AFP via Getty Images Fears of a return to war in northern Ethiopia are driving many people to leave the region of Tigray just over three years after the civil war there ended.
"Those who can afford it fly, those who can't use buses," one person in the main city of Mekelle told the BBC - going on to explain how large numbers of young people were heading to the
Hugo Bachega Middle East correspondent, Jerusalem
EPA US and Iranian officials are due to meet in Geneva on Thursday for a third round of indirect talks, as President Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran if a nuclear deal is not reached.
The discussions come amid the largest US military build-up in the Middle East since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and with Iran vowing to respond
Subina Shrestha , BBC Eye Investigations and
Deepak Kharel , BBC Eye Investigations
BBC An order allowing the use of lethal fire against thousands of young, unarmed protesters in Nepal was issued by the country's former police chief, a BBC investigation reveals.
Among the 19 people killed in the capital, Kathmandu, on 8 September last year was a teenager in school uniform, who had been walking away from the crowd when he was shot in the back of the head. Dozens more were injured.
The events at the so
Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent
Getty Images When the US Supreme Court struck down a central pillar of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff regime last week, businesses across Asia did not celebrate.
Instead, exporters, manufacturers and logistics companies were left grappling with more confusion over access to the world's largest consumer market.
"No-one likes uncertainty," said Push Sharma, founder of Singapore-based wellness brand Haldy, which had spent years preparing to enter the American
Sakshi Venkatraman New York
What started as an innocent snowball fight during the New York City blizzard has, in fact, snowballed, landing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city's police leadership in a row.
Video taken Monday afternoon in Washington Square Park shows a snowball fight following an epic snowstorm devolving into some parkgoers apparently targeting police with snowballs.
Mamdani said afterwards that those involved shouldn't face charges, instead urging New Yorkers to treat officers with respect. But his response
Bernd Debusmann Jr White House reporter
Getty Images Four people who entered Cuban waters on a US-registered speedboat were shot dead by border guards, Cuba's government said.
In a statement, Cuba's interior ministry said that the speedboat's passengers opened fire on a coast guard vessel that approached them.
Six additional passengers were wounded in the incident, which took place near an island on
Fiona Nimoni , in London and
Ione Wells , in São Paulo, Brazil
AP Brazil's Supreme Court has voted to convict two politicians of ordering the murder of the prominent Rio de Janeiro councillor and activist, Marielle Franco.
Brothers Domingos Inácio Brazão and João Francisco Inácio Brazão were sentenced to more than 76 years each for masterminding the drive-by shooting that killed Franco alongside her driver Anderson Gomes
Guy Hedgecoe , BBC Madrid correspondent and
Robert Greenall , BBC News
Getty Images Spain's government has released dozens of documents related to an attempted coup that took place 45 years ago - regarded as a key moment in the country's history.
A group of armed officers burst into parliament and threatened MPs, aiming to overthrow the country's fledgling democracy and return it to dictatorship. Their efforts failed when King Juan Carlos refused
Getty Images Moments after allegedly shooting dead two police officers on his property last August, Dezi Freeman took off into the bush and vanished.
Half a year on from the fatal shooting, search parties are still scouring the mountainous ranges surrounding the small Australian town of Porepunkah to find him.
But there have been no successful leads, despite authorities offering the largest-ever reward money in the region for tips about the well-known conspiracy theorist.