Witnesses report explosions and sustained gunfire near a military base outside the capital as clashes are reported several other regions.
No meeting is planned between Iran and the US, according to an Iranian official. Donald Trump says Tehran is "making an offer and we'll have to see".
Influencers promoting looksmaxxing and narrow male beauty standards are being called out by a new wave of men on social media.
A year after the Pahalgam attack, tourism has slowed in Indian-administered Kashmir, hitting lives and livelihoods.
The city of Dnipro was hardest hit, with officials saying four died in a strike on a residential building.
On Friday morning, souring relations between Europe and the United States reared its Medusa-like head again, writes the BBC's Europe editor.
Local elections are held in the occupied West Bank and in one Gazan city, though Hamas and other groups are not taking part.
Many died due to conditions at a Florida warehouse where they'd been shipped, while others arrived from South America dead, authorities say.
The state visit to the US looks fraught with difficulty - but could be key to rescuing the special relationship.
Animal rescue teams reveal the risks they take to rescue dogs, cats and other animals from the war in eastern Ukraine.
Several black Zambians tell the BBC they sometimes feel like they are second-class citizens in their own country.
Jake Reiner says the grief of his parents' brutal deaths and the arrest of his own brother left him in a "trance".
The inaugural top 20 is entirely made up of female authors, with Chloe Walsh appearing most frequently.
The spouses of illegal immigrants facing deportation must choose between separation or moving to a new country.
Is a culture of prisoners intimidating inmates into inflicting pain on others too normalised to change?
The London property manager, 27, who was also known as Angela, was stabbed in Westminster in 2024.
Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.
This story will make greater waves in the UK than in the US, which for Donald Trump is an opportunity for leverage, Joe Inwood writes.
Ticket money from some stadium and arena gigs is helping support struggling grassroots artists and venues.
President Donald Trump had accused Powell of improper cost overruns in renovating the Fed's building.
Two-up is a coin toss betting game that was played by Australian soldiers during World War One - it’s now only legal across Australia on 25 April.
The revelations intensify concerns about repeated police decisions not to investigate 2015 trafficking claims.
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Manchester City are finishing the season strongly - having looked at one stage as if the Premier League title may elude them. Here's how Pep Guardiola went through many systems to find his best team.
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Swapping Welsh roots for the England captaincy could be enough to turn a nation against you. But Meg Jones is different.
LeBron James makes a three-pointer to force overtime before the Los Angeles Lakers move to the brink of series victory in the NBA play-offs.
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Watch live coverage and follow text updates as Neil Robertson takes on Chris Wakelin and Kyren Wilson faces Mark Allen in the second round at the Crucible in Sheffield.
