BBC: Former President Bill Clinton told a congressional panel he “saw nothing,” and “did nothing wrong” in relation to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The all-day hearing behind closed doors in New York featured the former president being asked about his inclusion in newly released files related to the financier, including in a photo […]
BBC: Israel’s High Court has temporarily halted a ban on international aid groups from working in the occupied Palestinian territories unless they meet strict new rules. The injunction came ahead of an Israeli deadline for 37 well-known organisations to stop work, something the groups warn will remove a lifeline for vulnerable people and cause “irreparable […]
BBC: Pakistan has bombed areas in Afghanistan on Friday, after the Afghan Taliban earlier announced a major offensive against Pakistani military posts near the border. It is the latest escalation of tensions between the neighbouring countries. Afghanistan’s Taliban government said it had launched an offensive on Pakistani military bases near the border on Thursday night. […]
BBC: A court in India has closed a corruption case against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal almost two years after he was arrested and held in jailed for months. The Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader was arrested in March 2024, weeks before India’s general election, in connection with a liquor policy which authorities alleged gave […]
BBC: Hillary Clinton told a congressional panel she “had no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, as she called for lawmakers to question President Donald Trump under oath about his past association with the late sex offender. “I want to see the truth come out,” the ex-US secretary of state said after testifying behind closed doors […]
BBC: China has removed 19 officials, including nine from the military, from its list of lawmakers ahead of its biggest annual political meeting next week. The removals were announced by the country’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. No official reason for the removal has been given, but it comes just […]
BBC: Pakistan launched strikes on the Afghan cities of Kabul and Kandahar in the early hours of Friday, according to Pakistani government officials. A spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban said on X that it had responded with renewed attacks against Pakistani troops along their shared border – though the post has now been deleted. Pakistani […]
BBC: The top Democrat on the congressional committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein has accused the US justice department of withholding files containing allegations of sexual abuse of a minor made against President Donald Trump. Robert Garcia, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said he had personally viewed documents containing the allegation that had not been […]
BBC: India’s Supreme Court has banned a school textbook after a chapter in it made a reference to corruption in the judiciary. The revised social science book was published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which designs the syllabus and textbooks for millions of schoolchildren in the country. On Wednesday, after […]
ABC: ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s security forces killed 34 militants in multiple raids across the country, the military said on Wednesday, as a separate ambush blamed on the Pakistani Taliban killed four police officers near the Afghan border. Pakistan’s military, in a statement, said 26 militants, including at least one Afghan, were killed in four separate […]