
BlueWorld.org is a world geography web site for people who want to know more about the regions and countries that make up our world. It was designed to help researchers, students, and laypersons find information and news from the many nations of our world, quickly, easily, and in one place. Use the menus above to get started.
The site is still a work in progress, so expect new countries to be added over time.
World News Headlines
- Six Nigerians accused of romance scams to be extradited to the USon September 11, 2026
The six will face wire fraud and money-laundry charges in the US, South African police say.
- Yemen's Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokhaon September 11, 2026
Mokha's capture brings the Iran-backed group closer to controlling a key international shipping route.
- Five dead and dozens injured in coach crash in Swiss Alpson September 11, 2026
The tourist coach was carrying dozens of Dutch passengers when it overturned in the south-eastern Swiss Alps.
- Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weaponson September 11, 2026
The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top researcher at the company warned of the risks of AI to humanity.
- Man loses case to claw back $369,000 he spent on lavish gifts for ex-girlfriendon September 11, 2026
Singapore's High Court rules in the woman's favour, with the judge saying the man "willingly" showered her with gifts, even before they got together.
- Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for auctionon September 11, 2026
Auction house Sotheby's expects the dress to sell for up to $300,000 (£220,000) when it goes under the hammer on 9 December.
- Man jailed after threatening to kill son's teacher in French villageon September 11, 2026
The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.
- Has Trump won over voters with his midterm convention?on September 11, 2026
The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith breaks down the main takeaways from the first-ever Republican convention held in the middle of a US presidential term.
- Spies, strategies and missed opportunities: How the lessons of 9/11 are still being learnton September 11, 2026
Twenty-five years on, the attacks have come to define a generation of foreign, security and intelligence policy, the BBC's security correspondent writes.
- Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prisonon September 11, 2026
Hong Kong used to be one of the only places in Chinese territory where people could gather to mark the 1989 crackdown.
- Brother of Muslim policeman killed in 9/11 'disappointed' by calls for Mamdani to sit out memorialon September 11, 2026
Zeshan Hamdani speaks out after push back against New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, attending 9/11 events.
- Watch: Americans remember what they were doing on 9/11on September 11, 2026
The BBC asks people in Washington what they were doing on that day and how 11 September 2001 changed the country.
- Civilians told to flee Ukraine's fortress cities as Russia bids to control Donbason September 10, 2026
Kramatorsk and Slovyansk are now the main focus of Russian ground assaults, and residents are being told to leave.
- Bernie Sanders speaks to the BBC about proposal to ban AI superintelligenceon September 10, 2026
The senator has also proposed a sort of sovereign wealth fund in which the US would take a 50% stake in AI companies.
- Five killed and 67 injured in Russian strike on shopping centre, Ukraine sayson September 10, 2026
The attack in Pavlohrad city centre was the third Russian strike on a mall within days, local media report.
- More than 20 children killed in DR Congo school fireon September 10, 2026
Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.
- 'We never recovered him': Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continueson September 10, 2026
Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.
- Can Trump really pay $5,000 to every American adult?on September 10, 2026
Analysts question if the US president's election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.
- Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data showson September 10, 2026
One pilot told the other about the aircraft's "excessive speed" but received an uneven response even as alarms sounded.
- Israel's Netanyahu to sue newspaper over claim UAE warned him of 7 October attackon September 10, 2026
The paper said it stood by its reporting, after publishing extracts from a book where the claim appears.
- Drone display recreates the Twin Towers over New York Cityon September 10, 2026
Organisers say each of the 2,977 drones in the display represents a victim of the 9/11 attacks.
- Royal family rift after popular TV news presenter chosen to succeed Ugandan kingon September 10, 2026
King Oyo's family say he left a will naming his young son as heir to the Tooro kingdom.
- Twenty-five dead after fire on cargo ship in eastern Chinaon September 10, 2026
Of the 42 people on board, 17 were were evacuated, CCTV reports.
- Iran war won't end until after crucial November elections, says Trumpon September 10, 2026
The president also said oil prices won't come down until after the November races, claiming without evidence that Iran wants to impact the election.
- Apple's new boss starts with big gamble on £1,999 first folding iPhoneon September 10, 2026
Apple showed off at an event the first major design change to the iPhone in almost 20 years.
- Russia's new jet-powered drones outpacing Ukraine's air defences with daily launcheson September 10, 2026
The new models can travel at speeds of up to 300mph, faster than Ukraine's air defence interceptors.
- Four key takeaways from Republican midterms conventionon September 10, 2026
The US president covered many of the subjects he has returned to time and again - with a few surprises thrown in.
- Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take overon September 9, 2026
AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried
- Spanish intelligence warned of Ceuta mass crossing plans before surgeon September 9, 2026
Declassified documents show Spanish and Moroccan authorities were alerted to social media calls for a mass migrant crossing the day before tens of thousands entered Ceuta.





























