Marija Taseva was enjoying a night out with her sister at the Pulse club in Kocani, North Macedonia, on Saturday when disaster struck. They were watching DNK, a popular hip-hop …
‘I had one child and I lost him’ – North Macedonia mourns nightclub disaster Read More
Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region have described scenes “like a horror movie” as they retreated from the front lines. The BBC has received extensive accounts from Ukrainian troops, …
‘Everything is finished’: Ukrainian troops relive retreat from Kursk Read More
Parents who are worried about their children being on Roblox should not let them use it, the chief executive of the gigantic gaming platform has said. The site, which is …
Keep kids off Roblox if you’re worried, its CEO tells parents Read More
In some of his strongest rhetoric yet amid worsening cross-strait ties, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te has labelled China a “foreign hostile force”. He said Taiwan had “no choice but to …
Taiwan calls China ‘foreign hostile force’ and vows tough measures Read More
Early-rising stargazers in the UK woke up to a lunar eclipse just before dawn on Friday. The eclipse was partial for most of the UK, with the Earth’s shadow only covering …
In pictures: UK stargazers wake up to lunar eclipse Read More
UN experts have accused Israel of increasingly using sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians and carrying out “genocidal acts” through the systematic destruction of maternal and reproductive healthcare facilities. A …
UN experts accuse Israel of sexual violence and ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza Read More
The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, has repeated his call for the US to base nuclear weapons on Polish soil. In the presidential palace in Warsaw, he told me that …
Duda: US nuclear weapons in Poland would be ‘deterrent’ for Russia Read More
Russia is ready for a halt in fighting, says Vladimir Putin, but “there are nuances”. Those nuances that he laid out ahead of talks with US envoys at the Kremlin …
Is Putin ready for a ceasefire or playing for time? Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will pay $3.5bn (£2.7bn) to buy the gaming division of developer Niantic, whose titles include the hit mobile game Pokémon Go. The game involves …
Saudi Investment Fund pays $3.5bn to capture Pokémon Go Read More
Deena Ghazarian had only been in business for a year when the trade policies of President Donald Trump’s first term of office sent her company into a tailspin. It was …
US tech firms feel pinch from China tariffs Read More