Pope Francis has touched down in Timor-Leste – the only Catholic-majority country he will visit on his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. Around 700,000 people – more than half of Timor-Leste’s entire
International hunt for man who threw hot coffee on baby
Australian police are working with their international counterparts to locate a man they believe fled the country after pouring boiling coffee on a baby in Brisbane. The random attack –
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Two women who say they were raped and strangled by the controversial social media influencer, Andrew Tate, have spoken to the BBC about their experiences. Another woman has alleged, for
Israeli strikes in central Syria kill 14, Syrian state media say
At least 14 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on a number of military sites in central Syria, the Syrian state news agency reports. Sana cited a hospital
Inside Pokrovsk – the vital Ukrainian town in Russia’s sights
Fleeing the town she has lived in most of her life, Maria Honcharenko is taking just one small bag, and her two tiny kittens. After stubbornly staying on in the
The Afghanistan hospital struggling to save its starving babies
This story contains distressing details from the start. “This is like doomsday for me. I feel so much grief. Can you imagine what I’ve gone through watching my children dying?”
Sick Draper loses to Sinner in dramatic US Open semi-final
Britain’s Jack Draper vomited on court during a dramatic US Open semi-final defeat by world number one Jannik Sinner. The 22-year-old British number one’s breakout run at a Grand Slam
Strongest typhoon in a decade hits ‘China’s Hawaii’
A popular tourist island south of mainland China has been hit by the most powerful typhoon in a decade, leaving the area facing potentially catastrophic winds and torrential rain. Super
China shifts gear in Africa as it looks to a green future
Pulling power. That is what China still has across Africa. While the influence of others on the continent is questioned – for instance, France and the rest of the EU
Would you eat insects if they were tastier?
“Think of it as cricket cake, like fish cake,” the chef said as he urged the man in the buffet line to try the steaming, spicy laksa – a coconut