DOHA, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Five U.S. detainees flew out of Iran on Monday in a swap for five Iranians held in the U.S. in a rare deal between the arch enemies that also unfroze $6 billion of Tehran’s funds. A plane sent by mediator Qatar flew the five U.S. citizens and two of […]
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The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week. Most of the girls agreed to change into other clothes. According to official figures, 298 girls – mainly aged 15 or more – turned […]
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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC’s US partner CBS. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, the official said. The exact […]
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The twins Timothy and Lydia Ridgeway were born 30 years after they were frozen as embryos in 1992. They hold the record for developing from the longest-frozen embryos known to result in a live birth. The adopted embryos were frozen in 1992, and the twins were born exactly three decades later. Rachel Ridgeway, a mom […]
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DUBLIN. – For a few hours, Bank of Ireland clients were able to withdraw money they did not have from Irish ATMs. Police were deployed after the news spread through social media. An IT glitch allowed Bank of Ireland customers to overdraw cash from ATMs, but the issue has since been fixed, bank officials […]
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Singapore police have seized about S$1bn ($735m; £578m) – including luxury homes, cars and watches – in one of its biggest anti-money laundering probes. Gold bars, designer handbags, wine and S$23m in cash were among the items seized in the raids. Police arrested ten people in the operation, all of whom held foreign […]
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