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 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 copyright Daniele Nardi Image caption Tom Ballard (left) and Daniele Nardi last made contact with their team two weeks ago The bodies of two climbers who went missing on a mountain in Pakistan have been found. Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi last made contact from Nanga Parbat at an altitude of about […]
Media caption“My throat hit the seat in front of me” More than 80 passengers have been injured, several seriously, after a ferry hit what appears to have been a whale in the Sea of Japan. The high-speed hydrofoil ship was en route to Sado Island from the port of Niigata on Saturday. Ferry operators said […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption President Trump said he would be “very disappointed” if there was testing by North Korea Satellite images of a facility near Pyongyang suggest that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. The increase in activity is around a site known as Sanumdong, where North Korea […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Afzal Kohistani had warned his life was in danger Pakistani activists are calling for a high-level judicial inquiry into the murder of a whistleblower who exposed “honour killings” in the country. Afzal Kohistani had warned for years his life was in danger after he brought public attention to the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Activists in Indonesia have campaigned against the Bank of China The world’s most endangered orangutans could be pushed towards extinction after an Indonesian court approved a controversial dam project, say campaigners. The 22 trillion rupiah (£1.15bn; $1.5bn) dam will be built in North Sumatra’s Batang Toru forest. The region […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Activists in Indonesia have campaigned against the Bank of China The world’s most endangered orangutans could be pushed towards extinction after an Indonesian court approved a controversial dam project, say campaigners. The 22 trillion rupiah (£1.15bn; $1.5bn) dam will be built in North Sumatra’s Batang Toru forest. The region […]
Image copyright Getty Images The former boss of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has been granted bail by a Tokyo court in a surprise decision. The court set bail at one billion yen (£6.8m; $8.9m) and Japanese media reports said he could be released as early as Tuesday. Mr Ghosn has been charged with financial misconduct but […]
Image copyright Getty Images The former boss of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has been granted bail by a Tokyo court in a surprise decision. The court set bail at one billion yen (£6.8m; $8.9m) and Japanese media reports said he could be released as early as Tuesday. Mr Ghosn has been charged with financial misconduct but […]
