Category: World
US approves $2.3bn sale of torpedoes, air defences, aircraft to Singapore
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence plans to replace its fleet of Fokker 50 Maritime Patrol Aircraft with Boeing planes.
Air Force One turned back as it carried Trump to Davos
US president resumed journey to Europe on Boeing 757 that departed just after midnight on Wednesday.
Israel’s wanted war criminal Netanyahu joins Gaza ‘board of peace’
This is a breaking news story.
Trump doubles down on Greenland ahead of Davos visit, saying there is ‘no going back’
Trump was due to arrive at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, but a minor electrical issue on Air Force One has forced his plane
Life sentence for man who killed Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe
Abe’s assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.
Driver killed in second deadly Spain train crash in days
At least 37 people have been injured, five seriously, in a second crash, after Sunday’s two-train collision in Andalusia.
Locked exits, panic and desperate calls for help: Survivors tell of mall fire horror
The BBC speaks to eyewitnesses and survivors of the fire that ripped through a busy Pakistan shopping centre.
What is Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party? Could it lead the country next?
For first time in its chequered history, the party has a real chance of grabbing power as the leader of ruling alliance.
Stock markets plunge as Trump ramps up tensions over Greenland
Wall Street has its worst day since October as Trump doubles down on threats to take Greenland.
Barcelona rail crash kills 1 days after deadly train wreck in Spain’s south
Official says 37 people injured, as Spain observes three days of mourning for 42 killed in earlier train collision.
How many military bases are there in the Arctic? Here are the facts
A vast portion of Arctic lands belong to Canada, but its military presence there is small compared to other countries, especially Russia and Norway.
Trump doubles down on Greenland, saying there is ‘no going back’
The US president is due to arrive at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he said there are “a lot of meetings scheduled on