Female fightback... 2018 in hashtags
A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RntUB7
The 90-year-old back-flipping daredevil
This Canadian man is being called the world's most extreme grandpa. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AntDnS
The Instagrammer who wants to show a different side of Gaza
Instagram photographer Kholoud Nassar wants to show us a different side of Gaza. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmFuTb
In search of Leonard, my martyred ancestor
Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians. from BBC N...
2018 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards
From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in...
Why legalising gay sex in India is not a Western idea
India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say. from BBC News - World https://...
Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2018
Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2018. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2F03HlD ...
Bangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe now?
Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3oVat
Africa's year in pictures 2018
A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GIKAyK
Bahrain's top court upholds sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab: lawyer
Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes...
Italy's Salvini sees no danger to government in coming months: Corriere
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its...
High rise building collapses in Russia, at least two dead: reports
Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday cau...
Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps
The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrup...
Ebola-hit Congolese town stages mock vote to protest at ban
Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone ...
Bangladesh PM Hasina wins third straight term despite vote-rigging claims
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission sa...
China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan
China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most s...
North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Chosun Ilbo
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations...
Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of 'when, not if': Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of ...
Graham more upbeat on Syria troop withdrawal after Trump meeting
A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is co...
Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 percent in 2018
The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 percent in 2018, Ireland's foreign office said on Monday, more th...
Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019
Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 w...
Bosnians demand resignation of interior minister over student's death
Special police forces dispersed protesters demanding the resignation of Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Dragan Lukac on Sunday over a student...
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)