2017-08-20

Spain

Spanish police widen search for Barcelona attack suspect

20/08/2017

USA

Remembering Hollywood legend Jerry Lewis

The comedian passed away of 'natural causes' at his home in Las Vegas

20/08/2017

Syria

Syrian President Assad shows grattitude for Russia, Iran

Syrian President Assad shows grattitude for Russia, Iran

20/08/2017

Finland

Finland 'terror' suspect identified after deadly stabbings

Abderrahman Mechkah, 18, is being investigated for two cases of murder and eight attempted murders, all with terrorist intent

20/08/2017

Lebanon

Lebanese soldiers raise Spanish flag in show of solidarity with attack victims

20/08/2017

South Africa

Grace Mugabe avoids assault charges in South Africa

Zimbabwe's first lady has returned home after being granted diplomatic immunity

20/08/2017

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Thousands of people in Hong Kong protested the jailing of three pro-democracy leaders

Thousands of people in Hong Kong protested the jailing of three pro-democracy leaders

20/08/2017

World News

Tens of thousands protest jailing of Hong Kong democracy leaders

Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protested the jailing of three pro-democracy leaders

20/08/2017

World News

Nigeria's Buhari returns home after extended medical stay

The president of Africa's most populous nation has spent the past three months in Britain

20/08/2017

USA

US comic and civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies at 84

Pioneering comedian was among the first African-Americans to play for white audiences in the 1960s

20/08/2017

United Kingdom

Boy, 7, confirmed as one of those killed in Barcelona terror attack

20/08/2017

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Barcelona Mass for terror victims

20/08/2017

China

Stranger than fiction? Crime novelist ‘confesses to quadruple murder’

Could the key clue have been among the shelves of the country’s bookshops all along?

20/08/2017

Austria

Austria deploys troops to secure border with Italy

Austria deploys troops to secure border with Italy

20/08/2017

Spain

Watch: Spanish swimmer on his own for stand of solidarity with Barcelona attack victims

Fernando Álvarez puts solidarity before sport to honour the victims of the terror attacks in Catalonia.

20/08/2017

Sport

German Rally: Estonian Ott Tanak escapes to victory

20/08/2017

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Castles made of sand in Japan

20/08/2017

Spain

Turkish-born German writer Dogan Akhanli released by Spanish court

20/08/2017

China

Watch: Phone-watching motorcyclist falls into sinkhole

20/08/2017

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Moped rider falls down sinkhole in china

20/08/2017

USA

WW2 warship USS Indianapolis found 72 years after its sinking

Its destruction on July 30, 1945, inflicted the US Navy’s largest-ever loss of life.

20/08/2017

Spain

Twelve behind Barcelona attacks, say Spanish police

One man, suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub, is still on the run.

20/08/2017

Lebanon

Fresh fighting erupts between Islamist gunmen at Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

Dozens of families have been forced to flee for their lives

20/08/2017

Spain

Barcelona prays for peace on final day of mourning

Barcelona prayed for peace on the third and final day of official mourning for the victims of Thursday's twin van attacks.

20/08/2017

USA

#Eclipse2017: a guide to staring at the shadow of the sun

On August 21st a total solar eclipse will sweep across the United States from coast-to-coast.

20/08/2017

India

Train crash in northern India kills 23

Twenty-three people are dead after a passenger train derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

20/08/2017

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone mudslide survivors at risk of disease

Aid groups are rushing to distribute water filters and buckets across Sierra Leone's capital, in a bid to prevent an outbreak of waterborne disease after last week's deadly mudslide.

20/08/2017

Iraq

Iraqi security forces launch offensive on city of Tal Afar

Iraqi security forces launched a U.S.-backed offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, in the campaign to defeat Islamic State militants.

20/08/2017

Spain

Police continue search for ringleader of Barcelona attacks

Spanish police have been searching the home of a missing imam who they believe may have been the ringleader of the group that carried out vehicle attacks in Barcelona and the seaside resort resort of Cambrils.

20/08/2017

Lebanon

Lebanese army 'destroys 11 ISIL positions' on Syrian border

The Lebanese army has launched an offensive against an Islamic State enclave on the northeastern border with Syria, destroying 11 ISIL positions and killing 20 ISIL fighters

20/08/2017