'UN intervention needed over Myanmar'

Four Iranian intelligence officials have been charged with plotting to kidnap a New York-based journalist critical of Iran, US prosecutors have said. While the indictment did not name the target, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American author and activist, has said it was her. She told BBC World News about learning she was a target for kidnapping…

Belarus’s authoritarian leader says it is “absolutely possible” his forces helped migrants cross into Poland, but denies they were invited. Alexander Lukashenko has been accused by the EU of orchestrating the border crisis with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in recent months in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Belarus for its brutal crackdown on opponents who…

Social media companies have been introducing new features which offer the ability to shop within their platforms, so businesses can take customers to the checkout without leaving the apps. So how will this change how we interact with social media? BBC Click’s Osman Iqbal reports. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick

BBC World News looks back at the last three decades as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The Norwegian Refugee Council, which is providing aid in Afghanistan, is in talks with the Taliban in an effort to secure free movement for its aid workers, and to be able to work without interference. The council’s Secretary General Jan Egeland told BBC World News that the Taliban was responding positively. “We as humanitarians will…

The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has condemned the violence against pro-democracy protesters in Sudan and reiterated calls to reinstate the ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The Sudanese doctors’ union said at least 14 people were killed on Wednesday when security forces opened fire on the crowds of demonstrators. In an interview with the…