Nepal resident Dan Bahadur Thapa said he had been held at the factory for nearly two years without any contact with his family. “We were forced to work. We were given only bran bread with salt and red chilli powder. There wasn’t even sugar in the tea,” he added. Some workers, including 26-year-old Shivam Kumar,…
One of Australia’s biggest TV presenters, Karl Stefanovic, will reportedly leave his job amid backlash over his podcast project after an interview with British far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Stefanovic became a household name as the long-time host of breakfast programme Today, but local media say Nine Entertainment is negotiating his exit from the network. For…
The Philippines has temporarily blocked gaming app Gorebox after an initial investigation found that a teenage suspect in a rare school shooting had been playing the game. Three students were killed and 20 others wounded after two suspects – aged 15 and 14 – allegedly fired handguns inside a classroom in Tacloban, south-east of Manila,…
When Dr Mahrang Baloch was a teenager, she joined hundreds of families across Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan to search for her father, who was allegedly arrested by security forces and later killed. Years on, the doctor-turned-activist became one of the most recognisable faces of a movement demanding answers about enforced disappearances in the province….
Police in Pakistan have arrested a man who allegedly held his wife and children captive at home and abused them for more than a decade. His wife, a French national named Sylvie Yasmina, claims the man assaulted his family physically and mentally “on a daily basis” and described him as “very violent”, local police told…
A leading human rights activist who has spent years campaigning against enforced disappearances in the Pakistani province of Balochistan has been sentenced to life in prison over the killing of a paramilitary soldier at a rally in 2024. Mahrang Baloch, leader of the Balochistan Unity Committee (BYC), was convicted of murder and terrorism alongside fellow…
Mazaar’s small motorbike is so laden with plastic canisters filled with petrol that there’s barely room for him to sit. His worn-out bike is carrying five 70-litre oil containers, weighing roughly 600 pounds (272kg) in total. The fuel hangs precariously from the sides of his bike, strapped on with rope and string. He bought it…
US President Donald Trump promised to visit India during a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in France, signalling a thawing of relations between the two countries. Trump said it would take place “sometime in the future”, adding India and the US were close to agreeing a trade deal. Relations between the two countries came…
For years, Japanese football fans have won praise for cleaning up stadiums after World Cup matches. But this time, they’re catching heat at home. When photos emerged this week of Japanese fans combing the stands with trash bags after a match, some saw a double standard: men who clean after themselves in public while leaving…
The world’s longest commercial long-haul flight has been announced, a non-stop trek from Sydney to London that can take up to 22 hours. Australian airline Qantas announced the direct flight route will start from October 2027, billing passengers approximately 20% more for the long-haul journey compared with a traditional layover. The BBC’s Harry Sekulich asks…