Reuters American livestreamer Johnny Somali, who caused outrage in South Korea by kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves, has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Seoul authorities charged him for public nuisance in November 2024 after he posted a clip of himself kissing and performing lap dances on the statue while visiting South Korea. He has been barred from leaving the country since then.
The 25-year-
Reuters President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed at the weekend, prompting the US to blockade Iranian ports.
"You should stay there [Islamabad], really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we're more inclined to go there," Trump was quoted as saying in an interview with the New York Post.
AFP via Getty Images About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies.
The trawler, which had departed from Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia, "reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding", the agencies said.
Christian Rainer A new German online search engine is helping people to discover if their ancestors were members of the Nazi Party.
Christian Rainer, from Austria, told the BBC he found the name of his grandfather "within a few seconds".
"I found out that he became a member of the Nazi Party around 21st of April 1938, just a few days after the Anschluss," when Adolf
Mohamed Suleiman Soon after Mohamed Suleiman entered the telecoms office in the coastal city of Port Sudan on 13 January he started to cry.
He hadn't heard his phone ring for most of Sudan's civil war, which began exactly three years ago following a power struggle between the army and its then-ally, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
The journalist and academic had
EPA A man has won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000; $1.2m) in a charity raffle.
Ari Hodara, an engineer and art enthusiast, learned he was the winner on Tuesday when he answered a video call from
Getty Images At an overseas education consultancy in the Indian capital, Delhi, students sit with their parents, flipping through brochures from universities in Italy, Germany and Australia.
But one destination, once the top choice, is now largely absent.
"Until 2023, most of our applications were for Canada," says Shobhit Anand, who runs the consultancy, which helps students navigate the admission process, including visa applications.
Now
Getty Images Lebanon and Israel have held their first diplomatic talks in over three decades, a rare encounter aimed at ending fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who mediated, said it was a "historic opportunity" to end Hezbollah's influence.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told the BBC a "small bit of economic pain" is worthwhile for long-term international security.
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned the US-Israel war with Iran could plunge the global economy into recession, Bessent said the conflict was to eliminate the threat of Iranian nuclear strikes on Western capitals.
"I wonder what the hit to global GDP would be if a nuclear weapon
