Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor AFP via Getty Images Anti-India protests took place in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Friday As the continuing India-Pakistan crisis takes a dangerous turn, nations around the world are urging calm. The initial thinking was that after India launched air strikes, and with Pakistan claiming to have shot down several … Read more
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Reuters Tobias Thyberg succeed Henrik Landerholm on Thursday – but quit on Friday Sweden’s new national security adviser quit hours after taking up the role as sensitive pictures of him on the dating app Grindr were sent anonymously to the government. Tobias Thyberg, who took up the job on Thursday and … Read more
The head of Liberia’s doctors’ association has been banned from practising medicine after a regulatory body said it did not have evidence of his initial medical degree. As part of a qualifications audit, the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC) asked Peter Matthew George to provide his professional certificates. In April, the LMDC told Dr … Read more
Donald Trump has accidentally called toy firm Mattel a country while threatening further tariffs. The US president misspoke when saying tariffs are “misunderstood” in business. He cited Mattel, which is famous for making Barbie dolls, as an example of a country thinking about counter-tariffs. His comments came as the UK and US agreed a tariff … Read more
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Russia’s President Putin has been joined by China’s Xi Jinping and more than 20 international leaders as his country remembered the end of World War Two in Europe with a huge parade in Moscow. The annual Victory Day spectacle is always eye-catching, but BBC Monitoring’s Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko says three things in particular stood … Read more
Republic of Ireland international Megan Campbell said “anything is achievable” after she broke the Guinness World Record for the longest ever throw-in by a female footballer. The London City Lionesses player set the new record at 37.55m. That is over two metres further than the original record of 35m and 10m longer than a blue … Read more
Reuters Pope Leo XIV said the Church should be a “beacon” to reach areas suffering a “lack of faith” in his first mass as pontiff on Friday The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican. Speaking on Friday, … Read more
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has lead his first Mass as pontiff, in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The Pope was joined by cardinals for prayers and hymns, the morning after his identity was revealed to the world on the Vatican balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square. Pope Leo spoke in Latin, English and Italian, calling on … Read more
Vladimir Putin has led Russia’s Victory Day commemorations with a parade in Red Square, amid heightened security following Ukrainian strikes on Moscow. China’s Xi Jinping joined the Russian president as he told thousands of soldiers that Russia remembered the lessons of World War Two. He also used his speech to tie the war to today’s … Read more