Author: Ward Simonds

Burkina Faso’s military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of “spying and treason”. They are three Europeans, […]

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem BBC The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight […]

Osmond Chiabusiness reporter and Faisal Islameconomics editor Bloomberg via Getty Images The price of gold has hit a record high of more than $4,000 (£2,985) […]

More than 300 petrol tankers make it to Bamako under military escort a week after pumps run dry.

Tesla is being investigated by the US government after reports the firm’s self-driving cars had broken traffic laws, including driving on the wrong side of […]

GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO/EPA/Shutterstock Gisèle Pelicot told the court in Nîmes this week she was the “only victim” of rape A court in southern France has increased […]

Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced. English is used as the language […]

Vyacheslav Gladkov The governor of Belgorod shared images showing the aftermath of the latest attack Three people have been killed and at least nine others […]

Four people have died after a six-storey building which was being refurbished partially collapsed in the centre of the Spanish capital, Madrid. The city’s mayor, […]

Two people, an instructor and student, were airlifted to safety by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue after surviving a plane crash in the Everglades. The two […]