Saturday. Two firefighters were found dead in Sancheong County in the country’s south-east, news agency Yonhap reported, citing local officials. Two others were reported missing as multiple fires blazed across the country, according to the Korea Forest Service. … Read more
Getty Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has told the BBC she believes Canada can win the trade war which was sparked by a series of tariffs ordered by US President Donald Trump. “We are the biggest customer of the US,” Joly told the BBC’s World Service Weekend programme. “We buy more from the Americans than … Read more
Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, doctors treating him have said. The 88-year-old was admitted to the hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection that resulted in double pneumonia. During the past five weeks, he presented … Read more
Three people were killed and 14 others injured in a mass shooting on Friday in the US state of New Mexico, according to local authorities. The shooting took place at a park in the city of Las Cruces, about 22:00 local time, the Las Cruces police posted on social media. They had not made any … Read more
Thirteen people – 10 of them police officers – have been injured after a car chase ended in a pile-up in the French capital, Paris. The accident – near Montparnasse train station – occurred after a driver refused orders to stop early on Saturday. Instead, the black car – with two other people on board … Read more
Columbia University has agreed to several demands from the Trump administration after $400m (£310m) in federal funding was pulled over accusations the university failed to fight antisemitism on campus. Columbia says face masks used for the purpose of concealing identity are no longer allowed, and anyone involved in a protest must, when asked, present university … Read more