2016-06-16

Syria

ISIL committing genocide against Yazidis - UN

The so-called Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS) is committing ‘genocide’ against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, according to UN investigators.

16/06/2016

World News

Australian MP defends mock shooting ad

There’s no such thing as bad publicity, the saying goes.

16/06/2016

USA

Obama and Biden to visit Orlando, amid growing calls for tighter US gun control

US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are set to visit Orlando on Thursday, in the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern US history.

16/06/2016

Culture news

Monte-Carlo festival celebrates 'new golden age' of TV

Stars of the big screen and lots from the little screen turned out en masse for the 56th Monte Carlo TV Festival.

16/06/2016

No Comment

Euro 2016: England and France supporters face off in Lille

England and France football fans squared off in the centre of Lille on Wednesday (June, 15) night, as tension remained high in the northern French city.

16/06/2016

World News

Documentary film footage shows Omar Mateen in 2010

Documentary film footage has emerged of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen.

16/06/2016

Poland

Poland's controversial reforms threaten human rights: Council of Europe

Warsaw calls the findings biased.

16/06/2016

United Kingdom

Brexit: Immigration a divisive issue

Immigration is a big campaign issue in the run-up to Britain’s referendum on EU membership.

16/06/2016

China

Shanghai Disney: Magic Kingdom with a Chinese twist

Disney opens its first theme park in mainland China.

16/06/2016

USA

Brexit breeds caution among banks and money makers

Money markets and investors world wide are waiting with bated breath for the UK’s decision next week on its future, in or out, of the European Union.

16/06/2016

Venezuela

Hundreds are arrested in Venezuela during food riots and looting

Security forces in Venezuela have arrested at least 400 people after the latest bout of looting and food riots sweeping the country.

16/06/2016

France

Arrests in Lille after police clash with football fans

There have been further disturbances in the French city of Lille overnight where thousands of football fans from different sides have converged as they follow their respective teams in the 2016 euro…

16/06/2016

USA

Florida police find body of boy grabbed by alligator

Police divers have recovered the body of the a 2-year-old boy who was seized by an alligator near a Disney World Hotel in Florida.

16/06/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir crash: wreckage spotted in several locations, say investigators

Egypt says it has found wreckage of the EgyptAir plane which crashed in the Mediterranean last month.

16/06/2016

Germany

One killed in road bridge collapse in Bavaria

At least one construction worker has been confirmed dead after a road bridge which was undergoing renovation collapsed in central Germany.

16/06/2016

World News

Euro 2016: Lille braced for trouble as English and Russian fans converge

Slovakian supporters celebrated their team’s 2-1 victory over Russia on Wednesday evening, following the Euro 2016 match between the two sides in Lille.

16/06/2016

Greece

Protesters in Athens call on Syriza government to go

Thousands of protesters have hit the streets of Athens calling on the country’s left-wing government to quit.

16/06/2016