2016-04-10

Ukraine

Ukraine's parliamentary speaker set to become new PM

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has signalled his support for parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman to replace him after tendering his

10/04/2016

Afghanistan

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan and India

At least six people reported killed, more than 40 injured.

10/04/2016

Sport

Marc Marquez dominates Grand Prix of the Americas

Marc Marquez kept his perfect record on America soil in tact after winning this year’s Grand Prix of Americas for a fourth consecutive success in

10/04/2016

Sport

Rugby: Machenaud kicks Racing past Toulon and into semi-final with Leicester

Racing 92 booked a semi-final showdown with Leicester in the European Cup after beating Toulon in an all French quarter-final. Having kicked the

10/04/2016

Republic of North Macedonia

Hundreds injured on the Greece-FYROM border

Hundreds of migrants and refugees have been injured during a confrontation with police on the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

10/04/2016

Sport

Canada claims 2016 World Men's Curling Championship

Canada has won the 2016 World men’s curling title with a 5-3 victory over Denmark at St. Jakobshalle arena. Kevin Koe produced a stunning performance

10/04/2016

Sport

Australian Hayman secures shock Paris-Roubaix victory

An emotional Mathew Hayman lifted the cobbled trophy after springin a surprise victory at the Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. The third of five classics on

10/04/2016

World News

Poland: six years since Smolensk crash

Inquiry has been reopened into the disaster that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others

10/04/2016

Sport

Vardy scores twice as Leicester beat Sunderland to close in on first topflight title

Leicester City moved closer to the club’s very first English topflight title after beating relegation-threatened Sunderland 2-0 on Sunday. England

10/04/2016

India

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate visit India

Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge played a charity cricket match with underprivileged children in Mumbai on Sunday, the first day of a

10/04/2016

Romania

Heavy rainfall in Romania set to continue until Monday evening

A flash flood in Romania has swamped houses, killed livestock damaged a section of country road and displaced two cars. About 200 households were

10/04/2016

Sport

Former New Orleans Saints Will Smith shot dead

Former Saints footballer Will Smith was shot and killed on his way back from dinner in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District on Saturday night. Local

10/04/2016

World News

Bank robbers rumbled two years after digging through sewer into vault

Fourteen men have been arrested in connection with a bank robbery two years ago in the French city of Toulouse. They dug a tunnel through a sewer

10/04/2016

India

Indian PM visits area where temple fire killed 100 Hindu devotees

A fire in the southern Indian state of Kerala has killed about 100 people gathered at a temple for a fireworks display marking the start of the local

10/04/2016

World News

Ukraine's prime minister resigns in televised address

Arseniy Yatsenyuk blames "politicians' failure to enact real changes"

10/04/2016

World News

Desperate migrants storm fence on FYROM border

260 injured, "dangerous and deplorable" - Greek government

10/04/2016

Sport

Jack Sock downs John Isner in Houston

America’s Jack Sock held his nerve to edge out fellow countryman John Isner in the semi-finals of the US Clay Court Championships in Houston. The

10/04/2016

Sport

Hawks down Celtics on home soil

The Atlanta Hawks produced a superb display to outclass the Boston Celtics in Georgia on Saturday. Dennis Schroder’s team-mates were made to battle

10/04/2016

World News

Brussels bombers 'initially planned to target France'

Prosecutors in Belgium say the group went for Brussels after police began to close in on them

10/04/2016

No Comment

Pandas filmed "in the wild"

Infrared cameras captured wild giant pandas in heat in northwest China’s Gansu Province, according to a video recently released by Baishuijiang

10/04/2016

World News

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Afghan and Pakistani capitals

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit remote northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Sunday (March 10), shaking buildings in the Afghan

10/04/2016

Sport

Pacquiao outclasses Bradley in 'final' bout

Almost a year after losing to Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao bounced back with a convincing win over Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas on Saturday

10/04/2016

World News

Japan PM slams North Korea ballistic missile engine test

The Japanese prime minister has strongly condemned North Korea’s reported testing of an engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile. Shinzo Abe

10/04/2016

World News

G7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima, Japan

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations (G-7)are meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Sunday and Monday. Japan is

10/04/2016

India

India temple fire kills more than 100 worshipers at Hindu New Year event

A huge fire has killed more than 100 people and injured over 200 others gathered for a fireworks display in India. It happened in Kollam in the

10/04/2016

World News

David Cameron releases tax returns in bid for transparency after Panama Papers leaks

David Cameron has released a summary of his tax returns from the last six years. Amongst other details, they show the British Prime Minister paid

10/04/2016

World News

French protesters take to the streets against planned labour reforms

Protesters staged overnight sit-ins in Place de la Republique in Paris and other cities across France on Sunday. The Nuit Debout, or Up All Night

10/04/2016

World News

U.S.: Bernie Sanders wins Wyoming as winning streak continues

Bernie Sanders has secured victory in Wyoming in the latest stage of the Democratic nomination contest for the US presidential elections. It was a

10/04/2016

World News

Egypt rejects Italian request for phone records over Cambridge student Giulio Regeni murder

Italian requests for phone records relating to the death of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni have been rejected by Egypt.

10/04/2016