Iran arrests Italian reporter, Italy says

An Italian journalist has been under arrest in Iran for more than a week, Italy’s foreign ministry has said. Cecilia Sala works for Il Foglio newspaper and for podcast company…

Estonia navy to protect undersea power link after main cable damaged

Nato has said it will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea, and Estonia has sent a patrol ship to protect its Estlink1 undersea power cable, after Russia was…

At least 69 dead after boat sinks in Morocco waters

At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali’s authorities have confirmed. The “makeshift boat” was carrying…

North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine dies, reports say

An injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukrainian forces has died, Yonhap News Agency has reported, citing a statement from South Korea’s spy agency. The soldier is believed to be…

South Korea votes to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo

South Korea has voted to impeach its acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after parliament voted to impeach its President Yoon Suk Yeol. A total of 192 lawmakers voted for…

Israel forcibly evacuates Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza

One of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals has been forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military, medics say, after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes targeting the area…

The world’s sixth ‘Blue Zone’: Why Singapore values both quantity and quality of life

When it comes to longevity, few places in the world have seen such a drastic jump in life expectancy as the island city-state in Southeast Asia. A child born in…

After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on

On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake (1,500km long),…

‘I’m not afraid of dying’: The pioneering tennis champion who told the world he had Aids

In 1988, World Aids Day began with the aim of raising awareness and understanding of a disease that had struck fear in communities around the globe. That same year, US…

‘It was probably the strongest picture I made’: How Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life became a Christmas classic

Released in 1946, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life was derided as an “over-sentimental” Christmas yarn. In History looks at how its profound exploration of mental health, societal expectations and…