2016-08-18

Turkey

Turkey: blasts blamed on PKK militants leave more than a dozen dead

At least 14 people are reported dead – mostly police and soldiers – and around 300 injured after three bomb blasts in Turkey’s southeast.

18/08/2016

Russia

Twenty five years ago the USSR collapsed

It’s 1991 and President Mikhail Gorbachev has brought in Perestroika, a set of reforms to the Soviet system but he’s still trying to keep Communism alive.

18/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan blames Gulen supporters over latest bombings

Turkey’s president has accused followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being involved in the latest bombings to hit the country.

18/08/2016

China

Typhoon Dianmu heads for southern China

Dianmu, a slow-moving and not particularly strong storm, is expected to cause heavy rainfall over parts of Guangdong, Hainan and Jiangxi provinces.

18/08/2016

Brazil

Rio police say US swimmers made up robbery claim

Four US swimmers who said they were robbed at gunpoint made up the story police say to cover up a vandalism incident.

18/08/2016

World News

FGM provokes fierce debate in Dagestan

A report about female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked a fierce debate in the North Caucasus. Some clerics in Dagestan have defended the practice.

18/08/2016

USA

Wildfire still raging out of control in Southern California

Dry, hot and windy conditions continue to drive the Blue Cut wildfire in Southern California

18/08/2016

Sport

Singapore sling as Schooling returns home to heroes welcome

Thousands welcomed home gold medal hero Joseph Schooling after he won Singapore's first ever gold medal by beating none other than the great Michael Phelps in 100-metre butterfly final.

18/08/2016

Syria

Heartbreaking images from Syria

A picture can be worth far more than a thousand words

18/08/2016

United Kingdom

How could extremist Anjem Choudhary speak to the media so freely?

Extremist Islamic cleric StateAnjem Choudary has been convicted of exhorting people to support so-called Islamic State, but why was he given a platform by parts of Britain's media for years?

18/08/2016

Turkey

Are Kurdish peace talks finished forever?

Turkey has again been rocked by deadly bombings, with the Kurds are being blamed for the latest attacks in the south-east.

18/08/2016

France

Three facing court over Corsica beach scuffles

Three people – described as of ‘North African’ origin – are facing court after scuffles in Corsica, which left five people injured.

18/08/2016

Turkey

Three separate bomb blasts in Turkey kill 11 and injure more than 200

Nearly a dozen people have been killed and more than 200 wounded in Turkey following multiple blasts in the south east of the country.

18/08/2016

Brazil

Olympic Games, commentators and sexism in the press and TV

18/08/2016

Turkey

Qatar Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul

Flames can be seen shooting from A330's port engine

18/08/2016

Travel News

Tokyo attempts to revive its historical connection with water

Hundreds of years ago Tokyo was often referred to as the water city, until the focus shifted to the modern urban expanse that we know today

18/08/2016

No Comment

Zimbabwe police break up anti-government protest

Security forces in Zimbabwe have broken up an anti-government protest in the capital, Harare.

18/08/2016

Germany

Refugees did not bring terrorism to Germany - Merkel

The German Chancellor says Islam is and will be part of German culture as long as it is practised in a way that respects the country's constitution.

18/08/2016

Syria

Video of bloodied Syrian boy captures horror of Aleppo

A video of a boy sitting dazed and bloodied in the back of an ambulance after surviving an airstrike in Aleppo has highlighted the desperation of the Syrian civil war and the struggle for control of t

18/08/2016

No Comment

Bolivia: priest blesses animals with holy water

Hundreds of dog owners have had their pets blessed in the Bolivian city of El Alto as part of Saint Roch’s Day – named after the patron saint of dogs.

18/08/2016

United Kingdom

World's largest aircraft takes off

It is thought to be the world’s largest aircraft.

18/08/2016

No Comment

India: Kashmiri separatists demand UN intervention

Protesters and supporters of Kashmiri separatist groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir have marched on the United Nation’s office in Srinagar, demanding the UN intervene in the Kashmir…

18/08/2016

Syria

Appalling accounts of death and abuse in Syria's prisons

Amnesty International says the conditions amount to "human rights abuses"

18/08/2016

Turkey

Deadly explosions hit Turkey

At least six people have been killed and nearly 200 wounded in two seperate car bomb blasts in Turkey.

18/08/2016

Thailand

Thailand: 15 arrests following recent bombings

Thailand’s military government has announced that 15 people are being detained a week after a series of bombings in the south of the country.

18/08/2016

Brazil

Lochte 'robbery' case: US swimmers pulled off flight

Brazilian police have pulled two US Olympic swimmers off a plane at Rio airport for questioning.

18/08/2016

Brazil

Day 12 in Rio and the USA and Jamaica women clinch gold in track and field

A Jamaican sprinter has once again shone on the track on Day 12 in Rio.

18/08/2016

USA

Ben Hur and chariot races get a make-over in a new movie release

Confirming that no film is above a revamp even if its already won 11 Oscars – the new version of Ben Hur has premiered in Los Angeles.

18/08/2016

Business Series

German bank charges customers for holding their money

A small co-operative bank in the picturesque town of Gmund in Bavaria is turning financial norms upside down.

18/08/2016

North Korea

Senior North Korean diplomat defects in London and turns up in Seoul

The highest ranking North Korean official ever to defect is confirmed in Seoul along with his family after disappearing from his job in the London embassy several weeks ago.

18/08/2016