2016-07-17

France

Anger as search for missing relatives in Nice continues

For two days Tahar Mejri searched the hospitals of Nice for his missing son, having already lost his wife Olfa.

17/07/2016

Sport

2016 Silk Way Rally: Yazeed Al Rahji too hot for his rivals

The 905 km eighth Stage Bortala and Ürümqi, is the longest of the 2016 Silk Way Rally.

17/07/2016

Sport

Japan make it big in Russia at the Tyumen Judo Grand Slam

Japan ran away with the medal table at the Tyumen Judo Grand Slam.

17/07/2016

Africanews

[Photos] The African passport with 5 language inscriptions

The passport are currently issued to Heads of States and diplomats and is believed to have high security features. The first recepients were Chairperson of the African Union, Idris Deby Itno and Rwand

17/07/2016

World News

Three police officers dead in attack by 'multiple gunmen' in Baton Rouge, US

Two suspects are believed to be on the run after a shooting in the US city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which left three policemen dead and three more injured.

17/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Jarlinson Pantano grabs maiden win for IAM Cycling

The Colombian Jarlinson Pantano bagged stage 15 at the Tour de France, the first for his Swiss team IAM Cycling.

17/07/2016

Sport

Marc Marquez makes it a magnificent seven at Germany's Sachsenring

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17/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey reopens Incirlik military air base, Pentagon confirms

Turkey has reopened its Incirlik air base to US military aircraft, the Pentagon has confirmed.

17/07/2016

World News

Public supports purges Turkey's president says

At a funeral in Istanbul on Sunday for some of the victims of Turkey’s failed coup which was attended by President Tayyip Erdogan some of the mourners chanted “we want the death…

17/07/2016

Africanews

African passport launched, Idris Deby & Paul Kagame get first copies

The African passport has finally been launched and the first two copies issued at the 27th African Union (AU) summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

17/07/2016

World News

French FM Ayrault warns Erdogan not to use coup as 'blank cheque'

France’s foreign minister has warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to use the country’s quashed coup as a ‘‘blank cheque’‘ to silence opponents.

17/07/2016

Turkey

Purges of Turkey's military and judiciary continue

Turkey’s authorities have rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters, including top commanders and foot soldiers, and ordered thousands of judges detained after forces loyal to Erdogan crushe

17/07/2016

No Comment

Ferocious mountain torrents destroy houses in Hunan, China

Video footage captured mountain torrents destroying a row of wooden houses in a village China’s central Hunan Province.

17/07/2016

Armenia

Armenia: gunmen storm police station in Yerevan

In Armenia, gunmen have seized a police station in the capital Yerevan taking hostages, including the country’s police chief.

17/07/2016

World News

Attack in Nice: Police arrest two more people with suspected ties to killer

The man who killed at least 84 people and injured hundreds in Nice on Bastille Day, cased the southern French city’s seafront days before, investigators say.

17/07/2016

World News

Attack in Nice: eyewitnesses recount terror

France has yet to awaken from the nightmare of Thursday’s attack in Nice.

17/07/2016

Turkey

Exclusive: coup soldier's radio conversation with loyalist Turkish police

On Friday night, as it became clear that a major coup attempt was underway in Turkey, standoffs developed across the country between police trying to defend the democratically-elected government and s

17/07/2016

France

49.3, French politics' imperfect number

Politics, it is often said, is about compromise. But for the French government at the moment compromise on the contentious issue of labour reform is

17/07/2016

France

Attack in Nice: France calls up 12,000 reservists as security questions mount

Amid a wave of mounting criticism, France has called up 12,000 police reservists to help boost security in the wake of Thursday’s attack in Nice.

17/07/2016

World News

Turkish soldiers deny involvement in coup plot, told it was a 'drill' - report

Amid the spate of arrests and interrogations following the 15 July failed coup in Turkey, some soldiers have claimed that they initially had no idea that they were taking part in a plan to overthrow t

17/07/2016

World News

Sudan's al-Bashir in Rwanda for summit, despite ICC arrest warrant

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday arrived in Rwanda for an African Union (AU) summit, defying an international warrant for his arrest by the International Criminal Court…

17/07/2016

World News

Venezuela reopens Colombian border to allow people to buy basic goods

Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into neighbouring Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine, as the border between the two countries was temporarily…

17/07/2016

World News

Russian cargo craft launches from Baikonur with supplies for ISS crew

The Russian Federal Space Agency has launched a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

17/07/2016

World News

Cleric Gulen suggests Turkey government could have staged failed coup

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen has denied involvement in Friday night’s failed military coup in Turkey.

17/07/2016

Turkey

Mass rallies across Turkey to celebrate quashing of coup attempt

Thousands of rejoicing Turks filled Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday evening, less than 24 hours after a failed coup by a faction of the Turkish military.

17/07/2016