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The family of the most prominent Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, says that he has again been subjected to physical violence behind bars in Israel. Arab Barghouti told the BBC he was “shocked and appalled” to hear from his father’s Israeli lawyer that he had been assaulted three times by Israeli prison guards in the past […]

A Chinese national has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle thousands of live queen garden ants out of Kenya. The court in Nairobi on Wednesday also fined Zhang Kequn 1m Kenyan shillings (£5,713; $7,737). Judge Irene Gichobi described Zhang as not “entirely honest” and lacking in remorse. This also touches […]

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has noted he is “not going to yield” to pressure from the US president to join the conflict in Iran. It comes after Donald Trump told Sky News that when the US asked the UK for help “they were not there”. He also suggested the tariff agreement with the […]

Live Nation, the entertainment giant which owns Ticketmaster, has been illegally operating as a monopoly and overcharging fans, a federal jury has found. The verdict followed four days of deliberations in a seven-week trial in Fresh York City that could have a major impact on the music industry. The concert venue and music festival owner […]

At least eight students and one teacher have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at a school in southern Turkey, Interior Minister Mustafa Cifci has stated. The incident happened at Ayser Calik Secondary School in the Kahramanmaras area, where Cifci mentioned 13 individuals were also wounded, leaving six in critical condition. A […]

As the number one importer of Iranian oil, China has a major problem with any constriction of exports in the Gulf – including the US blockade of Iran’s ports, which began on Monday. Beijing has condemned the US blockade, calling it “irresponsible and dangerous”. It has also reportedly sought to play peacemaker in the conflict, […]

Three successive Israeli attacks have killed at least three paramedics in southern Lebanon, including one featured in a BBC report this week, Lebanese officials say, as they accuse Israel of deliberately targeting health workers in its war against Hezbollah. A team from the Islamic Health Association was attacked as it tried to rescue the public […]

US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at the end of his term in May. The two have been embroiled in a bitter spat over Powell’s reluctance to cut the central bank’s interest rate, despite Trump’s repeated calls. Powell’s term expires on 15 […]

On the plains of northwestern Iran, edged by snow-ribboned ridges, spring nudges almond trees into frothy bloom and a fragile ceasefire brings more traffic onto highways, and more Iranians back to their homeland. “I stayed with my son in Turkey for a month,” a grey-haired banker says as we stand waiting in the departures hall […]