Jeremy Bowen International editor
Reuters I know what can happen when an American president calls for an uprising and then doesn't get involved when it starts. That's because I've seen it before.
In 1991, on 15 February to be precise, the first President George Bush made a speech that he probably regretted until the end of his days.
It was at the factory in Massachusetts where they built Patriot interceptors, which were making their debut as the most advanced weapon of that first Gulf
Ghoncheh Habibiazad BBC Persian
BBC Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain.
But life goes on, even as the war drags on.
Sahar, a woman in her 20s, told BBC Persian that she was spending most days sheltering at home in Tehran, cooking, reading, and playing a life
unicef A French national working for the UN in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed, the French president has said, following reports of drone strikes on the eastern city of Goma.
Two other people were killed in the attack but their identities have not been made public.
Witnesses say the drones hit Lake Kivu and a two-storey residential building frequently occupied by expatriates and aid
Reuters The European Union and United Kingdom have demanded that Israel halt a surge in violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has taken place since the start of the country's war with Iran.
Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers across the West Bank over the past 11 days, according to the United Nations.
The UK said it was appalled by the
Mitchell Labiak Business reporter
Getty Images Dozens of countries have agreed to release a record amount of oil from their emergency reserves to alleviate supply shortages and try and limit soaring prices.
The 32 member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) will release 400 million barrels to combat what the IEA said were challenges "unprecedented in scale".
The Iran war has caused oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz — which carries a fifth of global oil supplies — to virtually stop and production in the
Reuters Ukrainian forces have struck one of Russia's "most important military factories", President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
"The plant produced electronics and components for Russian missiles. The very missiles that strike our cities, our villages and civilians," he said.
British Storm Shadow missiles were used to hit Kremniy El plant in the border region of Bryansk, Ukraine's military said.
Russian local authorities say at least six civilians were killed and 42 injured in
Jessica Murphy Canada digital editor, Toronto
Getty Images A fourth MP of the current Canadian parliament has defected to join the Liberals, bringing Prime Minister Mark Carney closer to a majority in the House of Commons.
Lori Idlout, a member of the left-leaning New Democrats (NDP), is joining the governing party. In a statement issued by the Liberals, she said she had undergone "much personal reflection and encouragement from my community, family, and supporters".
Interim NDP leader Don Davies said he was "very
Getty Images In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has allowed the removal of life support of a 31-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade.
This is the first instance of court-approved passive euthanasia - the act of withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatment - in India. The man, Harish Rana, had not left a will before he had an accident.
Khanyisile Ngcobo Johannesburg
Reuters The arrest in South Africa of the youngest son of Zimbabwe's former President, Robert Mugabe, has brought renewed attention to the former first family and their controversies over the years.
Bellarmine Mugabe, who is due in court on Wednesday for a bail hearing, is accused of attempted murder, among other charges, after a 23-year-old man was shot and injured at a property in