Turkish authorities launch crackdown on LGBTQ+, HIV support groups

The raids targeted both current and former members of multiple prominent LGBTQ+ rights and HIV awareness groups. The organizations’ websites were also blocked.

The tariffs on Irish whiskey were imposed months ago as part of his standard tariff imposed by Trump on European Union imports, which was reduced to 10 per cent in July. 

The Quebec superstar opened her show before nearly 33,000 people at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre marking an emotional comeback after what she described as a “rocky road.”

The Quebec superstar opened her show before nearly 33,000 people at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre marking an emotional comeback after what she described as a “rocky road.”

Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country.

Boris Johnson has been caught up in a security scare in Ukraine after a train behind the one he was travelling in was hit by a Russian drone, reports say.

The ferry, with more than 240 people on board, was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, on Borneo Island, officials said.

A NATO fighter jet was scrambled after a possible drone sighting in Lithuanian airspace - but it turned out to be a flock of birds.

Swedish voters have headed to the polls in an election that could bring a far-right party into government for the first time.

At least six people have died and 130 people are still missing after a passenger ship in Indonesia carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea during bad weather, officials say.

Canada, Ukraine and Norway will host an international conference in Toronto focused on returning Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war.

Celine Dion was brought to tears as she returned to the stage for the first time in almost six years after revealing she was battling a rare neurological disorder.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada wants a deal with Washington “very badly” and suggested an agreement could come “fairly soon” if trade concerns are resolved.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will pitch Canada to hundreds of global and domestic investors at the country's first national investment summit in Toronto next week.

Trump is holding meetings in Dublin before attending the Irish Open golf tournament in Doonbeg, County Clare.

Local officials say186 passengers were on board the train operating the Rouen-Caen route in Normandy.

Winemakers can produce bubbly up to 15% ABV following an unusual harvest that produced sweeter grapes.

Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.

The authorities have struggled to contain the fallout, as frightened migrants flee the country.

Donald Trump said he would "love to see" a reunified Ireland, claiming "it's going to happen eventually".

The Chicago rapper was arrested in 2024 and accused of involvement in a shooting that killed the cousin of rival rapper Quando Rondo.

A senior UN official tells the BBC there is a race against the clock to ensure access to power and water through winter.

A Greek woman has given birth aged 54, beating a government deadline to use one of her embryos, which had been frozen for 22 years.

Access to the burnt-out boat has been slowed by toxic fumes and lingering heat, the country's coast guard says.

Tasia Fortune's body was foundin the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.

Glutathione, an antioxidant, has been offered as a treatment at some of the largest US wildfires in recent years.

In New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, solemn ceremonies commemorate the landmark anniversary.

Art crime investigators and security experts say burglaries from galleries across Europe are becoming more brazen.

Mountaineer Mingma G tells the BBC about the climb to bring home the bodies of his closest friends.

A man has been arrested in the death of Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black woman who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi last month, police announced Friday.