Philippine boxing star Manny Pacquiao says he is to run for president in next year’s election. He was nominated as a candidate by a faction of the ruling party, PDP-Laban. On top of a... Read more

The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary... Read more

About 3,000 health workers in France have been suspended because they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. A new rule, which came into force on Wednesday, made vaccination mandatory fo... Read more

The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what’s seen as an effort to counter China. It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarin... Read more

Four elite US gymnasts have testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the abuse they suffered at the hands of disgraced former team doctor, Larry Nassar. Simone Biles and Aly Rai... Read more

A major row broke out between leaders of the Taliban just days after they set up a new government in Afghanistan, senior Taliban officials told the BBC. Supporters of two rival factions repo... Read more

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military has confirmed. Japan also reported an object was fired, and that it may have been a ballistic mi... Read more

Passengers are missing after two boats collided and one of them capsized in north-eastern India. At least 100 people were on board the boats when they crashed in Assam state, a local officia... Read more

At least 41 people have died in Indonesia after a fire broke out at an overcrowded prison on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta. The blaze broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning... Read more

he son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been freed from prison where he had been held since 2014. Saadi Gaddafi – a former commander of Libya’s special forces... Read more

Israeli authorities have launched a massive manhunt after six Palestinian prisoners escaped from one of the country’s most secure jails overnight. The men are believed to have dug a tu... Read more

A law banning abortion from as early as six weeks into pregnancy has come into effect in the US state of Texas. It bans abortions after the detection of what anti-abortion campaigners call a... Read more

A former Thai police chief who went on the run after allegedly torturing a suspect to death has surrendered. Thitisan Utthanaphon, nicknamed “Jo Ferrari”, admitted to mistreating... Read more

A US judge has issued a blistering ruling against prominent lawyers who represented Donald Trump after his 2020 presidential election defeat. US District Judge Linda Parker described a lawsu... Read more