2015-04-01

Nigeria

Celebrations in Nigeria as ex-military ruler Buhari wins presidency

Supporters of Nigeria's newly elected president Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his victory

01/04/2015

Turkey

Turkish prosecutor taken hostage dies from wounds after shootout

A Turkish prosecutor and two gunmen who took him hostage have been killed after a shootout with police at a courthouse in Istanbul.

01/04/2015

World News

Worldwide death sentences on the rise but executions drop - Amnesty Intl.

The number of executions dropped in 2014 compared to a year before but the number of people given death sentences rose sharply, says Amnesty.

01/04/2015

USA

L.A. firefighters battle blaze in Apple Valley

Firefighters are battling a brush fire in Apple Vally which lies about 140 km east of Los Angeles . Mandatory evacuations were ordered in the area

01/04/2015

Chile

Deadly floods wreak havoc in Chile

At least 23 people have been killed and around 50 are missing from deadly floods in Chile. The rains, which started on Tuesday, were the worst in 80

01/04/2015

Iran

Midnight deadline comes and goes but there is still hope of a nuclear deal with Iran

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions has been reached. The Russian minister left the Swiss hotel in

01/04/2015

Turkey

Turkish prosecutor and two gunmen die in hostage crisis

An Istanbul prosecutor and two gunmen who took him hostage have been killed in a shootout with Turkish security forces. Earlier two members of a

01/04/2015

Nigeria

Ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigeria presidential poll

Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari has became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box. And

01/04/2015

World News

Hurricane force winds batter Europe

Hurricane force winds have battered parts of northern Europe leaving at least five people dead in weather related incidents. In Germany two forestry

01/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa knew that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had suffered severe depression

Lufthansa now says that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week – killing 150 people – told its flight training

01/04/2015

Netherlands

Dutch royals have painting looted by Nazis, inquiry reveals

The Dutch royal family has found out that one of its paintings was looted by Nazis, during Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands in World War Two

01/04/2015

Spain

Spanish police arrest alleged would-be jihadi brothers

Spanish police have arrested four members of a family, including twin teenage boys who were allegedly about to travel to Syria to become jihadi

01/04/2015