Aalia Farzan rehearsing the programme in front of a camera.

BBC World Service launches “Dars”

Dars is the first multi-platform education series for Afghan children barred from school, available via the BBC News Afghanistan channel.

BBC News mobile app interface

The Trusted News Initiative creates Asia-Pacific network

Partners in the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) have agreed to expand its global representation by creating a regional Asia-Pacific network.

BBC UK building

BBC files UN complaint about online violence towards women journalists

It is the second appeal in two months the BBC World Service has made to the UN regarding fears about the safety journalists face in Iran.

Fran Unsworth

PMA thanks Fran Unsworth as she leaves the BBC

Fran Unsworth has been on the Board since 2014 when she was Director of The BBC World Service. She steps down as Head of News this week.

BBC Plaque

100 Years of the BBC

A century since the world’s first public service broadcaster was created, the BBC is going all-out to mark its anniversary.

BBC UK building

BBC: End harassment of BBC Persian staff

The BBC is calling upon Iran to end the escalating cross-border harassment and threats towards BBC News Persian journalists and staff.

BBC Pashto

Best of PSM | Visual Journalism

How a team at the BBC World Service is revamping our visual grasp of elections and offering digestible information for all.

World Service comes under BBC funding and control

Today is a historic moment in the 82-year history of the BBC World Service, it will no longer be funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but from the BBC licence fee