Former FBI Director James Comey surrendered to authorities on Wednesday to face a charge alleging that an image he briefly shared on social media posed a threat to the life of President Donald Trump.
It stems from an Instagram post shared by Comey, which contained a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to read "86 47". "Eighty-six" is a slang term for "get rid of", and prosecutors allege it
dpa/Alamy Live News More than five weeks after a humpback whale became stranded in shallow waters on the German coast, a barge has ferried the animal out of German waters, en route to the North Sea.
The final operation to save the whale is being closely followed across Germany, after the failure of earlier attempts to lure it away from the coast.
The whale was coaxed into the water-filled barge on Tuesday, in a
Anadolu via Getty Images A former French serviceman has been detained in Madagascar for allegedly taking part in a plot to destabilise the island, authorities say.
Prosecutor Nomenarinera Mihamintsoa Ramanantsoa said the French national had been charged with multiple offences including criminal conspiracy and plotting to sabotage infrastructure such as power lines and thermal plants.
Speaking in a video statement on Tuesday evening, he said other accomplices - including a Malagasy army officer
The United Arab Emirates' plan to ditch the oil producers' group Opec and strike out alone is being viewed as a huge blow for the organisation, with one analyst describing it as "the beginning of the end of Opec".
It comes at a time of significant volatility in the oil market, with the US-Israel war with Iran triggering the biggest loss of oil supply on record,
Here, in five charts, we explain how
AFP via Getty Images/Reuters It has been one of the most fractious relationships between an American president and a central banker in history.
Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell - mainly because interest rates have not fallen as quickly as the 47th president of the US would like.
Now, as Powell prepares to step down as chair to make way for , we take a look back at some of the biggest clashes between the two.
New images included in a memorandum filed by the US government show Cole Tomas Allen - the man accused of opening fire at a White House Correspondents' dinner last weekend - with weapons in a hotel room before the attack.
Prosecutors submitted the photos along with new details of the suspect's activities before the 25 April incident in their motion to keep Allen detained pending trial.
The 31-
Getty Images Oil prices have soared following reports that the US is preparing for an 'extended' blockade of Iran.
Brent crude rose to over $117 (£86.71) a barrel on Wednesday afternoon, the highest price so far this month, from just over $110 a barrel on Tuesday evening.
BBC News understands US oil giant Chevron met President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss how to limit the fallout
Getty Images French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the reappearance of a website known for facilitating the crimes of Dominique Pelicot, who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his wife Gisèle Pelicot.
Its precursor, Coco.gg, was an unmoderated platform offering registration-free access to chatrooms with French authorities linking it to sexual abuse of children, drug offences, rape and murder.
It was shut in 2024 after being cited in more
Getty Images The US Supreme Court limited the ability of lawmakers to take the racial make-up of a state into account when drawing voting maps, in a ruling that could reshape politics across the American south.
In a 6-3 decision, the conservative justices sided with a challenge to new districts in Louisiana that were created to comply with a landmark Civil Rights law meant to protect black Americans from racial discrimination.
The way courts have previously interpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court