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Sheikh Hasina: Lawsuit threat over Bangladesh PM 'tail' error
A supporter of the Bangladeshi PM threatens to sue a cinema over a "humiliating" spelling error.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Golden Horse awards: Taiwan controversy at 'Chinese Oscars'
The winner of best documentary says she hopes Taiwan will be recognised as "truly independent".

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Driver fractures spine in Macau GP crash
Formula 3 driver Sophia Florsch suffers a fractured spine in a crash at the Macau Grand Prix in China.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Netanyahu warns of danger of early Israel election
PM Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet his finance minister, in a final attempt to avoid elections.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Domestic slave's bid for freedom after 10 years
'Marish' has been kept by a family as a a domestic slave for over a decade but now she's prepared to leave the unbearable oppression behind and attempt to escape.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
'Stingray' attack kills Australian man in Tasmania
The 42-year-old man went into cardiac arrest after the attack off Tasmania's coast, police say.
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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
The women smashing Ethiopia's glass ceiling
Male dominance in Ethiopia is being challenged with the appointment of women to powerful government posts, writes Hana Zeratsyon.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Apec summit ends without statement over US-China division
There is no formal leaders's statement for the first time amid competing visions for the region.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
'US-led airstrikes in Syria kill more than 40 people'
More than 40 people - including several children - have been killed in US-led airstrikes on the last Islamic State stronghold in eastern Syria, according to a war monitoring body and state media.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: Sky News
Flattened, destroyed, lifeless: True hell of Paradise
President Trump took the same road into Paradise as us - he can't fail to have been moved by what he saw. The fire damage starts from miles out. Valleys scorched, leafless trees, the air still thick with smog - enough to make your throat and eyes sting.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: Sky News
Nigerian special effects makeup artist on creating gore for Nollywood
Meet the special effects makeup artist creating blood and gore for the Nigerian film industry.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Swimmer dies after being stung by stingray
A swimmer in Australia has died after apparently being stung by a stingray, police have said.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: Sky News
Democrat Gillum defeated in Florida governor race
Democrat Andrew Gillum has conceded defeat to Republican rival Ron DeSantis in the hard-fought race for Florida governor - but has vowed to "keep fighting".

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: Sky News
The women keeping peace... in the deadliest place
The UN wants to recruit more women as peacekeepers. In Mali at present they make up just 3% of a 15,000-strong force.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Palm oil: One woman's fight to save 'the last place on Earth'
Farwiza Farhan on efforts to protect the forests where orangutan, rhinos, elephants and tigers co-exist.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Netanyahu faces key meeting amid Israel early polls call
PM Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet his finance minister, in a last-ditch attempt to avoid elections.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Jonestown: Rebuilding my life after surviving the massacre
Laura Johnston Kohl reflects on surviving the events of November 1978, when more than 900 died.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Delhi's rickshaw pullers: Toxic air is killing us but we can’t quit
Delhi's rickshaw pullers say they don't contribute to air pollution, but are still the worst affected.

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18-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Florida mid-terms: Democrat Andrew Gillum concedes to Ron DeSantis
Andrew Gillum admits defeat in the governor's race following a recount in Florida.

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17-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
Anti-Ebola efforts in DR Congo suspended amid violence
Rebels attack near a DR Congo emergency centre and it is unclear when healthcare efforts will resume.

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17-Nov-2018 - Source: BBC News
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