After years in power, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was toppled with surprising speed.
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Watch: BBC sees looting at Bashar al-Assad’s residence
BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab describes chaotic scenes in the Syrian capital.
Five dead, more feared missing after The Hague flat explosions
Police say a car drove away “at very high speed” shortly after the explosions.
Opposition wins Ghana presidential election, vice-president says
Although the ruling party candidate has conceded, no official results have been declared.
New images released as hunt for New York shooter continues
New York police are still searching for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson.
Ukrainian war dead reaches 43,000, Zelensky says in rare update
The Ukrainian president also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and 550,000 wounded.
HTS leader not only player in Syria’s fast-changing future
Bashar al-Assad’s regime is gone, but it remains unclear what Syria’s new order will eventually look like, writes Lyse Doucet.
Prithvi Shaw: The rise and fade of Indian cricket’s wonder boy
It has been a steep fall for the 25-year-old batter, once hailed as Indian cricket’s ‘next big thing’.
On secret military island, a mother strives to raise her children normally
Shanthi tried her best to create a sense of normality for her children on the secretive military island Diego Garcia
How a uranium mine became a pawn in the row between Niger and France
France’s nuclear giant has lost control of its uranium mining operations in the West African state.