2015-08-01

USA

Funeral of Whitney Houston's daughter overshadowed by family feud

The funeral has taken place in the US state of Georgia of the only child of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. The private service for Bobbi

01/08/2015

Sport

European Youth Olympic Festival – final day

Local favourite Onise Saneblidze produced a stunning performance to beat Russia’s Aliumer Tumaev in the under 90 kilo final in Tbilisi as the

01/08/2015

USA

NAACP march to Washington begins with civil rights rally in Selma

The NAACP has launched a 40-day march across the US South on Saturday (August 1) with a rally in Selma, Alabama, aiming to draw on that city’s

01/08/2015

France

Suspected MH370 flaperon arrives for identification at BEA, Toulouse

An airline wing flap washed up on Reunion Island beach last week has arrived in the French city of Toulouse. Aviation experts will examine and

01/08/2015

United Kingdom

Scuffles at British side of Channel Tunnel in Kent over Calais migrants

Tensions ran high on Saturday as far-right protesters gathered close to the scene of a pro-migrant rally in Folkestone, near the entrance to the

01/08/2015

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi welcoms Angela Jolie to Myanmar

Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed American actress Angela Jolie to her country. The two met with

01/08/2015

Sport

Brazil's Fred tests positive for banned substance

Brazil midfielder Fred tested positive for a banned substance during the June-July Copa America. The 22-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk player, who faces a

01/08/2015

Israel

West Bank: Hundreds attend funeral for Palestinian protester amid increased tensions

Amid increased tension in the West Bank, hundreds have attended the funeral of an 18-year-old Palestinian protester. The Israeli military says it

01/08/2015

World News

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks fail to deliver regional trade deal

Twelve Pacific Rim nations have ended negotiations without agreeing on a regional trade deal. Trade ministers negotiating the Trans-Pacific

01/08/2015

Italy

Culture ministers promote heritage and dialogue at Milan Expo

Culture ministers have gathered in Milan to highlight the importance of cultural heritage and dialogue. The officials from more than eighty countries

01/08/2015

Turkey

Hundreds of Crimean Tatar groups gather for world congress in Ankara

Hundreds of ethnic Crimean Tatar groups from around a dozen countries are attending a major world congress this weekend. Those gathered in the

01/08/2015

France

France: Roads gridlocked in 'Black Saturday' holiday getaway

It is the great holiday getaway in France – or maybe that should be the great holiday standstill. Many routes have been gridlocked, as scores of

01/08/2015

World News

Striking photos of the ‘not at all blue’ moon

01/08/2015

France

Calais migrant crisis: France should 'compensate' UK drivers

Acting leader of the UK’s Labour Party Harriet Harman has called for compensation from the French government to be paid to British drivers affected

01/08/2015

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01/08/2015

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Rare snow-white cubs in Crimea

01/08/2015

Japan

Head of failed bitcoin company arrested in Japan

It was once the world’s biggest exchange company for the virtual Bitcoin currency. Now Mount Gox is no more and its head has been arrested in Tokyo

01/08/2015

Japan

Crew member missing after ferry fire off Japanese coast

One crew member is missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Everyone else onboard was rescued after

01/08/2015

France

Missing MH370: suspected wing debris arrives in Paris

Debris which could belong to a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is understood to have been flown into Paris. What is thought to be part of a wing was

01/08/2015

Colombia

Colombia military plane crashes killing all eleven on board

Eleven Colombian military personnel have been killed after their plane suffered engine failure and crashed in the northern province of Cesar. The

01/08/2015

USA

Country legend Lynn Anderson dies aged 67

Grammy award winning country singer Lynn Anderson has died aged 67. Born in North Dakota but raised in California, husky voiced Anderson rose to fame

01/08/2015

World News

Volcano erupts on Reunion Island

A volcano has erupted on the remote French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, where a piece of what is believed to be missing Malaysia Airlines

01/08/2015

United Kingdom

Bin Laden family jet crashes in England

A private jet has crashed in southern England, killing four people on board. The Saudi Ambassador to Britain confirmed that among the victims were

01/08/2015

Israel

Fears of upsurge in violence following death of Palestinian infant

Another day and another young life lost as medical officials confirmed the death of a Palestinian teenager near the border fence in the northern Gaza

01/08/2015

World News

Ebola vaccine trial shows 100% effectiveness in Guinea

An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea has proven to be 100% effective, however the results are still preliminary

01/08/2015