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Protesters attacked the Iranian consulate in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on Sunday night. They demanded that Iran stop interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs climbed the consulate’s walls. At least three people are reported to have died. There were reports that the security forces opened fire, but another account said unknown gunmen were responsible. […]

Five people have been injured in a knife attack at the site of a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. The attack happened at the Cityplaza mall in the Tai Koo district on Hong Kong Island. The local hospital authority said four men and one woman were injured, with two in critical condition. One of the

The Thai folk band, Faiyen, are seeking asylum in France, claiming it’s dangerous for them to return home. The band, who use music to criticise the monarchy and the military, fled to neighbouring Laos in 2014 after Thailand’s military coup. There they faced death threats, and six other activists in exile with them went missing.

In the past month, the United States has withdrawn troops from Syria and the Islamic State leader died during a US raid. But does this show that President Donald Trump is working well with officials or pursing his own strategy against advise? The BBC spoke to Derek Chollet, a security and defence expert at The

Google, Apple and Facebook-owned Instagram are enabling an illegal online slave market by providing and approving apps used for the buying and selling of domestic workers in the Gulf. BBC News Arabic’s undercover investigation exposes app users in Kuwait breaking local and international laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a child for sale.

Japanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World Heritage site and has been designated a national treasure. The castle was destroyed during World War Two, and its main hall was reconstructed in the

The US has no mandatory paid maternity leave, although mothers are entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave if they work for a company with more than 50 employees. As a result, many new mothers with young babies find themselves back in the office all too soon. Workplaces in the United States are legally required

The daughter of one of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash says an apology from Boeing’s chief executive is too little. Zipporah Kuria welcomed US lawmakers questioning Boeing’s chief executive Dennis Muilenburg at the Senate Commerce Committee, but said she found his appearance “infuriating”. Her father, Joseph Waithaka, was one of 157 people killed

The death toll from an earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to seven, officials said, with many more injured. The victims included a seven-year-old boy and his 44-year-old father who died after they were struck by a boulder, officials told the Reuters news agency. Authorities have warned that the death toll could rise further

Netflix is one of the world’s largest media companies, with over 150 million subscribers worldwide. Marc Randolph was its first CEO in the 1990s, when it rented out films through the post. But just as Netflix was taking off his co-founder insisted he step down as boss, saying he wasn’t cut out to run a