Image copyright EPA Image caption The hotline in the village of Panmunjom North Korea has reopened a hotline to South Korea, almost two years after it was disabled on the orders of leader Kim Jong-un.South Korea confirmed it had received a call from the North at 15:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday.The North Korean…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Hailemariam Desalegn said a new detention centre will comply with international standards Ethiopia's prime minister has announced the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions.Hailemariam Desalegn told a press conference charges would also be dropped for those…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo from the town of Dorud shows a crowd carrying what appears to be a wounded man Ten people have been killed overnight in anti-government protests sweeping Iran, according to state TV."In the events of last night, unfortunately a total of about 10 people were killed in…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Residents of South Korea watched the speech from the North's leader North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has said a nuclear launch button is "always on my table" and warned the US it will never be able to start a war.In a televised new year speech, he said the entire…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIranian state TV showed crowds of government supporters in the capital, Tehran The Iranian government has told people to avoid "illegal gatherings" in the wake of two days of angry anti-establishment protests in the country.Scores have been arrested in protests over corruption and living standards.Small groups have…
Demonstrations that began in one city on Thursday have now spread to several major cities in Iran.
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Shia cultural centre was hosting a meeting at the time At least 41 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul.A Shia cultural organisation was the target but the Afghan Voice news agency was also…
Image copyright Unicef/Romenzi Image caption This child was one of many who fled fighting near Mosul, Iraq, in 2017 The UN children's fund says the scale of attacks on children in the world's conflict zones reached "shocking" levels in 2017. In a new report, Unicef said there was widespread and blatant disregard for international laws…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sigmar Gabriel is foreign minister in Germany's current, caretaker government A "smart" Brexit deal could serve as a model for the EU's future relations with other non-EU states, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says.Turkey and Ukraine were two states that could benefit from the template, he told Germany's Funke…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRear Admiral Chris Parry tells the World At One that the Russian warship 'can't attack anybody' A British frigate shadowed a Russian warship through the North Sea near UK waters on Christmas Day, the Royal Navy has revealed.HMS St Albans monitored the Admiral Gorsdhkov's "activity in areas…
