Taliban stops female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai
The BBC speaks to students who were blocked at the airport as they tried to leave for Dubai.
2023-08-28 14:59
'Stolen' totem pole prepared for return to Canada
The totem pole has been in Scotland for almost a century since it was sold to the museum in 1929.
2023-08-28 13:49
At Jackson Hole, Post-Inflation Challenges Vex Central Bankers
The world’s top central bankers stressed the need to keep interest rates high until inflation is contained —
2023-08-28 04:49
Man's triathlon death marked with Stourbridge minute's silence
Brendan Wall's death during the Ironman race is remembered during a football match.
2023-08-28 02:20
Hallstatt: Austrian town protests against mass tourism
Hallstatt, in the Alps, has a population of 700 but can get up to 10,000 visitors a day.
2023-08-28 01:52
US Energy Exports on Agenda for G-7 Meeting, McCarthy Says
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he plans to promote US natural gas exports at a meeting with his
2023-08-28 00:52
In pictures: Redheads celebrate fiery locks at Dutch festival
Hundreds of ginger-haired people from across the world took part in the three-day Ducth gathering.
2023-08-27 23:53
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from visiting national park
Afghanistan's acting vice and virtue minister says female visitors were not observing hijab rules.
2023-08-27 19:46
Vigil to be held after four young people killed in crash
A vigil will be held later in memory of four young people who died in a County Tipperary car crash.
2023-08-27 15:23
Slower US Job Growth to Support Fed Patience
Employment growth in the world’s largest economy probably cooled and wage increases moderated in August, suggesting a further
2023-08-27 14:26
Haiti gang opens fire on protesters in capital, killing seven
Soaring gang violence in Haiti has left more than 2,400 people dead in 2023 alone.
2023-08-27 13:54
German Inflation Trauma of 1923 Strikes an Uneasy Chord Today
By late-1923, hyperinflation had rendered Germany’s currency so worthless that one woman used several billion marks of banknotes
2023-08-27 13:54