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Embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his shock decision to declare martial law last week, saying he did it to protect the country’s democracy. In a surprise televised address on Thursday, he said the attempt was a…
Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, is unlikely to be able to mount an effective legal defence to the charges he faces, according to experts. Mr Mangione, 26, was arrested…
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are reporting difficulties accessing them due to a mass global outage. “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal…
Decades of rule by the Assad family came to an end over the weekend following the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad. But as the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen explains, there are now demands for retribution from Syrians, with some calling for…
BBC Christopher Wray, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), says he will resign from his post before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. Mr Wray announced his impending departure at an internal FBI meeting on Wednesday,…
Reuters Israeli troops have taken up positions on Mt Hermon, also known as Jabal al-Sheikh After launching hundreds of air strikes on Syrian military assets and seizing positions including the summit of a mountain with an uninterrupted sightline to the…
Taliban refugee minister Khalil Haqqani has been killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, the movement’s most high profile casualty since it returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Six others died in the blast as Haqqani was leaving his…
Getty Images Tartous naval facility has been a key projection of Russian naval power in the region Russian naval vessels appear to have temporarily left their main port in Syria, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show, amid continuing uncertainty…
Reuters Adèle Haenel, 35, quit the French film industry last year Adèle Haenel, a French actor who has accused a filmmaker of sexually assaulting her when she was a child, shouted at him to “shut up” before storming out in…
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family’s hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, in…
