India’s iconic Parsi magazine to shut down after 60 years
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai BBC The magazine was started in 1964 to chronicle the community in Mumbai In an old, neo-gothic building in Fort, an upmarket area in India’s financial…
Reform UK hopefuls vie to share spotlight with Farage
For a party that makes a lot of noise in British politics, Reform UK has relatively few senior elected politicians. And one man, its leader Nigel Farage, who’s a true…
Market ructions and cabinet reshuffles will help shape Reeves’ Budget
Faisal IslamEconomics editor WPA Pool/Getty Images It’s been a bruising first week back for the government, full of resignations, reshuffles, and ructions in markets. All of this will have an…
‘We want to spread the word about women at war’
Jeremy BallSocial affairs correspondent, BBC East Midlands Bex Bennett Dr Bex Bennett is the co-founder of Sisters in Service A former soldier who came under mortar fire in Iraq says…
Ethiopia outfoxes Egypt over Nile waters with its mighty dam
Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC Tigrinya AFP/Getty Images After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one…
One of the world’s most sacred places is being turned into a mega-resort
Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem Universal Images Group via Getty Images The 6th Century St Catherine’s is the world’s oldest continuously used Christian monastery For years, visitors would venture up Mount…
Tight vote in Norway to decide whether to stick with Labour or turn right
Alex MaxiaBBC News, in Norway STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/NTB/AFP Conservative Erna Solberg is challenged by Labour’s Jonas Gahr Støre during a TV debate in the run-up to the election Norwegians go…
Inflatable tanks and flat-pack guns
Vitaly ShevchenkoRussia editor, BBC Monitoring Na Chasi From the air, these look just like an M777 Howitzer, a Himars missile launcher and a Humvee vehicle used by Ukraine In June…
LGBTQ+ Catholics make historic pilgrimage at Vatican
AFP via Getty Images Pilgrims march to pass the holy door of St Peter’s basilica during the LGTB jubilee, at the Vatican Some 1,400 Catholics donning rainbow attire and carrying…
Anna Wintour was Vogue. Now she’s gone, can the magazine stay relevant?
Ellie Violet BramleyStyle writer Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images In May 1989, Dame Anna Wintour did something that would become a hallmark of her time as editor-in-chief of US…