In a rare interview, former authoritarian leader Sheikh Hasina tells The Independent she is not to blame for bloodshed during her ousting, and calls her trial in absentia a ‘sham’

Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to raping a 12-year-old British girl he had met on social media

In a show of military force hours before Trump’s arrival, North Korea launched sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters