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Ben Roberts-Smith – Australia’s most-decorated living soldier – will remain behind bars after his lawyers did not seek bail over charges of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith, 47, was arrested at Sydney Airport on Tuesday and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder before being transferred to a police cell. On […]

At 18:32 Washington time, President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were “very far along” with a “definitive” peace agreement and that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow negotiations to proceed. It wasn’t exactly the last minute, but with Trump’s looming 20:00 EDT (00:00 GMT […]

Republican Clay Fuller is projected to have won Georgia’s runoff election to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a once-staunch ally of Donald Trump who resigned earlier this year after breaking with the president. Fuller won the election to replace her on Tuesday, the BBC’s US partner. He is a Trump, according to CBS News-endorsed […]

In the hours before the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US was declared, there were some minor signs of hope from Pakistan. Speaking anonymously, a Pakistan source told the BBC that the talks continued “at pace”, with Pakistan operating as an intermediary between Iran and the US. Those conducting the negotiations from Pakistan’s side […]

The co-founder of the Mexico-based Jalisco Novel Generation Cartel (CJNG), Érick Valencia Salazar, has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed. Valencia Salazar, known as “El 85”, was captured by the Mexican army in 2022 in the state of Jalisco and was among a group of 29 alleged […]

The US and Iran have made a two-week ceasefire agreement, which includes Iran reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for ships to pass through safely. Brent crude oil prices dropped by nearly 15% to roughly $95 (£70.68) per barrel after the announcement, a significant decline from highs of nearly $120 a barrel earlier in the […]

Madagascar has declared a two‑week nationwide state of energy emergency amid severe fuel shortages caused by the US and Israel’s war in Iran. The presidency stated the decision was taken following Tuesday’s cabinet meeting over fears the situation could lead to public disorder. The Indian Ocean island, which relies on oil to produce much of […]

Crowds of pro-government demonstrators gathered in the Tehran, waving flags and chanting after the US and Iran published a two-week conditional ceasefire. Iran agreed to allow safe passage for ships through the Strait of Hormuz if the US stopped its attacks. The ceasefire comes more than a month after Israel and the US launched attacks […]

A man has been fined $300 (£223) by a Thai court after breaking into the enclosure of Moo Deng, an endangered baby pygmy hippo and internet sensation, the zoo’s director noted. Narongwit Chodchoy, who runs Khao Kheow Open Zoo, told AFP that the man, who entered Moo Deng’s pen last month, had been found guilty […]

Sixteen Cameroonians have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, the BBC has confirmed after a foreign ministry source verified that a recently leaked diplomatic note circulating on social media about the deaths was authentic. The government has faced criticism over its prolonged silence on the issue – and this marks the first recognition of […]