About 2,300 North Korean soldiers have died fighting for Russia against Ukraine, according to a BBC investigation based on satellite images and official photos of a new memorial in Pyongyang. South Korea estimates at least 11,000 North Koreans were sent
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Germany’s finance minister has blamed Donald Trump’s “irresponsible war in Iran” for a big drop in his country’s expected tax revenues. Lars Klingbeil said the US president’s actions in the region had caused a “global energy shock”. German officials have
An outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship is not the start of a pandemic, the UN health agency has said. Maria van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a news briefing that
US forces targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for launching a series of “unprovoked” missile, drone and small boat attacks against American warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said on Thursday. “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and
As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war. Then President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try
Meet The Celebrity Apprentice candidates taking part in the first ever full-length series, coming to #iPlayer Competing for the chance to win a £100,000 donation to a charity of their choice, they’ll be hoping to prove their business acumen, impress
There’s nothing in the military’s 1,200-page Law of War Manual about whether it’s legal to end a civilization, perhaps because nobody could have imagined an American president would make such an apocalyptic threat. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never
Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy militia in Lebanon, said early Thursday it fired rockets at northern Israel in response to Israeli ceasefire violations, in its first attack since the deal was reached, Reuters news agency reported. Israel’s military hammered Lebanon on Wednesday,
US President Donald Trump is “clearly disappointed” with many NATO allies for not supporting the US and Israel’s war on Iran to the extent he wanted, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said after meeting with Trump on Wednesday. Rutte, who
President Trump and Republicans won over voters in 2024 by promising to bring prices down, zeroing in on concerns about inflation under President Biden. And until recently, gas prices had been something Republicans regularly boasted about. Democrats have since swooped