Category: 2. World

In the week after the sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein died, Anya (not her real name) opened the door of her New York apartment. Outside was Epstein’s brother, Mark, telling her she had to leave, she says.

Anya had lived for years in one of…

Local sources said the base, located in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region, was targeted in a drone strike.

No details on damage or casualties were immediately available.

The Patriot system deployed at the U.S. installation was activated following…

Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site.

The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach…

She adds that she had always “hated” the surname she inherited from her father, which included a profanity that she was teased for at school. “I didn’t want to be associated with it,” she says.

Changing her surname to match her mother’s felt like…

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says efforts by Republicans in the state to pry power from Democrats are partisan political battles, and not motivated by race.

“I don’t believe that there’s been a direct targeted history… in a way that…

The US military says it is carrying out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since US President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was “over”.

“The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities at…

The rocket – named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India’s space programme – is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC.

Chandana says today,…

Ladd Keith, director of the Heat Resilience Initiative at the University of Arizona, told the BBC that other places could, like Phoenix, appoint a heat officer – someone to oversee initiatives and run communications among government offices.

“It’s…

For those born with Laron, there is hope in the form of a drug called Increlex.

The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.

But accessing the drug can be difficult and…