BBC: The aide to a top leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been shot dead in violence that broke out after elections in West Bengal state. Chandranath Rath was personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari, seen as the front-runner to become the state’s new chief minister after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the […]
BBC: Profits at oil giant Shell have risen in the first three months of the year following the sharp increase in oil prices since the beginning of the Iran war. Shell reported profits of $6.92bn (£5.1bn) for the first quarter, which was higher than analysts had expected and up from $5.58bn in the same period […]
BBC: The cruise ship hit by an outbreak of hantavirus is on track to dock in the Canary Islands by the weekend. Three people confirmed to have the virus and five suspected cases have been linked to the ship – the MV Hondius. The confirmed cases are a Dutch woman who died, a British passenger […]
BBC: Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: this article contains references to and images of someone who has died. Vigils are to be held across Australia on Thursday to remember a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered two weeks ago. The body of the girl, known as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, […]
BBC: In the early 1990s, Qatar was grappling with a period of economic strain – high debt levels and weak state revenues were weighing heavily on its finances. To try to transform its fortunes the small Gulf state made a decisive bet on natural gas. It would develop its vast offshore gas reserves, and – […]
BBC: Iran says a US proposal to end the war is “still being considered”, after reports the two sides could be close to an agreement. US news outlet Axios reported on Wednesday that the White House believes it could be closing in on a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran. A senior member of Iran’s […]
(Reuters) JOHANNESBURG, May 6 – Three people, two of them seriously ill, were evacuated on Wednesday from a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde, the World Health Organisation said. The MV Hondius, which has nearly 150 people on board, is expected to head next […]
(Reuters) ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, May 6 – The United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf, a source from mediator Pakistan familiar with the negotiations said. The Pakistani source said a report earlier by the U.S. media outlet Axios on the proposed memorandum was […]
BBC: The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a “short period of time”, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening. Trump said that “Project Freedom”, which began days earlier, would be halted by “mutual agreement” because “great progress” had been made toward a deal with Iran. […]
BBC: For 15 years, Mamata Banerjee and her regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) party seemed to embody a political law of India’s West Bengal state: they always found a way to survive. On Monday, that ended. The firebrand populist’s defeat to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended her bid for a fourth consecutive term as chief minister – […]
