2017-01-07

World News

Big freeze takes deadly toll on migrants in Europe

As a big freeze grips Europe, the plight of refugees has become increasingly desperate.

07/01/2017

Sport

Dakar Rally: Stage six cancelled due to extreme weather conditions

Stage six of this year’s Dakar Rally was cancelled on Saturday due to extreme weather conditions in Bolivia.

07/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Mutinous soldiers free defence minister in Ivory Coast

An updated version of this story published on Sunday is available here.

07/01/2017

France

Cartoonists 'still facing death threats' two years on from Charlie Hebdo

Cartoonists continue to ‘pay a high price for their irony’, it’s been claimed, two years since Islamists stormed Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris and killed 12…

07/01/2017

United Kingdom

Have economists' Brexit forecasts been too negative?

Several economists have admitted they were mistaken to predict the UK economy would immediately suffer after the vote to leave the EU.

07/01/2017

Portugal

Remembering Portugal's 'father of democracy' Mario Soares 1924-2017

Mario Soares served as Portugal’s Prime Minister, twice, and then as President.

07/01/2017

Portugal

Portugal's former President Mario Soares dies at 92

The former president of Portugal, Mario Soares, has died aged 92.

07/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi troops advance on Tigris, as thousands flee Mosul neighbourhoods

Iraqi troops have pushed to within several hundred metres of the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul.

07/01/2017

Sport

ALpine skiing: Worley strengthens grip on Giant Slalom standings with Maribor win

Tessa Worley claimed a third World Cup giant slalom victory of the season on Saturday after beating the field in Maribor Slovenia.

07/01/2017

World News

Glacial conditions cause death and disruption in Europe

Heavy snow storms and glacial weather across a large area of Europe have brought unusual landscapes to some Mediterranean countries and caused disruption, hardship and…

07/01/2017

Syria

Fuel truck blast kills 'dozens' in Syrian city of Azaz

A fuel truck has exploded in the centre of rebel-held town Azaz, near Syria’s border with Turkey.

07/01/2017

USA

Terrorism 'not ruled out' in Fort Lauderdale airport shooting investigation

Investigators are pursuing all angles to determine why suspect Esteban Santiago opened fire in the baggage claim area of Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport, killing five people and wounding eight other

07/01/2017

USA

Watch: Prisoners 'stabbed' as violence erupts at US jail

This is the brawl at a US jail that left five prisoners injured, some with stab wounds.

07/01/2017

No Comment

Astronauts boost space station's power supply

Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday (January 6) to upgrade the outpost’s power supply.

07/01/2017

No Comment

Pitch perfect? 3D-printed violin on show at electronics extravaganza

France-based Laurent Bernadac shows off a rare instrument – a 3D printed violin.

07/01/2017

Slovenia

Amnesty urges Slovenian MPs to reject new powers to exclude migrants

Amnesty International has criticised Slovenia over the government’s approval this week of a move enabling the country’s borders to be sealed to illegal migrants for a limited period if deemed…

07/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Shots heard in several Ivory Coast cities as soldiers' uprising spreads

Gunfire has been reported in several cities in Ivory Coast on Saturday, suggesting that an uprising by soldiers protesting over pay and bonuses may be spreading.

07/01/2017

Russia

Russians attend midnight mass to mark Orthodox Christmas

Russian Orthodox Christians have been celebrating Christmas, attending special midnight mass held in churches and cathedrals across the country.

07/01/2017

USA

'Russian campaign was multifaceted' says US election report

A declassified report released on Friday is the US intelligence community’s starkest public description yet of what it claims were unprecedented Russian moves to manipulate American…

07/01/2017

World News

Iraq war veteran in custody after deadly Florida airport shooting

After a day of passenger panic at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida, US investigators are trying to establish why a man took a gun out of his checked luggage at baggage reclaim and opened fire, killi

07/01/2017

Russia

Russia reduces forces in Syria but civil war rages on

It is ‘mission accomplished’ for the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier – now headed back to Russia after completing its operations in waters off Syria.

07/01/2017