Saturday, May 16, 2026

World Affairs

Rescue diver dies during search for bodies of Italians who drowned in Maldives caves

Staff Sgt Mohamed Mahdhee died while diving in the search-and-rescue operation, the Maldives government tells the BBC.

Ultra-Orthodox conscription dispute pushes Israeli government to brink | Politics News

Israel’s ruling coalition has submitted a call for an early election following continued fractures from government allies...

Hamas confirms top commander killed in Israeli air strike

Friday's strike is the latest launched by Israel on Gaza despite a ceasefire with Hamas.

Israeli settler blindfolds and detains Palestinian in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

An armed Israeli settler blindfolded and detained a Palestinian man near the village of Beit Iksa in...

Senior IS leader killed by US and Nigerian forces

US President Donald Trump said the joint operation eliminated "the most active terrorist in the world", Abu-Bilal...
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Timelapse video shows Indonesian volcano erupting | Volcanoes

NewsFeedTimelapse video from Indonesia shows Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupting on Flores island, sending ash 10 kilometres above its 1,584-metre peak. It’s the volcano’s...

Kenyan opposition figure dies at 80

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC.Odinga died on Wednesday while...

US revokes six visas over Charlie Kirk death amid social media crackdown | Donald Trump News

The State Department says the US has ‘no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans’ after revoking visas over critical social...

Hamas returns four more bodies of hostages, says Israeli military

Tom McArthur andChris GrahamTrump signed the declaration on Monday, alongside the leaders of Egypt and Qatar - the main mediators - and Turkey,...

Trump threatens to cut ‘Democrat’ programmes, extends funding to military | Donald Trump News

The White House says it will release a list of programmes to be cut on Friday after earlier eliminating 4,200 positions at a...

Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers

Lauren Turner andOsmond ChiaReutersThe US government has seized more than $14bn (£10.5bn) in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian business empire,...
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