Runaway Saudi sisters ‘treated like slaves’

Image copyrightRustavi 2 TVImage caption The pair appealed for help online using the twitter handle @GeorgiaSisters “We have to cover our face, we have to cook…like slaves. We don’t want this, we want real life, our life,” says 25-year-old...

Journalist shot dead during Derry trouble

Media captionIt is understood police were attacked after carrying out searches in the Creggan area of Londonderry. Footage courtesy of Leona O’Neill A journalist has been shot dead in Londonderry in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”....

‘Giant lion’ fossil found in museum drawer

Image copyrightAFP A new species of giant mammal has been identified after researchers investigated bones that had been kept for decades in a Kenyan museum drawer. The species, dubbed “Simbakubwa kutokaafrika” meaning “big African lion” in...

India’s aviation boom runs into turbulence

Media captionTaking the last flight of India’s stricken Jet Airways On the face of it, India’s airline industry is flying high – the country is the fastest growing major aviation market in the world. The airports are bursting at the seams: 138...

NZ official hid camera in embassy toilet

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption File photo of a mini camera unit that can be built into custom made devices New Zealand’s former top military official in the US has been found guilty of planting a secret camera in a unisex bathroom at the...