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BTS take credit for England football win in first UK show since 2019 Image source, HYBE / Big Hit MusicImage caption, BTS are playing two nights in London as part of their Arirang tour, which is the biggest K-pop tour in history By Mark Savage Music correspondent Published 2 hours ago BTS jokingly took credit […]
Chinese underground church figure Jin Mingri freed from prison Image source, Reuters/ Thomas Peter/ File PhotoImage caption, Jin Mingri, founder of the Zion church, was detained in Beijing in October 2025 ByHarry Sekulich Published 3 hours ago Underground church leader Jin Mingri has been released from prison in China and has travelled to the US, […]
Dissident Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies aged 70 Image source, ReutersImage caption, Bookseller Lam Wing-kee marches during a protest in Hong Kong to demand authorities scrap a proposed extradition bill with China. Photo: March 2019. ByJaroslav Lukiv Published 32 minutes ago Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who defied China and fled to Taiwan, has […]
Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, BBC finds Image source, Reuters ByDivya Arya BBC World Service Published 54 minutes ago Warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse Instagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, a BBC Eye investigation has found. The ads, seen by the […]
Afghan Taliban launch strikes on border with Pakistan as tensions escalate Image source, EPAImage caption, Several people were reportedly injured in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. ByYang Tian Published 4 hours ago Afghanistan's Taliban regime said they have carried out strikes on targets along the border with Pakistan, injuring several people in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. […]
Why $20 durians are now being sold at half price – or given away for free Image source, Kelly Ng/ BBCImage caption, Durian prices have plunged because of oversupply ByKoh Ewe and Kelly Ng, Reporting fromSingapore Published 1 hour ago For days now, a long line has been snaking around the two blocks leading up to the Durian […]
A Chinese box office hit sparks a debate about identity in Singapore Image source, Golden VillageImage caption, The Chinese movie Dear You was filmed almost entirely in Teochew, a dialect from China's Chaoshan region ByKoh Ewe Reporting fromSingapore Published 1 hour ago A nostalgic tale about family, hope and hardship, Dear You has swept the […]
French woman allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years rescued in Pakistan Image source, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PoliceImage caption, Yasmina claims her husband had "effectively imprisoned" her and their children since 2014 ByMuhammad Zubair Khan, BBC Urdu and Azizullah Khan, BBC Urdu Published 1 hour ago Police in Pakistan have arrested a man who allegedly held his wife and […]
