2015-08-19

Two Islamist militants riding a motorbike shot dead a Tunisian police officer on Wednesday in the beach resort of Sousse, where a gunman killed 38

Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended the detention of a Palestinian hunger striker who has sustained brain damage after 65 days without food. The

The first funerals of those who died in the Bangkok bombing have been held in the Thai capital. Monday’s explosion claimed the lives of twenty people

Valencia put one foot into the Champions League proper after beating Monaco 3-1 in the first leg of their play off in Spain. Monaco’s Mario Pasalic

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR) has been rocked by fresh allegations of rape by peacekeepers. One of the

An unmanned robotic Japanese cargo spacecraft launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Wednesday. The “Kounotori” will deliver supplies to the

Kimi Raikkonen will stay with Ferrari for at least another season after the italian glamour team retained the Finn’s services for the 2016 campaign

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius will not be released from prison on Friday. He was expected to be transfered into house arrest after serving

Eight soldiers are reportedly dead after a bomb attack in Siirt province, while Turkish police are shot at outside a palace in Istanbul.

Out-of-sorts French first division side Marseille have appointed former Real Madrid player Michel as the club’s new manager. The 52-year-old Spaniard

Salon tango dancers from around the world showed off their skills in Buenos Aires on Tuesday (August 18) as part of the World Tango Festival and

The European Union’s biggest recipient of asylum seekers, Germany, has seen a 100 percent increase in applications. Government figures released on

Lord Sebastien Coe has been voted in as the new President of world athletics’ governing body IAAF replacing Senegalese Lamine Diack, who has been in

Indonesian officials say all 54 bodies have been recovered from the site of Sunday’s (Auguat 16)Trigana Air Service plane crash. Bad weather is

A UN container recently brought a deadly cargo to Catania in Italy. It contained 49 bodies salvaged from an overloaded fishing boat boat where they

Early elections for Turkey as President Erodgan favours forming an interim government of his own before the vote: Reportedly speaking to an academic

An Estonian security official has been sentenced to fifteen years in a Russian jail for ‘spying’. The court said Eston Kohver also smuggled weapons

Afghanistan has been celebrating the 96th anniversary of its independence under tightened security. Kabul has summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to

Hackers are said to have released online the personal details of more than a million users of a Canadian dating website promoting infidelity. The

A drug dubbed the “female Viagra” – even though it works differently – has been approved by US regulators the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)