Kim Young-Il fled North Korea as a young soldier - now he helps others who escape
"I had never seen bananas."
Angola election 2017: President of 38 years expected to win and hand reins to chosen successor
Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa's second-longest-ruling leader, will hand power to the election winner, expected to be Joao Lourenco of MPLA.
Window dressing on gender diversity persists at City firms despite recent progress, says FinnCap CEO
Sam Smith, the only female CEO of a City brokerage firm, says gender equality in trading rooms and boardrooms has a long way to go yet.
Philippines demands justice for Kian as 17-year-old boy shot dead in Duterte's war on drugs
Police are under pressure to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of high-school student Kian Loyd Delos Santos.
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Philippines police kill 60 people in three days in Duterte's deadly war on drugs [Graphic images]
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One million South Sudanese refugees have found safety in Uganda - but resources are running low
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US report accuses Kim Jong-un of 'torturing and executing' North Koreans for practising religion
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Thai activist jailed for sharing 'insulting' BBC profile of new king on Facebook
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Charlottesville: Scientist flees home after internet wrongly identifies him as white nationalist
Social media accounts such as @YesYoureRacist wrongly identified Kyle Quinn as a Unite the Right protester.
North Korea's 'foreign friends' invited on £2,135 trip through the hermit kingdom
The 8 day trip includes the unveiling of Kim Jong Un's first statue.
Merck CEO resigns from Donald Trump's council over Charlottesville
Ken Frazier said he felt a responsibility to take a "stand against intolerance"
'Made in China' clothes are actually manufactured in North Korea and exported across world – report
The new UN sanctions against the Kim Jong-un regime do not ban textile exports.
Sisi has kept Mahmoud Abu Zeid in jail for years without trial - he lied about democracy in Egypt
Journalists are being held as 'terrorists'.
The legacy of Partition: 70 years of tensions between India and Pakistan
As we reach the 70th anniversary of partition, relations between the two nations are as broken as ever.
16 and brainwashed: Linda Wenzel fled Germany to fight for Isis - should she face execution?
German schoolgirl was captured in Iraq and is accused of killing Iraqi soldiers as a sniper for Isis.
Partition 70th anniversary: The violent birth of independent India and Pakistan in pictures
Partition triggered devastating sectarian violence, rape, abductions, and looting, resulting in the deaths of up to two million people.
Iran executes juvenile offender for male rape after 'torturing him into confession'
Iran has a long history of execution of people sentenced to death when they were children.
UN urges Nepal to investigate landmark claims of gang rape and torture by civil war soldiers
Purna Maya, 48, was allegedly raped and tortured by troops during the brutal conflict. Her case is the first to get attention.
Harrowing footage shows mental health patients chained to beds at institution in Russia
Former staff worker said residents were forcibly sedated and made to wear handcuffs.
Kenya braced for closely-fought election between Odinga and Kenyatta
Nervous Kenyans are stockpiling food and water on the eve of an election that many fear could descend into violence.
Maduro promises 'maximum penalty' for 'US-backed' attack on Venezuela army base
Two of the attackers were killed in a firefight with soldiers, while eight were arrested, including at least three from the military.
Canada opens Montreal Olympic Stadium to house vast numbers of Haitians fleeing US on foot
So many Haitian asylum seekers have arrived Quebec that Montreal has opened up its cavernous Olympic Stadium to house and process them.
Labour spokesman says US is wrong to slap sanctions on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
Chris Williamson believes Donald Trump's administration should call for talks instead.
Women, LGBTQ people and people of colour warned not to travel to a US state
This is the first warning of its kind issued by the NAACP.
Parts of South Asia could become too hot for humans by the 22nd century
Some of poorest parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh could see temperatures unbearable for people.
Fortress Europe: Spain unprepared as migrant arrivals more than double
The western route is becoming more popular – and Italy's new plans to curb migrant flow may make Spain even more attractive.
Fortress Europe: Italy's controversial new plans to stop migrants
Italy plans to send warships to Libyan waters and has drawn up rules that must be followed by NGOs that rescue migrants.
Romanian woman deported for begging in Denmark
She was sentenced under a new controversial anti-begging law.
Rapists in Jordan can no longer marry their victims to escape punishment
Repeal vote narrow as some legislators argued marriage would protect rape victims from social stigma.
Wealthy Afghan security officials 'sexually abusing young boys for entertainment'
US watchdog claims boys between 14 to 18 are sold as dancers to officials for illicit sex in Afghanistan.
Maduro's hollow victory: The end of democracy in Venezuela or the start of a revolution?
Venezuela's new constituent assembly allows President Maduro to silence his enemies. But the opposition won't just go away.
Venezuela goes to polls as opposition boycotts Nicolas Maduro's socialist power-grab
Oil-rich South American state faces more political and economic turmoil.
Seven more killed in anti-Maduro protests as Venezuela braces for Sunday's 'dictatorship' vote
There are conflicting reports about the exact death toll since protests began in April – but it is over 100.
Gay Chechen who fled Kadyrov's anti-LGBT purge: 'If I return, I will be murdered'
Artist Alexander Kargaltsev speaks to a man who escaped the Russian region.
Sexual Offences Act: Four challenges gay people still face in the UK
It has been fifty years since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales.
Police arrest captain of far-right ship disrupting refugee rescue missions in the Mediterranean
C-star was chartered by right-wing extremists last month who pledged to "defend Europe".
'These faggots kill fascists': LGBT+ army TQILA are taking the fight to Isis
The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army describe themselves as "faggots who kill fascists"
The US is about to start swapping refugees with Australia under a deal Trump called 'dumb'
President Trump infamously attacked the Obama-era resettlement deal in a spat with Malcolm Turnbull.
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