His detention comes as he faces legal proceedings after being dismissed in a corruption scandal.
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Iran ready to discuss compromises to reach nuclear deal, minister tells BBC in Tehran
Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC’s Lyse Doucet that the ball was “in America’s court to prove…
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Motorbike raids on villages kill at least 30 in Nigeria
Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger…
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Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump depicting him as an ape
The former US president didn’t name Trump, but lamented the lack of “shame” and “decorum” among public officials.
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Rubio says US and Europe ‘belong together’ despite tensions
The US secretary of state reassures European leaders that the Trump administration backs the transatlantic alliance.
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Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny’s body, Foreign Office says.
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Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror – but I don’t feel anger
In an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France’s biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing…
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Can Bangladesh’s new leader bring change after election landslide?
Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh’s next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.
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Six possible effects of Trump’s climate policy change
The announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation.
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World’s rules-based order ‘no longer exists’, Germany’s Merz warns
“Our freedom is not guaranteed” in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich’s security summit.
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