Iranian media said eight people were killed when the B1 bridge in Karaj was bombed by US warplanes
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that there will be strikes on its bridges and electric power plants if its leaders do not agree to his terms to end the war.
It came after Iranian media said eight people were killed and almost 100 injured when a bridge under construction in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, was bombed on Thursday.
The "Combinado del Este" prison, in Havana, pictured in 2013
Cuba will free 2,010 prisoners as part of a "humanitarian and sovereign gesture," it announced on Thursday, as it faces continued political pressure from the US.
Those freed will include foreign nationals, young people, women and those aged over 60, a statement from the Cuban embassy in the US said.
It said the release was taking place "in the context of
There are thousands of reported sightings of the mythical creature of Bigfoot, which has captured people's imaginations since being allegedly pictured in 1967
Be it a hoax or an undiscovered species, the mystery and mythology around Bigfoot has captured people's imaginations for decades.
Widely regarded as a cultural icon, Bigfoot was catapulted into the public sphere in 1967 when grainy footage was captured of a 7ft tall, ape-like figure walking upright and glancing back at the camera in the US state of
The Orion spacecraft thrusts out of Earth orbit and on to the Moon (artwork)
The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission have now left the Earth's orbit, after their Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for a final push towards the Moon.
The five minute and 55 second engine burn, known as the translunar injection (TLI), went "flawlessly", Nasa's Dr Lori Glaze said
Access to potable water remains a challenge in India, pushing people to drink bottled water
Indians are bracing for summer, with temperatures expected to cross 45C in some parts of the country. But the war with Iran is already putting India's $6bn bottled water industry under strain as manufacturers struggle to access crucial raw materials.
Last month, market leader Bisleri , making a box of 12 one-litre bottles costlier by 24 rupees ($0.26;
Arlo Parks is ready to party - without sacrificing the emotional honesty that won her legions of fans
A couple of years ago, Arlo Parks found herself in a nightclub, consoling a complete stranger.
"It was the summer in New York and everyone in the club was super-friendly," she recalls. "But there was a group of girls surrounding their friend, and she seemed really upset.
"I was standing near them and I said something like, 'I hope you're OK',
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down from his post, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement on social media that George "will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately".
The Army chief normally serves a four-year term. George, a career military officer who graduated from the West Point military academy, was
Watch: BBC attends Myanmar military parade as general Min Aung Hlaing seeks presidency
Just seven days after he made the fateful decision to launch his coup against the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February 2021, General Min Aung Hlaing made a promise; to hold elections, and return to civilian rule, within a year.
It has taken him five years to fulfil that promise.
Today, the newly-elected parliament will choose him to be the next president. Min Aung Hlaing has already stepped down
Lively and Baldoni both attended a hearing in person in February at New York federal court
A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a sexual harassment lawsuit that actress Blake Lively filed against her It Ends with Us co-star Justin Baldoni.
Judge Lewis Liman threw out 10 of 13 allegations in Lively's case, including harassment and defamation.
He left in place three claims against Baldoni - breach of contract, retaliation, and aiding and abetting in retaliation - which will