Image copyright Getty Images Image caption MP or not, Kim Jong-un retains an iron grip over North Korea North Korea’s election has resulted in the expected landslide win for its authoritarian leadership – but in a big first for the country, Kim Jong-un does not appear to have been on the ballot. If confirmed, it […]
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Siti Aisyah was able to leave the court immediately The Indonesian woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, has been freed after charges against her were dropped. Siti Aisyah had been accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Mr Kim’s face in Kuala Lumpur airport […]
Image copyright Getty Images China’s aviation regulator ordered local airlines to halt Boeing 737 Max 8 flights after a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash using the same model. Airlines must suspend commercial operations of all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes before 18:00 local time (10:00 GMT). The Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed minutes after takeoff on Sunday, […]
Australian woman Katy Beaton says her world went “pretty grey” after she experienced an accident and two sexual assaults. Living with disabilities, she began feeling highly anxious about booking taxis. She tells the BBC how women-only ridesharing has helped to restore her trust in people. Video by Bill Code and Sinéad McDevitt. ‘Women-only ridesharing restored […]
Image caption Mullah Omar, filmed in secret by a BBC crew in 1996, is believed to have died from illness in 2013 Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan, a new book has claimed. Bette Dam’s The Secret Life of Mullah Omar says the leader never hid […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dissent is not a choice North Koreans are voting to elect the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the second such election since Kim Jong-un took power. Voting for the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) is mandatory and there’s no choice of candidates. Any kind of dissent is unheard of. Turnout is always […]
Image caption Mullah Omar, filmed in secret by a BBC crew in 1996, is believed to have died from illness in 2013 Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan, a new book has claimed. Bette Dam’s The Secret Life of Mullah Omar says the leader never hid […]
Australian woman Katy Beaton says her world went “pretty grey” after she experienced an accident and two sexual assaults. Living with disabilities, she began feeling highly anxious about booking taxis. She tells the BBC how women-only ridesharing has helped to restore her trust in people. Video by Bill Code and Sinéad McDevitt. ‘Women-only ridesharing restored […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dissent is not a choice North Koreans are voting to elect the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the second such election since Kim Jong-un took power. Voting for the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) is mandatory and there’s no choice of candidates. Any kind of dissent is unheard of. Turnout is always […]
