Watch: Alaska town sees its last sunset until August
Residents of Utqiagvik, the United States’ northernmost city, will experience 84 days of midnight sun and uninterrupted daylight.
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Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram
A fishermen’s leader tells the BBC that 40 people are feared dead – either in the strikes or drowning as they tried to flee.
Bosnia’s powerful peace envoy quits, with questions over role’s future
Christian Schmidt had been in the role since 2021, and departs after appearing to lose the backing of the United States.
Watch: Parachuting to a remote island to deliver Hantavirus aid
A specialist team helped supply critical medical support to Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.
Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader’s descendants
The painting is believed to have been plundered by high-ranking Nazi Hermann Goering during World War Two.
Police find body believed to be of fugitive Australian shooter
A body found in New South Wales is thought to be that of a man wanted over a triple murder.
BBC tours England and Argentina’s World Cup training grounds
Will Grant tested out one of the pitches where England captain Harry Kane and his team will train in Kansas City.
US national on repatriation flight tests positive for hantavirus
Another one of 17 Americans who are being flown home has mild symptoms, the US health department says.
Modi urges Indians to work from home and limit foreign travel as Iran war continues
He said the austerity measures would reduce India’s fuel use and help save foreign exchange.
Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m over use of her image on TV boxes
The pop star’s legal team alleges a photograph of her face was used on Samsung television boxes without permission.
Ailing Iran Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer
Iranian authorities granted human rights activist Narges Mohammadi bail amid growing concern over her poor health in prison.
BBC speaks with civilians inside Iran struggling with impact of war
Iranian authorities have imposed an internet ban but using trusted sources, special correspondent Fergal Keane hears from those traumatised by conflict and government repression.
News24 | Eswatini opens its doors to Taiwan as African nations withdraw overflight permits
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Saturday announced his arrival in Eswatini – Taipei’s only diplomatic ally in Africa – after an earlier trip was cancelled when several countries revoked overflight permits.
News24 | Pope names former undocumented migrant as US bishop
Pope Leo XIV on Friday named a former undocumented migrant as bishop of West Virginia, weeks after a high-profile verbal confrontation with US President Donald Trump.
News24 | House arrest sparks little hope of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi reclaiming limelight
At the leafy villa where Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi had spent years locked up, there were no signs on Friday it would become a renewed site of political pilgrimage as it did during her previous house arrest.
News24 | Press freedom ‘has never been so low’ and ‘impunity is rife’ warns media watchdog
Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, Reporters Without Borders warned.
News24 | Royal roast: King Charles’ wit lights up Washington, from tea jabs to football feuds
From the Boston Tea Party to “speaking French” comebacks and football versus soccer jabs—here are King Charles’ best quips from his high-stakes US visit.
News24 | Why Ghana walked away from a US health deal
Talks between Ghana and the US over a bilateral healthcare deal have stalled, after Accra voiced concerns regarding sensitive data sharing. Several African countries have pushed back on the deals, while some have signed.
News24 | Mosque mass killer Brenton Tarrant loses appeal to overturn New Zealand conviction
White supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant lost an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence for shooting dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, court documents showed.
News24 | ‘I was on the way out’: ‘Jurassic Park’ star Sam Neill cancer-free after gene therapy
Actor Sam Neill says he is cancer-free after five years of living with lymphoma, thanks to a genetic therapy that modified his immune system.
News24 | Iran’s supreme leader defies US blockade as oil prices soar
Iran’s supreme leader declared on Thursday that the United States had suffered a shameful defeat, defiantly rejecting a warning from President Donald Trump that an economically punishing US naval blockade could be enforced for months to come.