Watch: Putin tells BBC Western leaders deceived Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine, if Russia is treated with respect – and dismissed claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries as “nonsense”. In a televised event lasting almost four and a half hours, he was

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement A photo released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement showing Kemal Mrndzic (right) on 2 November 1992 The US justice department has launched a civil legal case against a man accused of being a Bosnian war criminal to revoke his citizenship. Kemal Mrndzic did not disclose during his US immigration

Jake KwonSeoul correspondent BBC/Hosu Lee Many among South Korea’s anti-government youth protesters are taking cues from the American right’s Maga movement The line for a selfie with South Korea’s disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol stretched around Seoul’s iconic Gwanghwamun gate. Except Yoon wasn’t there; it was just a picture of him. The real Yoon

Now-Again Records WITCH was one of Zamrock’s most popular acts in the 1970s Artists and music fans from around the world have been rediscovering the 1970s sound of Zambia known as Zamrock in recent years, and now one of the country’s biggest stars is embracing it, hoping to give it a fresh twist. When devising

Maroof Culmen Biryani in Lucknow is cooked on a low, slow heat, with the pot’s lid tightly sealed with dough Mouth-watering kebabs, fragrant biryani and whipped cloud-like desserts. The northern Indian city of Lucknow has always been a food lovers’ paradise, with locals and visitors swearing by its cuisine. Last month, Unesco recognised it as

BBC Sami al-Saei alleges that he was sexually abused by prison guards while being detained without charge This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse and violence which some readers may find distressing. Two Palestinian men have told the BBC they personally experienced the kind of beatings and sexual abuse highlighted in recent reports into the

Getty Images Fernando P being escorted into the regional court in Aachen, western Germany A court in the German city of Aachen has sentenced a man to eight-and-a-half years in prison for repeatedly drugging and raping his wife, filming the acts and then posting them online. The man, named only as Fernando P in line

EPA/Shutterstock At least three people have been killed and nine others injured as a knife-wielding attacker ‍went ‍on a ​rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei. The 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs at Taipei’s main metro station, before running to another station in a busy shopping district, stabbing people along the way, Taiwanese Premier Cho

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The Trevi Fountain is one of Rome’s key attractions with around nine million visitors this year Tourists in Italy’s capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 (£1.75; $2.34) entrance fee if they want to see its famed Trevi Fountain up close. The new barrier for visitors to view the Baroque monument will

Reuters Hundreds of thousands of guns were handed in across Australia during the last major government buyback scheme It was a Sunday afternoon in April 1996 when a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic rifles killed 35 people in the Australian tourist town of Port Arthur. The massacre almost 30 years ago, which ushered in some