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Syria

Russia denies US claims cruise missiles malfunctioned over Iran

Twenty six cruise missiles were fired from four Russian ships on the Caspian sea. The attack has sparked an information war with the US. Washington

USA

Deadly shooting on college campus in Arizona

One person is dead and three others have been wounded in a college shooting in the US. An attacker is reported to have opened fire on the Northern

Cinema

Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford team up in 'Truth'

Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford team up in ‘Truth’, a political drama set in the lead-up to the 2004 US presidential election. It is based on the

USA

S. Carolina city to pay $6.5 million over police shooting of Walter Scott

US media reports officials in North Charleston have reached a $6.5 million settlement with the family of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man who was

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USA

Video emerges of France train hero Spencer Stone stabbing

France train attack hero Spencer Stone is in a stable condition and expected to survive after being stabbed repeatedly in the US town of Sacramento

USA

World's corals being 'bleached by global warming'

Drained of colour, becoming ghost-like. This is what is happening to the world’s corals. The bright and beautiful are being ‘bleached’, from thermal

Economy

Volkswagen boss apologises to US Congress for diesel emissions scandal

German public prosecutors have raided the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg and other places as part of their investigation into the falsifying of

Economy

Live: the head of Volkswagen USA addresses Congress panel

Michael Horn, the head of Volkswagen USA, is expected to apologise before members of a US Congress committee in Washington over the scandal of the

USA

NASA lights up US night sky with test launch

Parts of the US east coast were treated to a light show on Wednesday when NASA launched a sounding rocket packed with Barium and Strontium. When

Afghanistan

Obama apologises for ' tragic mistake' in Kunduz

US President Barack Obama has apologised to the head of Medecins San Frontieres for the deadly airstrike on one of the aid agency’s hospital’s in

Switzerland

MSF holds US command in Afghanistan to account over hospital bombing

The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières is demanding a full independent international investigation into sustained airstrikes on its hospital

Spain

Why has a former head of the IMF had his passport confiscated?

Former Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato has had his passport confiscated by a court in Spain. Mr Rato is under investigation for money

Afghanistan

MSF demands independent probe of Kunduz bombing

Four days after the US bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which killed 22 patients and staff, the medical charity Médecins sans

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San Diego: Endangered iguana gets a workout

USA

Former head of the UN General Assembly charged with corruption

U.S. prosecutors accuse John Ashe, former president of the United Nations General Assembly, of taking more than $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen to support their interests through UN-sp

Europe News

EU's highest court torpedoes US data deal over privacy fears

The EU’s highest court has struck down a data deal agreed with the United States. Judges said the agreement did stop local authorities from checking

Economy

Trans-Pacific Partnership is praised and panned

TPP: the initials may mean little to many outside the Pacific rim. Yet the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Monday will be the world’s biggest

World News

EU top court rules in favour of privacy activist

The EU’s highest court has ruled in favour of an Austrian law student who claims that a trans-Atlantic data protection agreement doesn’t protect

USA

California legalises assisted suicide

Physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law on Monday by Democrat Governor Jerry Brown. The law allows

USA

Hillary Clinton promises gun control measures if elected president

The latest mass shooting in the US has had an impact on the 2016 presidential race with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton vowing to tighten gun