2016-07-18

France

Nice attack - what we know about the victims

Following the attack on Friday in which a suspected terrorist drove a truck through crowds of Bastille Day revelers, the dust in Nice is starting to settle, and the victims of the attack that left 84

18/07/2016

USA

Baton Rouge gunman's anger at police

The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining about the police treatment of African-Americans.

18/07/2016

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Magnificent Matsuri

One of Japan’s biggest and oldest events, the month-long Gion Matsuri summer festival is in full swing in Kyoto.

18/07/2016

Kazakhstan

Several police killed in Kazakhstan shooting

Kazakhstan’s interior ministry says three policemen and one civilian have been killed in a series of shootings in the centre of the biggest city Almaty.

18/07/2016

USA

Security overshadows preparations for US Republican Convention in Cleveland

Some 50,000 people are expected in the American city of Cleveland for the Republican National Convention which should confirm Donald Trump as the party’s official candidate for November’s presidential

18/07/2016

Cinema

Woody Allen's latest nostalgia goes back to the 1930s

Woody Allen continues to stay with his blistering pace of pushing out a film a year.

18/07/2016

USA

Baton Rouge gunman was ex-marine who served in Iraq

The gunman who killed three American policemen and wounded three others in Louisiana has been identified as a former US marine sergeant who had served in Iraq.

18/07/2016

Turkey

Fleeing Turkish soldiers apply for political asylum

Seven Turkish soldiers and one civilian who fled to Greece in an army helicopter following the failed military coup have been accused of entering the country…

18/07/2016

France

France holds one minute silence for victims of Nice truck attack

Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined thousands packing the Nice seafront for a minute of silence in homage to the victims.

18/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey vows to root out supporters of failed coup attempt

President calls for Turks to stay on streets until Friday Number arrested in army and judiciary hits 6,000 France calls for Turkey act according to rule of law Turks continue to fill the streets of

18/07/2016

USA

Obama calls for unity after three more police officers are shot dead

Reaction to the killing of three more police officers in Baton Rouge has been swift.

18/07/2016

USA

Gunman who shoots dead three police officers in Baton Rouge 'acted alone'

An investigation is under way into the shooting dead of three more US police officers and the wounding of three others in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge.

18/07/2016

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.

18/07/2016