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Last Friday, Israel launched massive air strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with barrages of missiles. In a video message that day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Iranian people that in addition to Israel’s aim of thwarting Iran’s nuclear programme, “we are also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom”. Some...

Mike Wendling Reporting fromDresden, New York BBC Listen to Mike read this article For the last five years, a loud hum has been a continual backdrop to birdsong and the occasional barking dog in the village of Dresden, New York state. Coming from the nearby Greenidge Generation power plant, which had been mothballed for years...

Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Imagine having a president called Nicky. That’s what Romanians just voted for: a softly-spoken, slightly geeky mathematician who everyone refers to by his first name, Nicusor – or Nicky. On Monday, hours after claiming victory in the elections, the new president picked up his daughter from school as usual....

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a case relating to President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to unilaterally redefine the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause. At issue before the court, however, wasn’t the order itself, but rather the topic of nationwide injunctions — sometimes referred to as “universal...