A painting by Pablo Picasso that was stolen nine years ago during a heist at a Greek gallery has been recovered. Police say a 49-year-old builder has been arrested for the theft of Picasso... Read more
At least 18 were killed and 16 injured after a fire tore through a martial arts school in China – many of them young children, local media said. Most of the victims were reportedly pup... Read more
US pop star Britney Spears has launched a blistering attack on the “abusive” conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years at a court hearing. Speaking in open court... Read more
More than 20 Russian aircraft and two coastguard ships have shadowed a British warship sailing near Crimea. Moscow’s defence ministry said that HMS Defender entered Russian territorial... Read more
The US has taken down dozens of Iranian and Iran-linked news sites, which it accused of spreading disinformation. Many sites were offline on Tuesday, with notices explaining they have been... Read more
Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is to be Iran’s next president after a partial vote count gave him an unassailable lead. He beat three other candidates in a poll in which several contenders we... Read more
The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can’t be sued for child slavery on African farms from where they buy their cocoa. Six African men alleged that they we... Read more
Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners. Opinion polls suggest Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Sh... Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally acknowledged that his country is facing food shortages. Addressing a meeting of senior leaders, Mr Kim said: “The people’s food situa... Read more
Most current coronavirus rules will remain in place for another four weeks after the planned 21 June unlocking, government sources have told the BBC. Senior ministers have signed off on the... Read more
Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has vowed to unite the nation frayed by four elections in two years of political stalemate. He said his government would “work for the... Read more
The wife of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has appeared in court in Washington DC. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, is accused of helping Guzmán run the Sinaloa dr... Read more
US President Joe Biden will later tell PM Boris Johnson not to let the row over post-Brexit trading in Northern Ireland affect the peace process. The two leaders will have their first face-t... Read more
Details claiming to reveal how little income tax US billionaires pay have been leaked to an news website. ProPublica says it has seen the tax returns of some of the world’s richest peo... Read more
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