Category : World

Yoghurt thrown over women in Iran for not covering their hair

Two women in Iran who went into a store while not fully covering their hair had yoghurt thrown over them by a man, in an incident captured on video.

Olympic sprint legend takes on other mums at school sports day

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is used to taking on the world's fastest women in the biggest stadiums - but her latest race was a bit more low key.

12 killed in crush during free food handout

Twelve people have died in a crush in Pakistan while attempting to collect free food during Ramadan.

Women to be prosecuted 'without mercy' for not wearing veils, says Iran

Women will be prosecuted "without mercy" if they are seen in public without a veil, Iran's judiciary chief has warned.

Ukraine is holding strong - but as war deaths mount its fortitude is to be severely tested

In the vast windswept cemetery on the outskirts of Dnipro, low clouds drift and mist drizzles over the graves of the fallen in this war.

Pope jokes as he leaves hospital after three-day stay

Pope Francis joked "I'm still alive" as he left hospital following treatment for a respiratory infection.

Japan lifts evacuation order in town 12 years after nuclear disaster

Japan has officially reopened part of a town evacuated 12 years ago in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The boy who cried wolf - should Putin's nuclear threat be believed?

Vladimir Putin's decision to forward deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus has made headlines around the world - but forward-basing of nuclear weapons has limited military benefit.

The secret base where deadly kamikaze drones are being built to kill Russian soldiers

We're racing across town in battle-torn eastern Ukraine, trying to keep up with a battered BMW driven by an 18-year-old with his 21-year-old mate urging him on; but they aren't joyriding youngsters. They're soldiers in the military and part of a spec...