By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has told BBC Hardtalk the military is petrified of an election, which is expected to take place later this year. He alleged that “fascists” are leading the country into the “dark ages”. Mr Khan was elected in 2018, ruled for just under four…

By Arunoday Mukharji BBC News, Haryana Policemen in riot gear, burnt cars and piles of debris. Three days after violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims killed six people, parts of the northern Indian state of Haryana remain tense. In Nuh, where the violence began on Monday afternoon, the streets are empty and shards of glass…

Reuters By Jean Mackenzie & Kelly Ng in Seoul and Singapore North Korea has responded to requests for information about the whereabouts of US soldier Travis King for the first time since he crossed into the country, the UN Command has confirmed. The 23-year-old private dashed across the border from South Korea on 18 July…

In early 2022, as war was breaking out, a Ukrainian family said a painful goodbye to their father amid chaotic scenes at Lviv railway station. Almost 18 months later, Fergal Keane travelled with them as they prepared to come back together. The children are struggling to sleep. For at least the last week, 10-year-old Anna…

Getty Images By Annabelle Liang Business reporter Chinese technology shares fell after the country’s cyberspace regulator recommended limiting smartphone usage of children under 18. Shares of firms like Alibaba and video-sharing site Bilibili fell on Wednesday and saw further losses on Thursday. The proposed law would see children being only allowed to use their phones…

National Gallery of Australia By Hannah Ritchie BBC News, Sydney Australia’s national gallery will return three 9th and 10th Century bronze sculptures to Cambodia, after they were found to be stolen. It follows a decade-long investigation carried out by the two countries to determine the origin of the works. Cambodia’s government welcomed the historic move…

Getty Images By Kayla Epstein & Madeline Halpert BBC News Once again, the US state of Georgia is the centre of a political firestorm. On Tuesday, the justice department indicted Donald Trump over an alleged conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 election in his favour. The federal indictment devotes significant time to…

Fiona McPherson/Courtesy Baxter Theatre By Penny Dale Journalist World-renowned South African puppeteer Adrian Kohler has realised a 30-year-long ambition to make a novel by Nobel laureate JM Coetzee into a puppet play. It follows a collaboration with Lara Foot, one of South Africa’s leading playwrights and directors, who has adapted for the stage The Life…

Alberto Gennari By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos Scientists have identified a new candidate for the heaviest ever animal on Planet Earth. It’s an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes. Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens might have rivalled its heft, researchers say. The…