2016-04-30

Syria

Russia will not ask Syria to halt air strikes on Aleppo

Media reports claim Russia will not try to persuade Bashar al-Assad to call a halt to air strikes on Aleppo. The bombardment of Syria’s second city

30/04/2016

Iraq

Baghdad security under scrutiny after protesters invade Iraq parliament

It was a protest that took the Iraqi security forces by surprise. As hundreds of supporters of a prominent Shi’ite cleric invaded Baghdad’s Green

30/04/2016

Italy

Dozens of migrants missing as Italy responds to shipwreck off Libya

Twenty-six migrants have been rescued by an Italian cargo ship off the coast of Libya, but dozens more are said to be missing. Video footage released

30/04/2016

Sport

Leicester City aiming for maiden top-flight crown at Theatre of Dreams

Leicester City fans could be forgiven for getting carried away about Sunday as it could be the day the Foxes win their very first English topflight

30/04/2016

Kenya

Kenya burns huge ivory stockpile calling for ban on trade

A stockpile of more than 100 tonnes of ivory from some 8,000 animals was set alight near Nairobi on Saturday, to highlight the threat to endangered

30/04/2016

World News

Hundreds arrested as German anti-immigrant AfD party congress begins

“Nazis out” was the cry from left-wing protesters in Germany on Saturday as delegates of a right-wing, anti-immigration party arrived for its annual

30/04/2016

Sport

Elshorbagy continues his World Series winning streak with victory in El Gouna

World number one Mohamed Elshorbagy continued his dominance of the PSA World Series after reining supreme at his home event.

30/04/2016

Sport

NBA playoffs: Miami turn up the heat against Hornets to take series to decisive seventh game

The first round playoff between the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets will go all the way to the wire. On Friday night Miami beat their rivals on

30/04/2016

Iraq

Iraq: al-Sadr supporters storm Baghdad Green Zone and parliament

Hundreds of supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have stormed the Iraqi parliament in protest at MPs’ failure to convene for a vote on

30/04/2016

Sweden

Sweden celebrates 70th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf may be young compared to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth – he’s 70, she’s just turned 90 – but he celebrated his birthday in

30/04/2016

Iraq

Iraq: al Sadr supporters storm Green Zone and parliament

Hundreds of supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone on Saturday and some entered the Iraqi parliament in

30/04/2016

World News

Cuts in EU mobile roaming charges come into effect

The shock of discovering a surprisingly inflated mobile phone bill after travelling abroad within the EU should be a thing of the past from now on

30/04/2016

No Comment

'Propaganda balloons' sent over border from South to North Korea

US and South Korean activists sent propaganda leaflets over the border to the North on Friday. They attached boxes to ten large balloons filled with

30/04/2016

No Comment

Women's wheelchair basketball in Afghanistan

The final of the Afghanistan women’s wheelchair national basketball championship between Herat and Balkh provinces was held in the country’s capital

30/04/2016

Germany

Germany: hundreds arrested as anti-immigrant AfD congress starts

German police arrested some 400 protesters trying to block access to a conference being held by an anti-immigrant party on Saturday. Clashes broke

30/04/2016

Kenya

Rescue teams keep searching after deadly Kenya collapse

At least ten bodies have now been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Visiting the site of the disaster

30/04/2016

World News

Ireland: Minority government deal breaks political deadlock

Nine weeks of political paralysis in Ireland have been broken with a landmark deal between its two big rival parties. Fine Gael is now set to form a

30/04/2016

Iran

Iran election: 'Victory' for allies of reformist Rouhani

Moderate and centrist allies of Iran’s reformist President Hassan Rouhani have won the second round of parliamentary elections, taking more than 30

30/04/2016

USA

Trump jokes about protest in California

Hundreds of demonstrators attempted to disrupt a Republican convention in California on Friday where presidential candidate Donald Trump was due to

30/04/2016

Syria

Air strikes and shelling cause more deaths in Aleppo

Aleppo sustained another day of air strikes and shelling on Friday. A week of fierce fighting in Syria’s second city has seen at least 200 people

30/04/2016

Kenya

Kenya burns over a hundred tons of elephant tusks and calls for a worldwide ban on ivory sales

Kenyan authorities were preparing to burn a stockpile of over a hundred tons of elephant tusks on Saturday as a message to the world over the threat

30/04/2016

Norway

Norwegian helicopter crash victims all presumed dead

All 13 people on a helicopter that crashed off the Norwegian coast on Friday are presumed dead. Dramatic images showed the detached rota blade still

30/04/2016