'Unprecedented' rain in Japan kills eight people

14. Aug. 2026, 10:36

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.

US says dozens of countries helped China dodge Trump's tariffs

14. Aug. 2026, 08:39

A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies.

Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil

14. Aug. 2026, 10:55

A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.

Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms

13. Aug. 2026, 23:06

Thousands of sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.

Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross

14. Aug. 2026, 12:19

BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.

Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property

14. Aug. 2026, 13:18

Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes.

Presidential vote counting halted in Zambia over alleged attacks on polling staff

14. Aug. 2026, 11:37

The electoral commission said violence had "resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers".

Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says

13. Aug. 2026, 21:43

A preliminary report by US investigators says an engine fan blade broke on last month's flight from Greece to Germany.