Harvard agrees to pay millions after morgue manager sold body parts
Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million (£39 million) to resolve lawsuits from families who alleged the university mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school. The settlement, proposed in a Boston court on Monday, would end the suits…
Fenerbahce fight back against Lyon as Greenwood scores Champions League equaliser
Mason Greenwood struck a fine second-half equaliser as Fenerbahce fought back to draw 1-1 at home to Lyon in Tuesday’s Champions League play-off first leg. Lois Openda headed Lyon in front with his first goal for the French club in Istanbul, but…
Pranab Doley in Assam: The Indian activist jailed after taking on a hotel in Kaziranga
Officials say the new five-star hotel, to be built across 10 acres, will bring investment, jobs and wealthier tourists to Kaziranga. But dozens of families say they are being displaced from land they have cultivated for generations. The district…
Trump says no Iran talks planned, insists Strait of Hormuz remains open
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US has no talks planned with Iran but insisted the Strait of Hormuz remains “open and operating,” despite limited traffic and a reported strike on a ship exiting the waterway. Earlier this week, Trump also…
Disney and ABC sue Trump’s media regulator to stop early licence renewal
Disney and ABC have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from launching an early licence renewal process, arguing that the network is being unfairly targeted over its editorial content. «Government censorship is deeply un-American,» the…
ICC says US sanctions on top court members ‘undermine rule of law’
US sanctions on top members of the International Criminal Court «undermine the rule of law», the court said in a statement on Tuesday after Washington imposed measures on its president. «When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the…
Tracking USS Lincoln’s months-long mission as concerns about conditions grow
There have been reports of poor conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, which the US Navy says will soon be brought home from the Middle East. The aircraft carrier was originally expected back in May – but the US war with Iran has kept it at…
France to expel two Iranian diplomats as arrests row heightens
Paris will expel two Iranian diplomats posted in France in retaliation for Iran banning two French diplomats in the embassy in Tehran, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday. To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement…
Judge swapped in Trump’s defamation case against BBC
A judge who was recently nominated by Donald Trump to serve in Florida’s federal court has taken over as judge in the US president’s $10bn defamation case against the BBC. Jeffrey Kuntz was nominated as a federal judge by Trump in April and…
‘Tons’ of nuclear materials found at undisclosed Syrian site, IAEA chief says
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said its inspectors had found several tons of nuclear material in Syria, at a site which the authorities said they reported to the agency last month. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic…