world news Trial to proceed for women accused of assassinating Kim Jong Un's brother Two women on trial for the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader's half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after the judge found evidence of a "well-planned conspiracy," extending their murder trial until next year. 16/08/2018
world news Wifi could detect weapons and bombs in public places, study says Wireless signals can penetrate bags to get the dimensions of dangerous metal objects, including weapons and batteries for bombs, as well as estimate the volume of liquids such as chemicals for explosives. 16/08/2018
focus Five nations sign landmark deal on status of Caspian Sea The convention sees five nations - Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan – agree to the status of the disputed body of water. 16/08/2018
Syria Damascus puts out tourism video as city is ranked one of world's worst Tourism chiefs in Damascus released a glossy tourism video promoting the Syrian capital on the day it was ranked one of the worst cities in the world. 16/08/2018
Russia Who are Russia's 'political prisoners'? The growing number of political and religious prisoners in Russia is concerning human rights organisations and NGOs in Russia and abroad. 16/08/2018
world news How gravity will make this new probe the fastest human-made object NASA's new spacecraft will hit 430,000 miles an hour as it nears the sun. 16/08/2018
China Watch: Robotic bartenders, surgeons and bats at World Robot Conference WATCH: Visitors have been able to catch a glimpse of the future, with flying robotic bats, bartenders and surgeons on display. 16/08/2018
Taiwan Watch: Taiwan's spinning acrobatic artist WATCH: The street artist learnt his skills when travelling the world, learning kung fu at the Shaolin temple in China and acrobatics at a circus performance school in Denmark and Russia. 16/08/2018
United Kingdom Financial Times boss to hand back pay rise after staff backlash Staff complained John Ridding's pay was 100 times the salary of a trainee journalist. 16/08/2018
USA Redditor solves hit-and-run mystery by identifying broken car part A Redditor successfully identified a small, broken car part, which led to an arrest for a fatal hit-and-run crash. 16/08/2018
France Hyperloop pioneers choose rural France to test high-speed rail travel A Canadian firm looking to develop the high-speed rail travel of the future plans to build its test site deep in the French countryside. 16/08/2018
no comment Watch: Conservation success in Cyprus as tiny turtles make a comeback WATCH: Their number rose from a meagre 300 nests in 1978, when the marine conservation program began, to 1100 in 2017. 16/08/2018
Spain Watch: Abnormal Spanish weather causes flamingo births to soar WATCH: Wet conditions during flamingo breeding season proved ideal, with thousands of chicks born in the reserve this year. 16/08/2018
Afghanistan Bad week in Kabul Gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul on Thursday just hours after at least thirty people died in a suicide bombing at an educational centre in the city 16/08/2018
World WATCH: UK terror suspect named as calls intensify for a no-car zone around London’s parliament. 16/08/2018
world news Animals suffer in Europe's summer of extreme heat "The problem with a heat wave that goes on and on is that a lot of the plants the insects depend on dry up." 16/08/2018
World New Zealand bans non-resident foreigners from buying homes New Zealand's government is banning non-resident foreigners from buying homes. The new law, which was passed yesterday, is part of a plan to bring down house prices and boost home ownership in the country. The move fulfils an election campaign pledge by the Labour Party-led government, 16/08/2018
world news Husband of missing Colorado woman arrested Chris Watts is in custody and awaiting charges, police said. 16/08/2018
The Cube Refugee rocket scientist takes job hunt to London's streets A double-space engineering graduate and refugee known only as Mohammed is taking a unique approach to searching for a job after university 16/08/2018
world news Sarah Sanders 'sorry' for misleading black jobs numbers White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare apology Tuesday for mixing and matching black employment numbers under presidents Trump and Obama. 16/08/2018
world news Mueller's prosecutors: Manafort 'lied' to hide millions, then lied again to keep cash flowing Closing arguments began Wednesday in the federal fraud trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman. 16/08/2018
