2016-04-11

France

Police clear Paris protest camp but 'Up All Night' movement vows to return

Police in Paris have evacuated a protest camp in the city’s Place de la Republique, occupied for 11 consecutive nights by demonstrators demanding

11/04/2016

Russia

Suicide bombers target police in Russia

Security has been stepped up in southern Russia after a failed suicide attack at a rural police station on Monday. Up to three bombers targeted the

11/04/2016

Sport

Juan Monaco shines in Houston

Argentina’s Juan Monaco outclassed defending champion Jack Sock in three sets to claim his second US Clay Court Championship in Houston on Sunday

11/04/2016

Cinema

Shamim Sarif brings her novel "Despite the Falling Snow" to the screen

A sign of the times for sure, but after years in hibernation the Cold War thriller is back, and the latest addition to the genre is “Despite the

11/04/2016

Cinema

"Lights Out" hopes to scare you to death

What do you do when the lights go out? Well, director David F. Sandberg would like you to scream, and scream often with his latest horror offering

11/04/2016

United Arab Emirates

Dubai plans tower even higher than Burj Khalifa

11/04/2016

Germany

German prosecutors probe TV satirist who 'insulted' Turkey's Erdoğan

German authorities are investigating whether a satirical TV presenter who allegedly “insulted” Turkey’s President Erdoğan could face charges. Jan

11/04/2016

No Comment

Royal afternoon at the Oval

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge play a charity cricket match with Indian children on their first day of a week-long tour of the country.

11/04/2016

No Comment

Ceremonial dance at the Itsukushima Shrine

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations enjoyed a traditional Japanese dance on Sunday evening at one of Japan’s holiest

11/04/2016

World News

Fujimori likely to face Kuczynski in Peru presidential run-off

Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. Early official results with around two-fifths of votes

11/04/2016

Japan

John Kerry lays flowers at Hiroshima memorial

John Kerry paid his respects to the victims of the 1945 American nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Monday. By doing so he became

11/04/2016

India

Indian officials launch inquiry into deadly temple fire

A judicial inquiry has been ordered by the Indian authorities into an explosion and fire at a Hindu temple in Kerala that killed at least 110 people

11/04/2016

Yemen

Cautious ceasefire begins in Yemen

Hostilities end Sunday, midnight local time Peace talks to follow later this month Truce to allow for delivery of humatiarian aid A tentative

11/04/2016

World News

Keiko Fujimori 'wins Peru's presidential first round'

Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. Exit polls have given her about 40 percent of the

11/04/2016

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

11/04/2016

Afghanistan

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan and India

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

11/04/2016

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

11/04/2016