Danny Aeberhard

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Danny Aeberhard |Ian Aikman

Image source, Getty ImagesBBC World Service Europe editorKyrgyzstan has taken down a huge statue of the revolutionary Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was thought to be the tallest in Central Asia. First erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, the 23m-tall monument towered over the city of Osh for 50 years before it was quietly removed this week.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Danny Aeberhard |Ian Aikman

3 hours agoDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in his first video message since taking over the group last year. The half-hour video message by Saad bin …