Medical marijuana was moved into a lower category of drugs in order to increase research and access.

The Pope gives a frank and passionate speech, the likes of which have characterised his tour of Africa.

Zambia authorities and Edgar Lungu’s family are in a dispute over where the former leader’s remains should be buried.

The BBC’s Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where the buzz of busy shopping streets masks deep uncertainty over the country’s future.

A proposed three-year deal with Paris is aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

Reports say Phelan, whose role was largely administrative, left amid tension over US shipbuilding.

The Russian troops struck Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia regionwith guided bombs, killing a woman.

On the night of April 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck an oil refinery in Samara, Russia, and attacked the “Gorky” oil pumping station.

Total combat losses among Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to April 23, 2026, amount to approximately 1,322,550 personnel, including 1,100 over the past 24 hours.

The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Dnipro has risen to seven. Two of them are children.