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Riaz Sohail, Zubair Khan and Qaisar KamranBBC Urdu AFP via Getty Images Dozens of people are still missing after Gul Plaza caught fire on Saturday evening Muhammed Amin is beside himself with grief and despair. His brother, Naveed Memon, was inside Gul Plaza when a massive fire ripped through the densely-packed shopping centre in Pakistan’s read more

The number of people killed in a high-speed train crash in Spain is expected to rise in the coming hours as cranes begin moving the wreckage. Another body was found overnight – taking the total number to 41 – following Sunday’s collision in Cordoba province. Interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said at least three deceased people read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighs a challenge to a Hawaii gun restriction dubbed the “vampire rule” because, as with the fictional creatures in folk tales and the novel “Dracula,” people carrying firearms are required to seek permission before entering private property. The justices will weigh whether the requirement, enacted in 2023 as read more

Senegal’s reserve goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf has joked about his unique role of protecting his team-mate’s towel in his side’s chaotic Afcon final victory on Sunday. Diouf, 26, was an unused substitute during the final in Rabat but played a key role in Senegal’s second continental triumph in five years amid extraordinary circumstances. In the torrential read more

State of emergency imposed after gang violence allows police to arrest suspected criminals without judicial order. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Ten police officers have been killed in a wave of coordinated gangster attacks in Guatemala that began with prison riots in three facilities read more

The government has been warned it faces an “embarrassing and potentially catastrophic” legal challenge if it approves a controversial new Chinese “mega-embassy” in the UK. An announcement is expected this week on proposals for the building at Royal Mint Court, a site near the Tower of London, and could be made as soon as today. read more

Getty Images Valentino walks the runway with Naomi Campbell and Gisele Bündchen at the end of his 1999/2000 Haute Couture show in Paris The late Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known as Valentino, has dressed some of the most famous women and men of recent decades. Since he co-founded the Valentino fashion house in 1960, read more

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Alexander Drago | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and champagne, as French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly set read more

Kim condemns ‘incompetent’ party members for delays in government projects in advance of key ruling party meeting. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired a senior official tasked with economic policy and condemned “incompetent” party members, according to read more

Ministers are consulting on banning social media for under-16s in the UK – just weeks after a ban in Australia came into force. The government’s consultation will look at various options, including increasing the digital age of consent and restricting potentially addictive app design features such as “streaks” and “infinite scrolling”. There have been growing read more

BBC When campaigning to become president for the second time, Donald Trump made improving the economy a central part of his pitch to voters. One year after returning to the White House, we asked voters about that promise. What do they think of the state of the economy? Are their lives better today than they read more

French officials have made their first interception on the water as part of a new policy aimed at stopping small boats carrying illegal migrants to the UK. A so-called “taxi-boat” was boarded by French officers on Saturday on the Aa canal in Gravelines, which is on the Channel coast above Calais. It follows a change read more

A surfer has been bitten by a shark, the fourth attack along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline in under 48 hours. The 39-year-old man suffered minor cuts after a shark bit through his board near Crescent Head on Tuesday morning. He is currently in hospital in stable condition, say reports. It follows three other read more

Molara Wood Renowned Nigerian master wood carver Kasali Akangbe Ogun has been buried following his death last week after a brief illness. He came from a long line of wood carvers from the Yoruba people, and took the tradition from his birthplace of Osogbo in the country’s south-west to the global art space. Akangbe Ogun read more

A Cold War nuclear bunker hanging from a cliff edge could now be just weeks, if not days, away from falling into the sea. The bunker – built around 70 years ago as a look-out post – is precariously hanging off the Holderness coastline in Tunstall, East Yorkshire. Amateur historian Davey Robinson, who is using read more

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Beijing has demanded the Taliban government protect its citizens after an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least seven people. Six Afghans and one Chinese national were killed, and several more injured, in the blast at a Chinese restaurant in a heavily-guarded part of the city centre on Monday, read more

Watch: At the scene of Spain’s worst rail disaster in over a decade Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised to get to the bottom of why two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain killing at least 40 people, as rescuers continue to search the wreckage. After visiting the site of the crash, Sanchez also read more

It is a much more public show of support than Powell has previously displayed, but comes as Trump threatened Fed chair with criminal indictment. Published On 19 Jan 202619 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral argument in read more

Armed bandits have kidnapped more than 150 Christians in simultaneous attacks on a number of churches in Nigeria. The attack occurred on Sunday in Kurmin Wali, a community in the Kajuru area of northern Nigeria, while church services were under way. Different sources gave different tallies of how many people were taken, but initial reporting read more