WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2026, 03:35
Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to “an archaic and undemocratic principle.” The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords’ 800 members.
The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC’s international editor.
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment at the weekend, is injured but “safe”, officials said on Wednesday.
The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed divisions among Europe’s far-right parties and personalities.
According to Chinese mythology, those born in the Year of the Horse will clash with Tai Sui, a heavenly general. Luckily, there are ways to appease Tai Sui, including amulets at Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple.
Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers in the West Bank since the start of Israel’s war, the UN says.
Republican Clay Fuller is projected to face Democrat Shawn Harris in the 7 April runoff election.
A majority of Americans oppose the U.S.’ involvement in the war with Iran, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And, the Department of Justice is quietly restoring gun rights to felons.
Lori Idlout, formerly of the NDP, has become the latest lawmaker in the current parliament to cross the floor.
Australian police helped two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer delegation slip their minders to claim asylum, but one has changed her mind and decided to go back to Iran, the country’s interior minister said.
Attacks and counterattacks continued throughout the Middle East Wednesday. Two cargo ships were struck in the Gulf, as some lawmakers in Washington pressed for answers on the war’s rationale.
Harish Rana has been in a vegetative state since 2013, when he fell from a balcony and suffered head injuries.
Thousands of white South Africans are coming back to South Africa, despite Donald Trump’s statements that the white minority is being persecuted by the country’s black majority government.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would bring the most intense strikes across Iran. And residential buildings are not being spared in Tehran.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has ignored President Trump’s demand to disarm or “face certain death.” A look at the group’s strength and vulnerabilities amid the U.S.- Israel war against Iran.
As missile fire is constant across the Lebanon-Israel border, residents in one northern Israeli city are defiant about not leaving again, as they did during the Gaza war.
Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is “hell” in an interview where he repeatedly claimed he was not guilty of any crimes.
Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted a wave of seven drones heading toward a strategic oil field, as Iran renewed fire on its Gulf neighbours and their energy infrastructure.
The US singer lost the case in 2023 and later won on appeal, but now judges have ruled against her.
Dutchman Hans Compter travelled around the world to deliver the Austin to Cathleen Hourie in Orkney.
The city’s biggest ever evacuation comes after the British flying bomb was discovered near a collapsed bridge.