Alfie TobuttBBC World ServiceWatch: Heavy sandstorm causes orange haze and low visibility across southern IraqMore than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept...

Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France's foreign minister has said.Jean-Noël Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of...

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterPA MediaBangladeshi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the British MP and former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq.The country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been investigating allegations Siddiq...

Danai Nesta KupembaBBC NewsGuardia Civil Ministry of InteriorPolice say the couple's activities were connected to a larger global trafficking organisationSpanish authorities have arrested a couple suspected of selling exotic...

Gemma HandyBusiness reporterReporting fromSt John’s, Antigua Getty ImagesGuyana, and the wider Caribbean region, are concerned Trump's price hikes will increase the cost of their importsThe Caribbean nation of Guyana...

EPAThe Israeli strike on al-Ahli hospital destroyed its laboratory and damaged its emergency room, according to Anglican Diocese of JerusalemThe World Health Organization has said conditions at hospitals in...

A 5.2 earthquake rattled San Diego, California, and the surrounding area on Monday afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey.The quake struck at 10:08 local time (18:00 GMT) with...

The BBC spoke to voters in Sydney, Australia about the country's housing crisis ahead of the federal election on 3 May. From feeling trapped in renting, to wanting more...

Ione WellsSouth America correspondentReutersNoboa told reporters in Santa Elena there was "no doubt as to who the winner" in the run-off vote wasSitting centre-right President Daniel Noboa has won...

Paul NjieBBC News, LibrevilleAFPGen Brice Oligui Nguema has been handed a seven-year mandate by an electorate relieved that the Bongo era is now past Gabon's military leader Gen Brice...

Stephen McDonellChina correspondentGetty ImagesIn response to why Beijing is not backing down to Donald Trump on tariffs, the answer is that it doesn't have to.China's leaders would say that...

The emergency services in Ukraine say more than 30 people have been killed and dozens of others have been wounded in a Russian ballistic missile strike on the north-eastern...