Getty ImagesA US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail.The Friday decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained in person, rather...
President Donald Trump has told Congress that US hostilities with Iran have "terminated" owing to an ongoing ceasefire, as he argued that he did not need lawmakers' authorisation for the conflict.It came on the 60th day since he formally...
AFP via Getty ImagesFrench Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has visited a village bakery to buy several baguettes on Labour Day, reigniting a row with unions who argue that 1 May should remain a compulsory rest day."Let's have several... at...
37 minutes agoEmery Makumeno,BBC Africa, KinshasaandDamian ZaneAFP via Getty ImagesThe US has imposed sweeping sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of backing the M23 rebel group.Washington alleges he provided financial support, encouraged defections...
Missing Oscar found after Academy Award winner blocked from taking it on flightReutersThe BBC has contacted the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which handles airport security and stopped Talankin from...
ReutersSeventeen people, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the health ministry said, as violence continues despite a ceasefire now in its second week.The strikes - which Israel said were targeting Hezbollah infrastructure...
2 hours agoRobert GreenallandJonathan Head,South East Asia correspondent, in BangkokMyanmar state TVThe detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media has reported.The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been held in...
1 hour agoSimon AtkinsonandToby Mann,SydneyRhett Hammerton/EPAPolice had been combing nearby bush and desert for Lewis, who was released from prison six days before Kumanjayi Little Baby disappeared and vanished around the same time.Dole said everyone involved in the search...
40 minutes agoSarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, RomeEPAThe entire jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned just nine days before the inauguration of the prestigious art event, amid growing tensions over the return of Russia for the first...
43 minutes agoChristal HayesLos AngelesGetty ImagesProsecutors in California have filed a criminal charge against Britney Spears over her arrest last month for allegedly driving under the influence.The pop star is facing one misdemeanour count of driving under the influence...
