2015-05-16

Egypt

Egypt: Ousted President Mohamed Mursi sentenced to death

Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Mursi has been told he faces execution, along with more than 100 supporters of his now banned Muslim Brotherhood

16/05/2015

Sport

Contador under attack but still in pink at the Giro d'Italia

The champagne flowed for the young Basque rider Benat Intxausti after stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia the first real big mountain stage of the grand

16/05/2015

Turkey

Turkey: Erdogan condemns Egypt death penalty ruling against ousted Mursi

An Egyptian court’s decision to seek the death penalty for ousted Mohamed Mursi has been condemned by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The

16/05/2015

Turkey

Turkey: locals 'terrified' as giant sinkhole appears

Residents of Konya Province in southern Turkey have spoken of their terror when a giant sinkhole suddenly appeared in a local field. “We are very

16/05/2015

USA

Away from the political arena, Mitt Romney punches above his weight

US former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken part in a charity boxing match against five-time heavyweight champion Evander

16/05/2015

Sport

Female foil fencers face off in Shanghai

The world’s greatest female foil fencers gathered in Shanghai, China, for the International Fencing Federation Grand Prix and once again the Italian

16/05/2015

Russia

Celebrating 80 years of the Moscow Metro

Moscow is celebrating 80 years of its metro system. The service, one of the world’s largest metropolitan underground rail lines, is used by millions

16/05/2015

Germany

Germany: Two killed and 20 injured in train crash

Two people were killed on Saturday and 20 more injured in a collision between a packed passenger train and a farm vehicle in western Germany. At

16/05/2015

World News

UN appeals to southeast Asian nations to work together to help stranded migrants

With boats full of people believed to be abandoned in the Andaman Sea, the UN urges southeast Asian countries to work together to help migrants.

16/05/2015

Sport

Real Madrid and Olympiakos meet in Sunday's Euroleague final

Three times tournament winner Olympiakos are once again in the final of Basketball’s Euroleague. The Greeks were trailing CSKA Moscow in the final

16/05/2015

Syria

Senior ISIL leader killed by US special forces in Syria raid

The United States says its special forces have killed a senior leader of the Islamic State militant group during a raid in eastern Syria. The

16/05/2015

World News

Kerry raises US concerns over Beijing's South China Sea operations

Territorial disputes between Beijing and its neighbours are making waves in relations with the United States. In talks hosted by his Chinese

16/05/2015

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Nepal: earthquake recovery process

16/05/2015

Egypt

Egypt: Court seeks death sentence for ex-president Mursi and 105 others

An Egyptian court seeks the death penalty for ex-president Mohammed Mursi and 105 other members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

16/05/2015

Russia

Russian rocket plunges to earth minutes after launch

A Russian Proton M rocket has crashed in Siberia just minutes after take off. The Mexican satellite it was carrying is missing, presumed lost.

16/05/2015

Cuba

An historic return to Cuba: Minnesota Orchestra performs in Havana

Minnesota Orchestra has returned to Cuba, for the first time in 85 years. It has become the first major orchestra from the United States to play in

16/05/2015

Brazil

Brazil: Discovery of dead bodies leads to violent clashes

Further, violent protests have broken out in Rio de Janeiro following the discovery of two bodies. Both victims are said to have been stabbed. After

16/05/2015

USA

Funeral held for US Naval officer killed in Philadelphia train tragedy

The first funeral has been held for one of those killed in the train that derailed in the US state of Philadelphia on Tuesday. Twenty-year-old Justin

16/05/2015

World News

South East Asia's Rohingya Muslim migrant crisis

Nearly 1,000 migrants came ashore in different parts of Indonesia on Friday. Weak, hungry and dehydrated, most had been crammed into boats towed

16/05/2015

Greece

Greece PM Tsipras optimistic EU economic deal is near

As Greece runs out of time and money, the country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said it has found common ground during talks with its foreign

16/05/2015

USA

Victims welcome death sentence for Boston marathon bomber

A jury has sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection. It rejected the other option of life in prison. Three

16/05/2015

France

Holocaust film stuns Cannes Film Festival

Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes Jeles has created a stir at the Cannes film festival with his wrenching “Son of Saul”, portraying the work of the

16/05/2015

World News

Peru: dozens injured during protest against copper mining project

More than 30 people, many of them police officers, have been injured in clashes in southern Peru. Violence broke out in the city of Arequipa, during

16/05/2015

Luxembourg

Gay wedding for Luxembourg PM a first for serving EU leader

The prime minister of Luxembourg has become the first serving leader in the EU to marry someone of the same sex

16/05/2015

Mexico

Mexico: protesters demand answers over missing student teachers

Demonstrators have taken to the streets in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero, to demand answers over the disappearance of 43 apprentice

16/05/2015

Japan

Reactor cover to be dismantled at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

The operator of Japan’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has reportedly started work on dismantling a cover placed over a reactor

16/05/2015