2017-07-18

Syria

UK and US volunteers fight ISIL on Syria frontline

Several Britons and Americans have joined the decisive battle for Raqqa against the extremist group.

18/07/2017

World News

'I had no idea that I was a Canadian' - Australian senator resigns

Larissa Waters, who made the headlines for breastfeeding in the Australian parliament, has resigned after realising she is a dual national.

18/07/2017

World News

Netflix shares jump 11 percent

Shares in the video streaming company Netflix based jumped more than percent after it posted a record one hundred and four million subscribers.

18/07/2017

PuertoRico

Mystery signals detected from neighbouring star

18/07/2017

Spain

Spain's football federation chief arrested in corruption operation

Top football administrator's son is also among targets of investigation, AFP reports.

18/07/2017

USA

Apple shows off new emojis

18/07/2017

USA

Google robot produces a million mosquitoes a week to release into wild

18/07/2017

Pakistan

At least two dead in Karachi building collapse

The three-story block in Pakistan's sprawling port city came down as residents slept

18/07/2017

USA

Obamacare lives to fight another day

Two more Republicans declare their opposition to reforms to Obamacare, meaning the party has lost the Senate majority on the issue.

18/07/2017

Turkey

Turkish court rules human rights activists must remain in jail

The group has been detained pending trial for membership of a terrorist organisation

18/07/2017

Taste

Tutorial: how to make the traditional Azeri dish Dolma

Recipe for Dolma, as recommended by chef Elmin Sharifov, from Baku's Ay Qonshu restaurant.

18/07/2017

Russia

Earthquake strikes Russia's far east

Powerful earthquake strikes Russia's Kamchatka Peninsular - epicentre Alaska's Aleutian islands

18/07/2017

Venezuela

Maduro vows to press ahead with new assembly plans

Venezeula's president accused the EU's foreign policy of being "insolent" over comments on his country

18/07/2017

Greece

Protesters rampage through shopping area in central Athens

Protesters leave a trail of damage in central Athens in protest at court decision

18/07/2017

USA

Hacking row: Russia demands return of its seized property in the US

Russia slams US for setting preconditions on the return of its property in Maryland and New York, seized last year in the ongoing hacking row

18/07/2017