Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early on Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore.
Thousands of protesters took to the…

Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early on Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore.
Thousands of protesters took to the…

Marking the completion of three years of university study and joint military training, 330 third-year Trainee Officers took to the parade ground for the final time at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) on…

Tom Bennett,Londonand
Bernd Debusmann Jr,White House
ReutersThe UK has named career diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to the US, Downing Street has confirmed.
The previous ambassador, Lord Peter Mandelson, was sacked by UK Prime…



The Australian government has announced a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack – its deadliest mass shooting in decades.
The scheme is the largest since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which left 35 people dead and prompted…


Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in Cambodia
BBCThe costs of the border war between Thailand and Cambodia are cruelly obvious in the hospital in…