2018-08-12

Economy

Erdogan blames "plot against Turkey" for plunging lira

Erdogan blames "plot against Turkey" for plunging lira

12/08/2018

Mali

Mali: Run-off presidential election voting is relatively peaceful

It's the run-off presidential election between the incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his opposition challenger Soumalia Cissé. It's despite a surge in ethnic and militant violence during Keita's time in office and violence in July's election

12/08/2018

Spain

Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo Nazario is in intensive care

The 41-year-old is suffering with pneumonia in Ibiza

12/08/2018

Sport

Idalys Ortiz reigns supreme at the Budapest Grand Prix

Cuba's Idalys Ortiz scores a Waza-ari against Maryna Slutskaya to chalk up her first win in two years at the Budapest Grand Prix.

12/08/2018

France

A natural blue wine is selling well in southern France

That's according to the entrepreneur who came up with the idea of the turquoise chardonnay. The Spanish white wine is passed through a red grape pulp to change the colour naturally

12/08/2018

World News

Searing heat could make North Africa, Arab Gulf countries unlivable

In the fertile Nile Delta, rising sea levels and a rising water table are already cutting into Egypt's precious 4 percent of arable farmland.

12/08/2018

Syria

Dozens dead in Syria arms depot blast

Dozens dead in Syria arms depot blast

12/08/2018

Denmark

Tivoli Gardens celebrates 175th anniversary

Last year, it welcomed just over 4.6 million people, making it the 24th most popular amusement park in the world. And it's kept up with technology by using virtual reality headsets for those on the 'Demon' named roller coaster!

12/08/2018

World News

Caspian nations agree on division of oil and gas spoils

Summit in Kazakhstan agrees on new status for World's largest enclosed water.

12/08/2018

World News

Muses for 'Mona Lisa' and 'Venus' inspire descendants centuries later

"Even though every day I work with young, contemporary, living artists, I always like to look back at 'The Birth of Venus,' and see where I come from."

12/08/2018

Mali

Mali: voters go to polls for run-off presidential election

The incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is expected to beat the opposition challenger Somalia Cisse for a second five-year term amid accusations of voting fraud and the threat of violence

12/08/2018

China

German student’s visa not renewed in China 'after human rights film'

A German journalism student is on a flight home today (Sunday, August 12) after the Chinese government refused to renew his visa after he submitted a film about human rights lawyers for class.

12/08/2018

United Kingdom

Splits deepen over British minister Boris Johnson's burqa comments

Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson is facing both criticism and support over his remarks about burqas, amid deepening divisions in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Sunday.

12/08/2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Perseids meteor shower lights up Bosnian sky

An international group of star gazers watched the light show at the Sand Pyramids - an area of naturally occurring sand columns - near the town of Foca.

12/08/2018

USA

Seattle stolen plane: Suspect's family mourn "loving son"

Seattle stolen plane: Suspect's family mourn "loving son"

12/08/2018

Indonesia

Eight dead, one survivor in Indonesian plane crash

Police said Indonesian search and rescue teams found eight victims and one survivor after a small plane crashed in the eastern province of Papua.

12/08/2018

Japan

Japan police step up search for missing French woman

Japanese police and volunteers stepped up their their search for a 36 year old Frech women who went missing two weeks ago. Tiphaine Veron has not been seen after leaving her lodging in Nikko, a popular tourist destination north of Tokyo.

12/08/2018

United Kingdom

Manchester gunfight leaves children injured

Shooting happened after Caribbean carnival.

12/08/2018

World News

A Saudi-led airstrike killed dozens of Yemeni kids. Could the world have stopped it?

"When you're hitting a school bus there is a big problem with your target acquisition process."

12/08/2018

Sport

Stefanos Tsitsipas makes Rogers Cup final date with Rafa Nadal

Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas toppled big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(7) in a thriller to reach the Rogers Cup final.

12/08/2018

Turkey

Turkey is 'target of economic war', Turkish president says

Erdogan said those who plotted against Turkey in a failed coup attempt in July 2016 were now trying to target the country through its economy.

12/08/2018

Mali

Mali: Run-off vote for Presidential election with extra security

Malians started voting in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, with the incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to beat the opposition challenger Cissé for a second five-year term

12/08/2018

USA

Anti-fascist marchers in Charlottesville mark Heather Heyer anniversary

Protestor was killed by a car driven into the demonstration she was participating in.

12/08/2018

World News

Watch: Meteor shower lights up skies over Europe

Stunning video of the weekend's Perseid meteor shower lighting skies above Europe.

12/08/2018

United Kingdom

Nobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85.

12/08/2018

World News

Thousands attend Arab-led rally against Israeli 'nation-state' law

The rally marked further fallout from the explosive law that critics say marginalizes the state's non-Jewish citizens.

12/08/2018

USA

FBI seeks motive after airline worker steals plane and then crashes it

In an updated statement Saturday, the FBI announced it would lead the investigation of Friday night's unauthorised takeoff and crash of a Horizon aircraft.

12/08/2018

Israel

Thousands march against Israel's nation state law

Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israel's new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation that has angered the country's Arab minority and drawn criticism abroad.

12/08/2018

Romania

Second night of anti-government demonstrations in Bucharest

Protestors call for the Social Democrat government to resign

12/08/2018

World News

Counter-protesters far outnumber white nationalists in Washington

As the second Unite the Right rally took place in Washington, those in Charlottesville remembered Heather Heyer who died last year.

12/08/2018