
UK does not ‘agree with Trump on every issue’ – Cooper
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump’s criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran.
WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2026, 09:31

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump’s criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran.

A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country’s first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan nation for decades.

“British Bases Out” is the slogan of Cypriot protesters after a drone strike targeted the RAF Akrotiri airbase.

UN Humanitarian Affairs Lead Tom Fletcher speaks to the BBC about the conflict in the Middle East.

Kenyan celebrities are driving a surge in weight‑loss and cosmetic procedures, sparking criticism and concerns.

Trump made the promise in front of an assembled meeting of Latin American leaders.

Social media footage shows flames leaping into the air and plumes of smoke above the city’s skyline.

Band Baaja Bitiya is the moving tale of a father who goes to rescue his daughter from her matrimonial home.

In super-organised Singapore, disputes over public space are a battle between control and chaos.

The UAE, billed as a global luxury destination, has received the bulk of Iran’s attacks in the region so far.

The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has entered a second week, with drones and missiles crisscrossing much of the Middle East and death tolls rising.

The premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia, David Eby, explains why this Sunday is the beginning of a new era of permanent daylight saving time there.

Kim Ghattas, author Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East,” talks about the impact of the widening war with Iran on life in Lebanon, and the impact on the geopolitics of the gulf region.

A group of Ukrainian musicians is touring the world to remind people that thousands of Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russia.

Four people were killed in Michigan and two died in Oklahoma, officials say, as severe storms swept across parts of the US.

Europeans are divided over how to respond to the US/Israel war with Iran. German leaders have been measured, while Spain’s prime minister has been critical of the Trump Administration and of Israel.

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Michael Wahid Hanna of the International Crisis Group about how the spillover of the war between Iran, Israel, and the U.S. into other countries might change regional dynamics.

Iranians are streaming across the border with Turkey, fleeing constant bombardment. But some are also going the other way — returning to Iran out of worry for loved ones they can’t otherwise reach.
President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday the United States would hit Iran “very hard” and threatened to expand strikes to include new targets.
The US State Department approved the “emergency” sale of 12 000 bomb casings to Israel on Friday as the countries engage Iran in an escalating Middle East war.

The war is no longer just about the U.S., Israel and Iran. More countries are getting caught in the political crossfire or being drawn into the fighting themselves.