Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lashkar Gah has been the site of multiple suicide bombings, such as this one on 11 February At least 13 policemen were killed by one of their own in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. A police source told the BBC that an infiltrator from the Taliban had allowed militants into […]
Image copyright 9news.com.au Image caption The man after his arrest in rural New South Wales A man suspected of trying to advise the so-called Islamic State on missiles has been arrested in Australia. Haisem Zahab, 42, was arrested at Young, in rural New South Wales, on Tuesday, PM Malcolm Turnbull said. Police allege the electrician […]
Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption The man found his winning ticket in a shopping bag An Australian grandfather has become a millionaire after cashing in a year-old lottery ticket he found while cleaning his car. The man, who has remained anonymous, bought the ticket in January last year. After finding the docket in a shopping […]
Image copyright Sutherland Shire Council Image caption The incident happened at Bonna Point, in Sydney’s south Swimmers have been warned to avoid a Sydney beach after a pet dog was taken by a shark in shallow water. The dog’s owners witnessed the incident at Bonna Point, a popular off-leash beach, said Sutherland Shire Council. “We […]
Singer-songwriter Joel Tan, known as Gentle Bones, angered his parents by choosing music over university, but he is now one of Singapore’s most successful artists. Produced by Helier Cheung Gentle Bones: Singapore’s answer to Ed Sheeran}
Irene Clennell, a woman married to a British man for 27 years, has been sent back to Singapore. She tells the BBC she was unable to contact her lawyer and did not have the chance to get any clothes from her home. Periods spent abroad caring for her parents are thought to have invalidated her […]
Media captionKim Jong-nam was poisoned with an extraordinarily potent chemical weapon called VX South Korea’s intelligence agency believes that four of the North Korean men suspected of involvement in the death of Kim Jong-nam are spies. The older half-brother of North Korea’s leader was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport, Malaysian police say. Four of the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Jurgen Kantner and Sabine Merz had been abducted before – off Somalia in 2008 Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was abducted from his yacht off Malaysia’s Sabah state in November. His companion Sabine Merz’s body was later […]
Image caption Many of the women at the gathering had been abused and abandoned At a secret location in Chandigarh, a special meeting is taking place. Women from all over Punjab have travelled to the capital to seek help from Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia – the head of a charity for women abandoned by their foreign-national […]
Media captionKim Jong-nam was poisoned with an extraordinarily potent chemical weapon called VX Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, was given a very high amount of the toxic nerve agent VX and he died in pain within 15-20 minutes, Malaysia’s health minister says. No antidote would have worked, said Subramaniam Sathasivam. Mr Kim […]
