Terrorism & Security

Iran taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, Tehran residents tell BBC

Residents describe new security checkpoints around the capital, where they say people are stopped and searched.

BBC World News Mar 16, 2026
Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Iran taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, Tehran residents tell BBC

Residents describe new security checkpoints around the capital, where they say people are stopped and searched.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Iran taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, Tehran residents tell BBC

Residents describe new security checkpoints around the capital, where they say people are stopped and searched.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Historic firsts, emotional speeches, and a tie: Watch the top Oscars moments

One Battle After Another dominated the night with six awards, while Sinners and Frankenstein weren't far behind.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

How did Oscar winner Kpop Demon Hunters win hearts the world over?

We find out how the award-winning, demon-busting crooners have cast a spell world over.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Oscars 2026: Winners list in full (updating live)

Find out which films and stars have won the famous golden statuettes as the ceremony gets under way.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Race on to establish globally recognised 'AI-free' logo

The backlash to the growing use of the tech has led to an explosion in attempts to come up with 'AI-Free' logo that coul...

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

How US groups are driving a new generation of anti-abortion activism in the UK

The killing of Charlie Kirk galvanised a transatlantic campaign against abortion. But will it succeed in shifting Britai...

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

How US groups are driving a new generation of anti-abortion activism in the UK

The killing of Charlie Kirk galvanised a transatlantic campaign against abortion. But will it succeed in shifting Britai...

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

'I cry every time': How Kpop Demon Hunters went viral

We find out how the award-winning, demon-busting crooners have cast a spell world over.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Ukraine's urgent fight on the financial frontline

The war-torn country is battling to secure crucial funding from the IMF and EU, as well as putting up taxes.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Ukraine's urgent fight on the financial frontline

The war-torn country is battling to secure crucial funding from the IMF and EU, as well as putting up taxes.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

Ukraine's urgent fight on the financial frontline

The war-torn country is battling to secure crucial funding from the IMF and EU, as well as putting up taxes.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

'We will go wherever they hide': Rooting out IS in Somalia

Somalia became a key part of IS's global network after fighters were driven out of strongholds in Syria and Iraq.

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

How passenger planes keep flying during a war

Airspace over Iran and the Gulf remains severely restricted following missile strikes, putting additional pressure on ai...

Terrorism & Security Mar 16, 2026

What Iranians are being told about the war

Iranian state media's coverage of the war includes inflations of enemy casualties and digital manipulation intended to g...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

'A new norm': BBC visits Doha market starting to fill up again two weeks into Iran war

The BBC's International News correspondent, Barbara Plett Usher, visits Doha's Souq Waqif market as strikes in the regio...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Ugandan opposition leader tells BBC he fled abroad fearing for his life

He says from an undisclosed location: "It was clear that the regime wanted to eliminate me."

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

U.S. Navy Minesweepers Assigned To Middle East Have Been Moved To Pacific

Two of the three Littoral Combat Ships that had taken over the minesweeping role in the Middle East have just appeared i...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Michigan synagogue attacker's brother was Hezbollah commander, IDF says

US officials previously said the man accused of ramming a truck full of explosives into a synagogue had recently lost fa...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Sweden detains captain of Russian shadow fleet ship

The skipper of the Sea Owl One is suspected of producing forged documents when it was boarded by coast guard.

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Sweden detains captain of Russian shadow fleet ship

The skipper of the Sea Owl One is suspected of producing forged documents when it was boarded by coast guard.

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

How Iranians are evading internet blocks to contact family abroad

Iranians are finding tech-savvy ways to get through the regime's restrictions on phone and internet connections.

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

French police detain brothers over 'lethal and antisemitic' plot

A loaded gun, hydrochloric acid and an Islamic State flag were found in their car, prosecutors say.

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Severe flooding kills 66 in Kenya, as heavy rains continue

Eleven people were rescued overnight after a minibus taxi got stuck in rising floodwaters in Nairobi.

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Israeli And U.S. Officials Indicate War Could Go On For Another Three Weeks

Trump says he's not ready to make a deal while Israel says it still has thousands of targets to hit. The post Israeli An...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Ugandan opposition leader goes abroad after two months in hiding

Uganda's military chief has said Bobi Wine is wanted "dead or alive", although some ministers have denied he is being so...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Zelensky accuses EU allies of 'blackmail' in oil pipeline row

Volodymyr Zelensky says restoring the flow of Russian oil via Ukraine into the EU would be like lifting sanctions on Rus...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Zelensky accuses EU allies of 'blackmail' in oil pipeline row

Volodymyr Zelensky says restoring the flow of Russian oil via Ukraine into the EU would be like lifting sanctions on Rus...

Terrorism & Security Mar 15, 2026

Israeli forces kill Palestinian couple and two of their children in occupied West Bank

Mohammed, aged five, and Othman, aged seven, were killed alongside their parents, the Palestinian health ministry says.