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President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.The ceremony took place in the newly-renovated White House Rose Garden."Today, we're here to honor and remember a fearless...

More remains of Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at keeping peace in Gaza, Israeli authorities said.Four coffins of deceased hostages were transferred to the...

The US has struck another vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump has said. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." This...

David Gritten andRushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, IstanbulReutersHamas has not yet issued a statement explaining the delay, but a senior Palestinian source told the BBC on Tuesday that the group's negotiators were meeting mediators in Egypt to try to resolve the...

Two French nationals have been handed lengthy prison sentences by a court in Iran after being convicted of espionage, Iranian state media reports.The reports do not name the defendants but they are believed to be Cecile Kohler, 40, and...

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to members of the media at the US Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2023. Donald Trump was indicted on August 1, 2023 over his efforts to overturn the results of...

Unlike luxury consumer goods brands such as Cartier or Louis Vuitton, Best Buy needs to appeal to a very wide swath of society. Consumer spending patterns since the pandemic, especially the growing gap in spending power in the U.S....

Sammy AwamiBBC Africa, Antananarivo andDanai Nesta KupembaBBC NewsBut he fell out of favour following allegations of cronyism and corruption, which he denied. Despite the fact that power appears to have shifted away from him, he has continued to try...

R&B award-winning singer Michael Eugene Archer, known to his fans as D’Angelo, died aged 51 after a battle with cancer, his family said in a statement. His family said on Tuesday that the singer was leaving behind a "legacy...

The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to overturn the nearly $1.5bn (£1.1bn) defamation judgment against him. Jones was ordered to make the payout in 2022 for claiming the 2012 mass shooting...