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Yemen

Coalition airstrikes kill 20 in Sanaa after four-month respite

At least 20 people, mostly young women, have been killed following Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen.

Germany

Suspected ISIL leader arrested in Germany after Bundesliga alert

Germany’s SEK special police have detained an allegedly high-ranking ISIL member.

Turkey

Turkish ministers deliver stark warnings to the EU and USA

Could hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees Turkey is currently preventing from crossing into Europe be on the move westwards again soon?

Belgium

Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit Charleroi attack site

The king and queen of Belgium have visited the scene of the attack in Charleroi where two female police officers were injured by a machete-wielding Algerian man.

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United Kingdom

Iconic Northern Irish Bishop Edward Daly dies aged 82

He was only a simple Catholic parish priest when in 1972 former Bishop Edward Daley, who has died aged 82, had his photo splashed onto front pages around the…

Ethiopia

Ethiopian security forces kill scores of people in weekend of protests

Nearly 100 people have been shot dead by security forces in Oromiya and Amhara in Ethiopia in a weekend of protests against discrimination and land seizures.

Pakistan

Death toll rises to 70 in bomb attack on hospital in Pakistan

At least seventy people are now confirmed dead with over 100 injured following a suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

Azerbaijan

Putin in Baku for talks with Azerbaijan and Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the Azerbaijan capital Baku for talks with President Ilham Aliyev, and Iran’s President Hassan Rohani ahead of his meeting with Turkey’s president on Tuesday in

China

Ramos bids to restore friendly ties between China and the Philippines

As China raises the temperature in its several maritime territorial disputes with its neighbours, the former Phillipines president Fidel Ramos is making a five-day trip to Hong…

World

Reinventing education: when unusual methods make the only sense

Teaching's one-size-fits-all approach is inadapted for many, especially pupils in critical situations or failing. This edition of Learning World looks at some remarkable teachers and their remarkable

United Kingdom

May and Leadsom go head to head for leadership of British Conservatives

The Conservative parliamentary party has whittled down the leadership contenders to just two.

USA

Dallas shooter identified as former army reservist

America has been stunned by the ambush of white police officers by at least one sniper in Dallas, who hunted down and killed five police officers and wounded seven more along with two…

USA

Dallas sniper former army reservist who 'wanted to kill white officers'

The head of the Dallas police department has said a suspect involved in an armed stand-off with authorities admitted wanting to kill white people, especially…

World News

Obama tells EU leaders Brexit proves ordinary people need more from Europe

US President Barack Obama has met with EU leaders ahead of the NATO summit in Poland, minus the outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron, to discuss the implications of Britain’s leaving the Euro

Russia

New Russian anti-terrorist law sparks sharp criticism

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law an anti-terrorist bill that has been fiercely criticised both at home and abroad for offering huge powers to the security services and…

Poland

Nervous NATO assembles for key summit in difficult times

NATO holds a summit this Friday in Poland in an atmosphere of tension with Russia not seen since the days of the Soviet Union.

USA

Baton Rouge police officers suspended after fatally shooting father-of-five

Another fatal police shooting of an African American man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has sparked protests and again raised the issue of disproportionate use of force by…

Costa Rica

Costa Rica bottleneck traps hundreds of African migrants

Europe is not the only region facing a refugee crisis.

Belgium

Belgian court gives heavy sentences to Verviers ISIL cell members

A Belgian judge on Tuesday sentenced 15 members of an ISIL militant cell, nine of them in absentia, to up to 16 years in prison after convicting them of plotting attacks on targets including Brussels…

Hungary

Hungary calls "quota referendum" for October 2nd

The Hungarian government has announced the date for the so-called “quota referendum” for October 2.

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