South Africa South Africa: emergency service work to save illegal workers trapped in mine Rescuers are working to recover a group of illegal miners who became trapped in a South African gold mine last Wednesday (September 7). 12/09/2016
France IMF Chief Christine Lagarde loses appeal, ordered to stand trial for negligence International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is to stand trial from December 12 for her role in a 400-million-euro payout when she was France’s Economy… 12/09/2016
USA Clinton campaign regroups over health scare Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign team has admitted mishandling the weekend’s health scare concerning the Democratic candidate. 12/09/2016
USA Health at forefront of US election campaign: Trump vows to disclose medical results Health has been brought to the forefront of the US election campaign. 12/09/2016
Italy 'Offended' Italians sue Charlie Hebdo for Amatrice pasta cartoons The Italian town of Amatrice is suing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes. 12/09/2016
USA How healthy are the US presidential candidates? Hillary Clinton’s health emerged as a major campaign issue, after she almost collapsed at a 9/11 commemoration in New York. What has long been the 12/09/2016
Sport Paris Saint Germain ready for improving Arsenal Paris Saint Germain and new boss Unai Emry begin their quest for European glory on Tuesday when they host Arsenal in their Champions League Group A opener in the French… 12/09/2016
China Chinese student sues over books that call homosexuality a "disorder" A Chinese student is taking the ministry of education to court over textbooks that say homosexuality that is a “mental disorder”. 12/09/2016
United Kingdom David Cameron steps down as MP for Witney Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down as the MP for Witney, seemingly ending his political career. 12/09/2016
Syria Initial 'calm prevails' as Syrian ceasefire deal comes into effect A nationwide ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States has come into effect. 12/09/2016
brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: Barroso feels heat over US bank role This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 12/09/2016
corporate Alstom in crisis talks with French government over train making plant Alstom has begun crisis talks over plans to stop making trains at its plant in Belfort. The French government is insisting the facility remains open. 12/09/2016
Insight Clinton's pneumonia 'feeds narrative that she is secretive' Donald Trump has pledged to release details of his own health record after Hillary Clinton’s malaise at the weekend and the news that she had been diagnosed with… 12/09/2016
Syria Five years' talking brings no closer end to Syrian carnage There is a new ceasefire in Syria, brokered between the US and Russia, respectively the godfathers of the opposition, and regime. 12/09/2016
Postcards Postcards from Uzbekistan: Samarkand's lost art of papermaking The paper made here was considered to be among the finest in the world 12/09/2016
Saudi Arabia Eid al-Adha celebrated around the world Muslims around the world celebrate one of the most important festivals of the Islamic calendar on Monday (September 12): Eid al-Adha. 12/09/2016
Belgium Paralympian of the year Marieke Vervoort will choose euthanasia, but not yet... Marieke Vervoort was named Paralympian of the year in both 2012 and 2015, but that’s not what the media were focussing on ahead of the Belgian’s arrival in Rio. 12/09/2016
Adventures Glide like an eagle over Macedonia The largely mountainous republic is popular amongst paragliders. 12/09/2016
brussels bureau Barroso faces EU probe over bank job Former European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso faces an ethics probe after he joined Goldman Sachs. 12/09/2016
world news What is the state of Juncker's Union now? “Because our European Union is not in a good state. 12/09/2016
economy Spain's taxpayers will never get most of bank bailout money back - report Spain's government has reportedly admitted it will never get back much of the more than 50 billion euros used to bail out the countries' banks according to a report the newspaper El Pais. 12/09/2016
Turkey Bomb injures dozens in Turkey a day after crackdown on Kurdish mayors Scores of people have been injured in a car bomb attack on local government offices in the southeastern Turkish city of Van. 12/09/2016
the corner Guardiola draws first blood in Manchester derby Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City laid down an early marker with a deserved 2-1 win over Jose Mourinho’s United in the Manchester derby on Saturday. 12/09/2016
Croatia Croatia's centre-right HDZ unexpectedly wins snap election Croatia's conservative Democratic Union party (HDZ) unexpectedly wins the country's snap election, but has insufficient seats to form a government. 12/09/2016
Cult Tommy Hilfiger and Gigi Hadid launch fashion line in New York Veteran fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger teams up with top model Gigi Hadid to boost his brand at star-studded New York Fashion Week show. 12/09/2016
Libya Haftar's oil blitz could fatally undermine Libyan government The internationally-recognised Libyan government’s loss of key oil facilities to forces loyal to the eastern administration and General Kalifa Haftar is a potentially serious blow that could starve Tr 12/09/2016
USA Get Well Soon or In Bad Shape: How the internet reacted to Clinton's pneumonia It started as a cough, it became a stumble and now it’s all over social media. 12/09/2016
corporate Sanofi and Verily pair up to improve diabetes treatment French drugmaker Sanofi and the US firm Verily are to invest around $500 million (445 million euros) in a joint venture to help people with diabetes. 12/09/2016
Sport Brilliant Wawrinka upsets the odds to beat Djokovic and win US Open Stan Wawrinka produced a stunning performance to beat world number one Novak Djokovic and win the US Open for a career third grand slam crown. 12/09/2016
corporate HP Inc to buy Samsung's printer business to expand into copiers HP Inc is to buy Samsung's printer business with CEO Dion Weisler saying it will looking to "disrupt" the office copier business. 12/09/2016
