BBC tracks down sextortion scammer targeting teenage boys
The BBC challenges the scammers targeting teenagers like Evan Boettler, who took his own life just 90 minutes after being contacted.
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Video: Here’s how Syria is electing its first post-Assad parliament
Syria is holding its first indirect parliamentary election since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
Five killed across Ukraine in overnight Russian attacks
Moscow has stepped up its attacks in recent weeks, particularly on Ukraine’s energy grid and gas production sites.
Syria’s election is “a historic moment” in its transition
“What Syrians hope is that this is a part of the transition, part of the pathway that we need to go through…”
Al-Shabab militants dress as soldiers to storm Somali jail
An explosion and gunfire were heard coming from the jail, located near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
Chabria: McCarthyism in a MAGA hat? Trump’s campus deal sounds familiar to her
Tweety McTreason offered a carrot-or-stick deal to USC and eight other colleges. On first glance, it may not sound that bad to some. But it
Here are 5 major Supreme Court cases to be argued this fall
Transgender rights, voting rights and Trump tariffs face challenge in the Supreme Court this fall.
Tariffs and birthright citizenship will test whether Trump’s power has limits
The Supreme Court’s conservatives have yet to put limits on Trump’s broad claims of executive power.
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools
“A Clockwork Orange,” “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” and “Wicked” are among the most banned books of the 2024-2025 school year, according to PEN
The U.K.’s public health service is in crisis, threatening institution at center of British culture
“Nye,” an unlikely hit about the creator, and origin story, of Britain’s taxpayer-funded National Health Service, came at an inflection point for the NHS.
When stones fell from the sky: The night an Afghan village was destroyed
Aurak Dandila was a tiny, peaceful village nestled into a mountainside. Then the earth shook and unleashed the boulders.
Hundreds of thousands turn out at pro-Palestine marches across Europe
Demonstrators demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of flotilla activists trying to get aid to enclave.
MotoGP Indonesia: Aldeguer wins first race as Marquez injured on lap 1
Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer won his first career MotoGP after Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi collided on opening lap.
Mexican president’s popularity endures despite rising corruption concerns
Though Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is hugely popular, opinion polls show a disconnect: Mexicans have deep concerns about crime, the economy and, increasingly, the defining