British surgeon Kar Hao Teoh killed in South Africa
A British surgeon who died after being shot in South Africa has been described as a "valued colleague and friend to many". Kar Hao Teoh, 40, was a consultant trauma…
Cheng Lei: 1,000 days imprisoned in China for an unknown reason
"One thousand days is a shockingly long time in detention," says Nick Coyle. He is speaking about his partner, Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who remains in a Chinese prison. The…
Syria earthquake: Survivors in Idlib feel forgotten
Sedra remembers the moment the earthquake struck. The 13-year-old was out of her wheelchair, asleep inside her home in north-west Syria. She and her brother Abdullah could not get to…
Surrey shop accused of racism removes image of tobacco plantation
A shop that faced racism allegations over a poster showing "broken black men" on a tobacco plantation has removed the image. In a video shared on social media on Tuesday,…
The Elephant Whisperers: Indian short documentary is best at Oscars 2023
The Elephant Whisperers made history by becoming the first Indian documentary to win an Oscar. It won Best Documentary Short film at the 95th Academy Awards, beating contenders like Stranger…
All That Breathes: The Indian brothers who heal birds dropping from the sky
For 20 years, two brothers living in the squalid neighbourhood of Wazirabad in India's capital, Delhi, have been treating wounded black kites that fall from the city's leaden skies. Mohammad…
Wagner head Prigozhin rejected offer to join Russia’s army – Putin
Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeniy Prigozhin has rejected an offer to his fighters to serve as a unit in Russia's army, President Vladimir Putin says. He told Kommersant newspaper that…
Elephant Whisperers: Indian couple in Oscar-winning elephant film sue makers
A indigenous couple at the centre of an Oscar-winning Indian film has sued its makers, alleging mistreatment. Elephant Whisperers tells the story of Bomman and Bellie as they care for…
Romania’s forgotten orphans supported by UK charity
It's been more than 30 years since images of emaciated children, abandoned in Romanian orphanages, horrified the world. In 1989 a revolution, triggered by the fall of the Berlin Wall,…
Why are tensions mounting on the Belarus-Poland border?
Poland is sending extra troops to its border with Belarus after an alleged incursion by Belarusian military helicopters. Poland's government says fighters from the Wagner mercenary group, who are in…