Global News Feeds

His death was announced by the Tata Group, the multi-billion-dollar conglomerate he led for more than two decades.

The Israeli military is carrying out its third ground offensive in the area since the Gaza war began.

It is believed to be the first time the two leaders have spoken directly in weeks.

The Category 4 hurricane is barreling towards heavily populated areas of Florida’s Gulf Coast. US President Joe Biden has said lives are at risk as officials warn residents to evacuate.

The businessman led a conglomerate of more than 100 companies, employing some 660,000 people.

The Tropicana opened in 1957 and in its heyday was visited by Frank Sinatra and the so-called Rat Pack.

North Korea said it would permanently block its southern border and build front-line defense structures there. These measures are largely symbolic, as inter-Korean cross-border travel has been at a standstill for years.

Social media is awash with bogus claims that Hurricane Milton has been “engineered”. What are the facts?

Relatives of Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a mass rape trial that has shaken France, testified in court on Tuesday about the deterioration they witnessed in Pelicot’s health throughout her almost decade-long ordeal, and the failure to determine its cause. Their accounts shed light on the widespread ignorance of drug-facilitated abuse that allowed the victim’s ordeal to go undetected for years. 

They were the first civilians killed by Hezbollah since the conflict with Israel escalated two weeks ago.

French President Emmanuel Macron will reaffirm France’s “unwavering support to Ukraine” the Élysée Palace said, during talks on Thursday with Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Flooding, storm surges, landslides and strong winds brought by hurricanes can cause huge devastation.

The brown bear, named 128 Grazer, also defeated her rival, Chunk, last year to win the title.

The Rhema church he founded is the largest and most influential in South Africa.

People in India-administered Kashmir have elected their first government since the territory was brought under New Delhi’s direct control. Many residents hope for the restoration of the region’s statehood.

While Florida is still reeling from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in Tampa Bay early on Wednesday night local time. While fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane, perhaps the fourth most powerful hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic. From cloud seeding and dry ice to giant funnels and lasers, scientists have tried to find a ways to stop or deviate hurricanes since the 1940s. But nothing has effectively worked. 

A UN fact-finding team is investigating alleged human rights violations during a deadly student-led mass movement that ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina in August. But will its findings lead to meaningful change?

Beirut residents tell the BBC what they made of the Israeli PM’s appeal to take back their country from Hezbollah.

As more Syrians flee Israeli bombs to return home, security forces are doing lucrative business charging them entry fees. The price is particularly high for those taking the long road back to opposition-held areas.

The US Government considers whether Google should spin off the Android operating system and Chrome browser.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it has opened criminal cases against foreign journalists for “illegally” crossing the border between Ukraine and Russia’s Kursk region.

A search has been underway for Tom Phillips since he took his three children from their home in 2021.

The captain collapsed during his flight from Seattle and the plane made an emergency landing in New York.

Paul Biya, 91, has not been seen in public for weeks, stoking speculation about his health.

Namibian leader Nangolo Mbumba says his country values the cooperation with Germany in creating clean energy, and addresses how German aid could be used to help communities affected by colonial era atrocities.

The 18-year-old has become the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000m peaks.

Hungary’s nationalist leader Viktor Orban made his case for “change” in Europe in a headline address to the EU parliament on Wednesday. His speech was greeted by denunciations as lawmakers took turns to lambast Orban’s democratic backsliding and pro-Russian positions. 

US nationals David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work revealing proteins’ secrets through computing and artificial intelligence.