Many people have been killed or seriously injured in terrorist attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station, Belgium’s PM says. Two blasts hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, and another struck Maelbeek metro station an hour later. The government has not confirmed casualty numbers. Brussels transport officials say 15 died at Maelbeek and media say up ...

A lawyer for prominent Chinese columnist Jia Jia, who went missing last week, has confirmed he has been detained by Beijing police. Yan Xin said police had told him that Mr Jia was taken away at the airport last week, before boarding a flight to Hong Kong. Mr Jia is said to be linked to a letter calling for the ...

The FBI says it may have found a way to unlock the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone without Apple’s assistance. A court hearing with Apple scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed at the request of the US Justice Department (DOJ), Apple has confirmed. The DOJ had ordered Apple to help unlock the phone used by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook. But ...

Cuban President Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama sparred over human rights issues including the American prison at Guantanamo Bay and Cuba’s political prisoners. At a historic news conference, Mr Castro said if he was given a list of political prisoners, he would “release them tonight”. The White House has said it has given Cuba lists of dissidents in ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won historic elections in Myanmar, is to take a place in the new cabinet. Ms Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency herself and had been widely expected not to take a ministry. But her name was on a list of 18 submitted to parliament by President-elect Htin Kyaw. The BBC’s Jonah Fisher in ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has revealed the first members of his foreign policy team. The advisers include academics and former military officers with expertise on the Middle East and energy issues. Mr Trump told the Washington Post that he would name more advisers in the coming days. Several of his advisers have served as experts for other Republican presidential ...

Thousands of Indonesian taxi drivers have brought parts of the capital, Jakarta, to a standstill in a protest against transport apps. The drivers say ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab have made it impossible for them to earn a living in the heavily congested city. Some protesters were seen attacking vehicles and threatening others drivers not taking part in ...

We have officially served a petition to the ICC regarding its decision against Taskin Ahmed. We have submitted the necessary papers, our observations and have mentioned our stance against ICC’s report. We have asked the ICC to review its decision Bangladesh Cricket Board has served a petition against the International Cricket Council’s decision of suspending fast bowler Taskin Ahmed. BCB ...

Joe Root scored 83 as England sensationally chased down a target of 230 to stun South Africa by two wickets in the World Twenty20 in Mumbai yesterday, reports AFP. The classy batsman hit six fours and four sixes in his 44-ball knock as England finished on 230-8 with two balls to spare after South Africa made 229-4. It was England’s ...

Unlucky to have lost the previous tie against Pakistan by just two runs via Duckworth/Lewis method, the Indian women’s cricket team need a win to stay alive in the tournament when they take on a strong England side at the ICC World T20 in Dharamsala on Tuesday. A defeat would virtually throw the home team out of the competition and ...