Category: 2. World

US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, whose government called the seizure “an act…

Millions of teenagers in Australia woke up on Wednesday to find themselves locked out of social media accounts after the government introduced a ban for under-16s – the first of its kind – on the platforms.

Far from being a kneejerk response…

Millions of Australian under-16s will be cut off from social media on Wednesday.

As our technology reporter Josh Taylor explains, it comes after months of campaigning across the country, and on a swell of popular support, with parents and…

Four Afghan men were ordered to report to the Taliban government’s department of vice and virtue for dressing in costumes inspired by the TV series Peaky Blinders.

The friends were told that their clothing was “in conflict with Afghan and Islamic…

Lucy Gilder
BBC Verify senior journalist

Last night, US President Donald Trump gave a speech in Pennsylvania on the cost of living, a key concern among American…

Russia on Wednesday said it was still awaiting a formal answer from Washington on President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to jointly stick to the last remaining Russian-US arms control treaty, which expires in less than two months.

New START, which…