(BBC News) A second batch of court papers linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shows how dozens of girls were recruited at his beachfront mansion.
A Florida detective says in testimony that 30 women had spoken to him about "performing massage and work" there. Some were paid to bring their friends.
The court filings have been made public under order by a judge.
They are part of a lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend.
She was jailed...
(BBC News) Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the killing of Hamas's powerful deputy leader will "not go unpunished."
Saleh al-Arouri died in a drone attack in Beirut on Tuesday. Israel has not confirmed it was responsible.
Nasrallah described Arouri's death as a "major, dangerous crime about which we cannot be silent."
He added that if Israel wages war on Lebanon "there will be no ceilings, no rules" to Hezbollah's response.
"We are not afraid of war," said...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Dozens of people have been killed and more than 200 others wounded in explosions near the tomb of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking four years since his assassination.
Two explosions were heard in the southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday afternoon near the burial place of Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike, according to Iranian media reports.
Iranian Health Minister Bahram...
(BBC News) A long list of people associated with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is expected to be made public in the coming days.
The disclosures may throw new light on the sex trafficking network directed by Epstein, who died in 2019, and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The disgraced pair mixed with high-profile figures from the worlds of politics, business, and royalty.
A judge ordered that the court documents in a lawsuit linked to Maxwell must be...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the Palestinian group and Lebanese media outlets say.
Al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday in a “treacherous Zionist strike”, Hamas said on its official channel. Hamas politburo member Izzat al-Sharq called it a “cowardly assassination”.
Al-Arouri was a senior official in Hamas’s politburo and was known to be deeply involved in its military affairs....
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to intensify strikes on Ukraine after an unprecedented attack on the Russian city of Belgorod over the weekend.
Saturday’s air attack killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100, according to Russian officials.
Russia has blamed Ukraine for the attack, which was one of the deadliest to take place on Russian soil since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started more than 22 months ago.
“We’re...
(BBC News) Israel's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial judicial reform that triggered nationwide protests last year against the Netanyahu government.
The change would have limited the power of the Supreme Court in overturning laws it deemed unconstitutional.
Critics say it would have severely undermined the country's democracy by weakening the judicial system.
There is strong opposition to the current Netanyahu government, seen as the most right-wing in Israeli history.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the...
(BBC News) Moscow has accused Ukraine of deadly air strikes on southwest Russia — with 20 people killed and more than 100 injured in Belgorod, near the border.
The regional governor said three children were among the dead in what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia since it invaded Ukraine.
A Ukrainian security source insisted that only military infrastructure had been targeted in Saturday's action.
The attacks follow Russian strikes on Ukraine on Friday, which killed...
(BBC News) Maine's top election official said her "sacred obligation" to uphold the law drove the ruling to remove Donald Trump from the state's 2024 election ballot.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows cited the US Constitution's insurrection clause to remove Trump, noting his role in the 2021 US Capitol riot.
The Democrat told the BBC she was hopeful the US Supreme Court will settle the issue.
The Trump campaign has vowed to appeal the controversial decision.
Two states,...
(BBC News) The Israel Defense Forces tells the BBC that it "regrets the harm caused" to civilians in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza on December 24.
An IDF official told Israeli public broadcaster Kan news that the wrong weaponry was used in the attack, and "extensive collateral damage was caused."
At least 86 people were reported killed in the Israeli air strike on the Maghazi camp, in the centre of the Gaza Strip,...
