Media captionDion Leonard tells BBC Radio 5 live about his “amazing” reunion with Gobi “It was love again at immediate sight”, is how Dion Leonard describes the moment he was reunited with his adopted dog, Gobi. The dog had joined the ultra-marathoner on a 250km (155 mile) run across China’s Gobi desert last month. They […]
Media captionJustin Rowlatt reports on the political troubles of the tourist paradise A move to oust the president of the Maldives is being planned, the BBC has learned. Sources say opponents of Abdulla Yameen in the tiny island nation are looking to move against him within weeks. His spokesman told the BBC they knew of […]
Image copyright nuTonomy Image caption Hop on, it’s a free ride and no-one’s touching the wheel Self-driving cars and taxis are the buzz of the industry. Everyone seems to be doing it, trying grab headlines with every step forward or new trial phase. But the real deal always seemed to be still years in the […]
Japanese companies hire people to make staff cry Employees watch sad films while a “handsome weeping boy” wipes away their tears It is supposed to help people bond There are about 10 of us sitting in a conference room in an office block in Tokyo and a man has just put on a selection of […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The hugely popular games involves catching monsters in augmented reality A driver playing Pokemon Go behind the wheel has hit and killed a woman in Japan, say police. The 39-year-old man hit two pedestrians in Tokushima city late on Tuesday. The other woman was seriously injured. The driver, who […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Terrified students and staff who were barricaded inside the university are now reportedly free Thirteen people, including seven students, died in an attack by gunmen on the American University in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. Two attackers were also shot dead by security forces nearly 10 hours after the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Officials told South Korean media the missile travelled about 500km North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its east coast, say the US and South Korea. The KN-11 missile was launched from waters near Sinpo and flew about 500km (300 miles) before falling into the Sea […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Dhammayangyi temple in Bagan pictured as the earthquake struck A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, damaging pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan and killing at least one person. The quake struck 25km (15.5 miles) west of Chauk, at a depth of 84km, the US Geological Survey […]
Image copyright AP Image caption Afghan forces rushed to the scene after the blast and gunfire were heard A militant attack is taking place at the American University in the Afghan capital, Kabul. A large explosion has been heard and frightened students barricaded inside rooms in the building say they can hear gunfire close by. […]
Image caption The woman originally claimed to have been involved in a train accident A Vietnamese woman has admitted to paying for her foot and part of her arm to be cut off in order to claim an insurance payout, police say. In May, the 30-year-old woman, named as “Ly Thi N”, pretended she had […]
