2016-09-28

Cult

Photo Docks Art Fair in Lyon

Art meets business at the Photo Docks Art Fair in the French city of Lyon.

28/09/2016

Israel

Israeli cabinet holds minute's silence for Peres

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led his cabinet in a minute’s silence following the death of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon…

28/09/2016

Egypt

Egypt migrant boat sinking: number of dead surpasses 200

At least 33 more bodies have been recovered from a migrant boat which sank off the Egyptian coast last week, raising the confirmed number of dead to 202.

28/09/2016

Israel

"A light has gone out": world leaders mourn Shimon Peres

US President Barack Obama called him "the essence of Israel itself."

28/09/2016

Israel

Shimon Peres: A hawk and a dove

After a political career lasting almost 70 years, impressions of Shimon Peres remain mixed, especially in Israel… and for good reason.

28/09/2016

Israel

Shimon Peres, former Israeli president and Nobel laureate, dies at 93

Peres died in hospital on Wednesday, two weeks after a stroke.

28/09/2016

USA

SpaceX announces plans to colonise Mars

SpaceX, the space technology firm is setting its sights on Mars.

28/09/2016

World News

Baby with three genetic parents is born

Fertility doctors using a brand new technique to eliminate inherited disease have helped a woman deliver a baby with three genetic parents.

28/09/2016

World News

"Nowhere to hide" - volunteer describes conditions inside Aleppo

Syrian government forces have reportedly sealed off yet another rebel-held neighbourhood in Aleppo adding to the nearly 300,000 people effectively trapped inside the besieged…

28/09/2016

Germany

Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting WhatsApp user data

Facebook in Hamburg has been ordered by the German data protection agency to stop collecting and storing user information from its WhatApp messaging app.

28/09/2016

World News

Green campaigners blame governments for 'unacceptable' air pollution deaths

A global study says 92 percent of people live in areas where air quality exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) limits.

28/09/2016

Sport

Real Madrid held by Dortmund as Leicester City continue perfect start to debut Champions League campaign

Poland International Kamil Glik scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to cancel out Javier Hernandez’s opener and give Monaco 1-1 draw and share of the spoils with Bayer Leverkusen in their seco

28/09/2016

Mali

Nine years in jail for destroying Mali's shrines

Some say they are prepared to forgive Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi for the destruction of 10 mausoleums and religious sites in Timbuktu during Mali's 2012 conflict.

28/09/2016