PARAMARIBO – Boat owners who take passengers across the river from Paramaribo to Commewijne and vice versa have made it clear that they want a boat fare hike as soon as possible.
IRAN - Iran's judiciary said Monday that a dual national arrested during the recent 12-day war with Israel has been referred to trial on charges of spying for the enemy.
VS - US President Donald Trump has flagged potential concerns over Netflix's planned $72bn (£54bn) deal to buy Warner Brothers Discovery's movie studio and...
SUDAN - An engineer at Sudan's largest oil field said Monday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces had...
ENGLAND - A new strain of mpox, previously called monkeypox, has been detected in a person in England, say UK health officials.
SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka has almost doubled its military deployment to regions struck by a cyclone that has killed...
UK - The Duke of Sussex's access to security when he visits the UK is under review, sources have told the BBC. In May, Prince Harry lost a legal case to have his police...
LONDON - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday arrived at the Downing Street office of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for talks with European allies on a Ukraine...
INDIA - A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists,...
CAMBODIA - Residents on both sides of Thailand's and Cambodia's border evacuated in droves on Monday as...
CALIFORNIA - Officials in California are urging people not to forage for wild mushrooms after a rise in poisoning cases caused at least one death.
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not retire from politics if he receives a pardon from the country's president...
BETHLEHEM - For the first time in two years, the Christmas tree in Bethlehem lit up the night sky, restoring a glimmer of joy to the birthplace of Jesus after seasons...
GUYANA - A Cuban-national was killed on Saturday afternoon during a robbery at Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown.
JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has affirmed support for the creation of a Palestinian state, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
CHENGDU - Paleontologists have identified more than 20 dinosaur and other vertebrate footprints on a rock wall in southwest China's Sichuan Province,...
BRISTOL - Photographer Martin Parr, whose colourful images captured British life, has died at the age of 73.
GAZA – After being relentlessly decimated by bombs and starved of medical aid during Israel’s genocidal war,...
DAMASCUS - Around Damascus’s Umayyad Square, children leaned out the windows, waving Syria’s green, white and black flag as fireworks burst in the sky.
POLTAVA REGION - Russia continued its air strikes on Ukraine overnight, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a "very constructive"...
