Category: 2. World

Trump’s strikes on Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have driven oil prices up, with a barrel of Brent crude, a major oil benchmark, hitting a four-year high of $126 on Thursday. It has since fallen back to $111 but it was…

Shakira performed her greatest hits to a vast crowd at a free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night.

About two million people came to watch the Colombian pop-star perform, according to a social media post by Rio de…

The BBC joined Canada’s military rangers on the final leg of a 5,200km (3,200 miles) Arctic patrol, where they shared the survival skills needed to endure freezing temperatures, navigate remote tundra and camp in conditions as cold as -60C…

While a Shahed can cost between $80,000 and $130,000 (£59,500 and £95,500), Zelensky says it can be intercepted with systems costing as little as $10,000 (£7,400). That’s far cheaper than traditional air defence missiles which cost millions of…

The executive director for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights, Roya Boroumand, says that an information vacuum in Iran “allows the state to broadcast its narrative, ie portray protesters as violent actors or foreign agents, while…