Subscribe to BBC World News feed BBC World News
BBC News - World
Updated: 18 min 5 sec ago

Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space

50 min 31 sec ago
The BBC’s Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the Artemis II crew ahead of their likely splashdown on Saturday.
Categories: BBC World News

Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters

1 hour 39 min ago
US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.
Categories: BBC World News

Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as 'very frank'

2 hours 57 min ago
The US president says Nato "wasn't there when we needed them" during the Iran war.
Categories: BBC World News

Prosecutors seek Woods' prescription drug records after Florida arrest

6 hours 10 min ago
A legal order seeking the golfer's medications - including dosage and warnings about driving on pill bottles - will be issued later this month, court record shows.
Categories: BBC World News

Pioneering wildlife cameraman Doug Allan dies in Nepal

6 hours 48 min ago
The cameraman and photographer won eight Emmy Awards for his work on acclaimed series like Blue Planet alongside Sir David Attenborough.
Categories: BBC World News

Everything you need to know about BTS's comeback tour

6 hours 55 min ago
The megastars kick off their grandest tour, the largest in K-pop history, in Seoul on Thursday after a nearly four-year hiatus.
Categories: BBC World News

He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case

7 hours 46 min ago
Ben Roberts-Smith's case is not only unprecedented for Australia but "extraordinary" for the globe too, historians say.
Categories: BBC World News

Gambia appoints British barrister to prosecute gruesome Jammeh-era crimes

9 hours 26 min ago
Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule was known for enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
Categories: BBC World News

Watch: Fire damages roof of Rio's Olympic velodrome

11 hours 42 min ago
Around 80 firefighters and 20 fire trucks tackled the blaze, the state's military fire department said, adding that no one was hurt.
Categories: BBC World News

Ships still cautious about using Strait of Hormuz as Iran issues warning

12 hours 43 min ago
Only a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.
Categories: BBC World News

Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45

13 hours 35 min ago
The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it.
Categories: BBC World News

Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45

13 hours 35 min ago
The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it.
Categories: BBC World News

BTS turned millions on to K-pop. But now it's caught between Korea and the world

13 hours 56 min ago
It boils down to a single, loaded question: Is BTS straying from K-pop in trying to woo the world?
Categories: BBC World News

Nigeria begins mass trial of 500 terrorism suspects

April 8, 2026 - 23:57
Very few people are ever prosecuted following terror attacks with suspects often held without trial.
Categories: BBC World News

Cameroon 'military contractors' killed in Russia-Ukraine war - BBC confirms leaked message

April 8, 2026 - 22:07
The government usually refrains from commenting on the participation of its citizens in the conflict.
Categories: BBC World News

Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year

April 8, 2026 - 20:39
It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain.
Categories: BBC World News

Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year

April 8, 2026 - 20:39
It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain.
Categories: BBC World News

Man fined after breaking into viral hippo Moo Deng's enclosure

April 8, 2026 - 20:33
The director of the Thai zoo where Moo Deng lives said security would be upped after the incident.
Categories: BBC World News

Watch: When will fuel prices go down?

April 8, 2026 - 20:23
The BBC's Nick Marsh takes a look at whether fuel costs will get cheaper now the US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire.
Categories: BBC World News

Madagascar declares state of emergency over severe fuel shortages linked to Iran war

April 8, 2026 - 20:07
The presidency says it is taking action as it fears fuel shortages could lead to public disorder.
Categories: BBC World News

Pages