Image copyright Lynette Silver Image caption Vivian Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of the Bangka Island massacre In 1942, a group of Australian nurses were murdered by Japanese soldiers in what came to be known as the Bangka Island massacre. Now, a historian has collated evidence indicating they were sexually assaulted beforehand – and that […]
Image copyright Yogesh Kumar Singh Image caption Mr Kumar says he voted for the “wrong” political party An Indian voter says he chopped off his index finger after realising he had voted for the “wrong” political party. Pawan Kumar says he accidentally ended up voting for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a video […]
Image copyright Yogesh Kumar Singh Image caption Mr Kumar says he voted for the “wrong” political party An Indian voter says he chopped off his index finger after realising he had voted for the “wrong” political party. Pawan Kumar says he accidentally ended up voting for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a video […]
Image copyright Lynette Silver Image caption Vivian Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of the Bangka Island massacre In 1942, a group of Australian nurses were murdered by Japanese soldiers in what came to be known as the Bangka Island massacre. Now, a historian has collated evidence indicating they were sexually assaulted beforehand – and that […]
Image copyright Yogesh Kumar Singh Image caption Mr Kumar says he voted for the “wrong” political party An Indian voter says he chopped off his index finger after realising he had voted for the “wrong” political party. Pawan Kumar says he accidentally ended up voting for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a video […]
Image copyright facebook.com/nswpoliceforce Image caption The pair had been separated for almost two weeks A homeless man in Sydney, Australia, has been reunited with his pet rat which disappeared earlier this month. Chris, 59, is a well known figure in downtown Sydney where the rat, called Lucy, is usually curled up on a box in […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The dingo entered the campervan and bit the toddler’s neck A father has saved his son from a dingo attack after the toddler was dragged from a campervan at an Australian tourist island, say officials. The 14-month-old boy was sleeping inside the vehicle on a remote area of Fraser […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Runners competing at the Boston Marathon on Monday, 15 April Three Chinese marathon runners have been banned from competing for life after breaking the rules at the Boston Marathon on Monday. One participant gave his bib to someone else while the other two used forged certificates to gain entry. The […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mike Pompeo (R) travelled to Pyongyang four times last year North Korea has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear talks, accusing him of “talking nonsense” and being “reckless”. A senior foreign ministry official said that further talks would be “lousy” if Mr Pompeo […]
One of India’s most prominent airlines, Jet Airways, has run out of cash and failed to secure emergency funding. As a result it has suspended all of its flights and services. The BBC’s Punjabi Service was on the very last Jet Airways flight, which flew from Amritsar to Mumbai. Filmed by Ravinder Singh Robin. Edited […]
