投稿者: Emma Graham-Harrison
Report reveals ‘acute rise’ in deaths and injuries since 1 May as Taliban exploit departure of foreign troopsRecord numbers of civilians have been killed and injured in Afghanistan in intense fighting since 1 May, when international forces began their …
General Sir Nick Carter has been arranging meetings with contacts in Kabul and Pakistan to try to prevent a descent into civil warBritain’s top general, Sir Nick Carter, has been using his personal connections with Afghan and Pakistan leaders in a behi…
Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui was covering Afghan commando unit near Pakistan borderDanish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist who worked for Reuters news agency, has been killed in southern Afghanistan.Siddiqui was in the border …
Rights activists say country has built one of world’s most far-ranging systems of forced disappearanceChina has ramped up its use of secret detention without trial, creating one of the most far-ranging systems of forced disappearance in the world, huma…
With a general election due next year, Hungary’s government has put the divisive project in the capital’s heart on holdProtests against the construction of a Chinese university in Budapest have energised the Hungarian opposition ahead of elections next…
Attackers burst into Halo Trust charity’s camp in Baghlan province, killing men ‘in cold blood’Gunmen have killed 10 men working for the Halo Trust in northern Afghanistan, in a night-time assault that the mine-clearing charity’s head described as the …
Figures from the US and Japan reveal sharp declines in birthrates, and even China may have peaked, but there are upsidesRead more: Italy’s birthrate is falling. Can the storks help?Census data from the US released last week showed the number of babies …
John Sudworth’s relocation to Taiwan comes after ‘months of personal attacks’ over reporting of alleged abuses of minoritiesA senior BBC journalist has left Beijing for Taiwan at short notice after nine years reporting from China, amid concerns for his…
Children as young as five among those shot in democracy protestsSaturday was Armed Forces Day in Myanmar, and the ruling generals marked it with the slaughter of over 100 people, including a five-year-old and other children, at pro-democracy protests a…
Openings of summits are often dull affairs, but the tense exchanges in Alaska hint at turbulent times aheadIn a protracted, unplanned public spat in Anchorage late on Thursday, China and America’s top diplomats traded barbs for over an hour in front of…
Australian study finds a ‘coordinated effort by CCP’s propaganda apparatus’ to distract from critical BBC reports and redirect narrativeChina’s Communist party orchestrated an international campaign to undermine the BBC and discredit its reporting duri…
Australian infection expert, part of a team visiting Wuhan, says they were provided only with a summary of dataCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere is growing controversy over a World Health Organization investigation into …
Former residents who have chosen to take their chances in the UK after Beijing’s clampdown speak outAragon starts work on Monday as an estate agent in London, focused on finding clients who want to move to Britain’s capital from his home city of Hong K…
World Health Organization experts conduct on-the-ground research into origins of pandemic in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has visited a hospital in Wuhan, Ch…
The 72-year-old media tycoon was charged under China’s draconian new security law on FridayThe Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been denied bail, after being charged with colluding with foreign entities under the city’s…