Jouma and his family were fleeing their home in Syria in 2018 when an air strike hit the bus they were on. The little boy’s face was severely wounded and he was left completely blind. He was three years old at the time. The family now live in neighbouring Lebanon and allowed the BBC’s Eloise […]

Image copyright AFPImage caption Omar al-Bashir appeared in court in a cage on Monday A detective has told a court in Sudan that former President Omar al-Bashir admitted to receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia. Mr Bashir appeared in court on Monday to face corruption charges, which his lawyers say are baseless. He was […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGrace 1: Inside the seized supertanker An Iranian ship held by Gibraltar since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria has left port. Marine tracking shows the tanker moving east into the Mediterranean and lists Kalamata in Greece as the destination. Gibraltar earlier rejected a request […]

Image copyright AFP/GettyImage caption Syria has condemned the convoy as an act of aggression and says it is heading for the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun A Syrian government air strike aiming to stop a Turkish convoy reaching a rebel-held town in northern Syria has killed three civilians, Turkey alleges. Another 12 people were injured […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar are critics of Israeli policy US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to make a “humanitarian” visit to her grandmother in the occupied West Bank. Ms Tlaib said that she could not comply with the “oppressive conditions” being imposed. […]

Image copyright ReutersImage caption Grace 1, which is currently anchored in the Strait of Gibraltar, is carrying 2.1m barrels of oil The US justice department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ordered it to be released. The Grace 1 supertanker, which is carrying […]

Image copyright Mevan BabakarImage caption Former refugee Mevan reunited with Egbert who bought her a bike when she was a child A former child refugee who launched a Twitter campaign to trace a “generous” stranger who bought her a bike when she was five has been reunited with him. Mevan Babakar, 29, lived in a […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption “I don’t think we’ll be allowed back due to my ‘behaviour’,” Healy said Matt Healy, the frontman of Brit Award-winning band The 1975, has defied Dubai’s anti-LGBTQ laws by kissing a male audience member during a gig. Fan footage showed Healy venturing into the crowd and kissing a man on […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar Israel is blocking two US Democratic lawmakers, who are prominent critics of the Israeli government, from visiting. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were due to visit the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem next week. Both have supported the boycott movement against Israel, […]

Image copyright Rabei KhamisyImage caption The winery is unusual in having two treading floors A huge winery dating back to the Crusades has been found under a house in Mi’ilya in northern Israel. The townspeople have been working together to shore up the ruins of the 12th century King’s Castle that dominates their Galilee skyline […]