Theodette Abayisenga clearly remembers lying on the classroom floor, her eyes fixed on the boots of the three men slowly moving up and down the rows of desks. She could feel her heart pounding through her chest as they pointed their weapons at her and the 30 or so other students and ordered them to [...]

A British soldier’s postcard to his sweetheart has finally arrived - 92 years after he sent it from the trenches of the First World War.
Pte. Walter Butler wrote to Amy Hicks in 1915 telling her he was alive and well - but the army-issued postcard never made it to her home in Wiltshire, 100 kilometres [...]

1979: China invades Vietnam
China has sent hundreds of troops into Vietnam after weeks of tension and a military build-up along the border.
Vietnamese Vice-Foreign Minister Nguyen Ko Tach has told ambassadors in Hanoi the Chinese troops have occupied nearly all Vietnamese border positions and are advancing southwards.
He did not give any idea of casualties or whether [...]