投稿者: Oliver Holmes
Customs officials say group allegedly hid 5kg of ‘kush’ in false walls of bags on return from Bangkok holidayTwenty-two Buddhist monks are in Sri Lankan police custody after customs officials found 110kg of high-grade cannabis concealed in their luggag…
A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall Continue reading…
BBC ‘deeply concerned’ for journalist’s wellbeing after Vietnamese police withhold their ID card and passportVietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom c…
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to IndiaThe exiled Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has experienced firsthand how intolerant governments can silence political satire. And he had a …
Air India cautions investigation into Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash is in early stages as speculation about cause growsIndia’s aviation regulator has ordered the country’s airlines to examine fuel switches on Boeing aircraft, after a preliminary report o…
Shubhanshu Shukla will be first Indian to reach orbit in more than 40 years as country works to join global space raceThe first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station is due to blast off as part of an effort by the world’s most popul…
Plane appears to have hit ducks before it crashed in Muan, South Korea, last month killing 179 people onboardAn investigation into the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil has found duck remains in both engines, according to a preliminary report…
Prosecutors are reportedly seeking a prison term and a near-£1m fine for ex-Sega developer Yuji Naka One of Sonic the Hedgehog’s creators is facing possible jail time and a fine of close to £1m for his alleged part in an insider trading scheme, accordi…
As protesters in Chinese cities rage against Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy, TV feeds are edited to avoid crowd scenesChinese state television has censored World Cup games to remove shots of maskless crowds after the sight of joyous fans celebrating in…
Woman has been pictured at North Korean leader’s side in recent months, often carrying a handbagOften spotted in an understated suit dress, glasses, and carrying a black handbag, there’s a new character in the inner circle of Kim Jong-un in nuclear-arm…
Nearly 50 Armenian soldiers killed in deadliest violence since 2020 war over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh regionFighting has broken out between Armenia and Azerbaijan, republics in the Caucasus that have gone to war twice over the disputed region of Nagor…
Leader of global militant group was killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan on SundayThe leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday. The US president, Joe Biden, announced the death on Monday evenin…
Government issues first official update since huge blast on Saturday, saying death toll could riseTonga is facing an “unprecedented disaster” from a massive volcanic eruption that covered the nation in ash and 15-metre tsunami waves that destroyed almo…
Peng Shuai is latest in long line of artists, officials and celebrities to have vanished in recent yearsWhat happened to Peng Shuai?The Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has not been heard from publicly since she accused a former vice-premier of sexual …
For the UN’s first virtual general assembly, monarchs and presidents have faced presentational issues with their recorded messagesIn the age of the pandemic, the Zoom call background has become the latest social anxiety. Each choice is littered with po…