Image copyright Getty Images Argentina has imposed currency controls in a bid to stabilise markets as the country faces a deepening financial crisis. The government will restrict foreign currency purchases following a sharp drop in the peso. Firms will have to seek central bank permission to sell pesos to buy foreign currency and to make […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Adrian Darya 1 oil tanker was seized by British authorities but released earlier this month The US Treasury has blacklisted an Iranian tanker it claims is being used to ship oil to Syria. The Adrian Darya 1, previously known as Grace 1, was detained by British authorities in Gibraltar […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was first captured in Pakistan in 2003 A trial date has been set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks on the US. Mr Mohammad will be tried, along with four other men, at a military court in Guantánamo Bay from 11 […]
Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]
Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]
Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Joshua Wong is a prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested in Hong Kong, according to a statement by the political party he co-founded. The Demosisto party said he had been “forcefully pushed into a private minivan on the street” […]
Media caption“Beaten and tortured” by the Indian army Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sentsov had at one point been on hunger strike Russia has reportedly released Ukrainian sailors and the film-maker Oleg Sentsov from jail as part of a prisoner swap with Ukraine. The swap was reported in Facebook comments reposted by Ukraine’s top prosecutor. Sentsov was found guilty of plotting terrorist acts […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Joshua Wong is a prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested in Hong Kong, according to a statement by the political party he co-founded. The Demosisto party said he had been “forcefully pushed into a private minivan on the street” […]
