Many countries require that consent be given before sex — and have written that into their rape laws. France is not among them. Now two lawmakers hope to change that, and they got a step closer Tuesday night when the…
Zeyar Htun and Tessa Wong BBC Burmese and BBC News BBC / Neha Sharma Soe Nay Oo was an imam in Myanmar but had been working for a human rights group in Thailand after fleeing the 2021 coup As the…
As Israeli forces advanced on the southern Gaza city of Rafah before dawn last Sunday, an ambulance crew set out to evacuate civilians wounded by Israeli shelling. But the ambulance and its crew were hit on the way. Several more…
The United Nations agency for children says that at least 322 children are reported to have been killed since Israel launched a renewed offensive in Gaza two weeks ago. Unicef said at least 609 other children were reportedly wounded during…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel backed away from his nominee to lead Israel’s domestic intelligence service on Tuesday, after conservative allies attacked the candidate for criticizing President Trump and Israeli media reported that he had protested judicial overhauls pushed…
A toddler unearthed an ancient treasure during a family outing in southern Israel earlier this month, officials said. While visiting the archaeological site Tel Azekah, some 50 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan found a scarab amulet believed…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stunned the country twice on Monday, first by rolling out the early morning appointment of former naval chief V.-Adm. (ret.) Eli Sharvit as the new head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), then by…
Tom Bateman State Department correspondent Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Reuters Mourners gathered at a funeral on Monday after the bodies of 15 people, including paramedics and a UN worker, were found in a mass grave, according to the UN…
PARIS — A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics. Le…
17 members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang and members of the MS-13 gang, who were deported to El Salvador by the US in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 31, 2025. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele confirmed they will…