Image copyright AFP Image caption The UN has described the Imbonerakure, the youth wing of the ruling party, as a militia The head of a Burundian militia accused of atrocities has been named to lead the state broadcaster, RTNB, sparking condemnation by human rights groups. Human Rights Watch said the appointment of Eric Nshimirimana was […]
Riyad Mahrez was not born when Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the only time in 1990 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals Games: Senegal v Tunisia (17:00 BST) and Algeria v Nigeria (20:00 BST) BBC coverage: Follow live text commentary on BBC Sport website, and listen to BBC World Service commentary in Africa […]
Cricket is being played in a Kenyan safari park
Australia shooter Caitlin Bassett scored 92% of her shots against Zimbabwe, netting 49 goals in total Australia recorded a huge win over Zimbabwe to go top of Group A and qualify for the second stage of preliminaries on day two of the World Cup in Liverpool. The defending champions won 73-37 but were tested in […]
Image copyright AFP Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador to the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. It says the memo was written after the then […]
Media captionSome of New York’s subway stations were plunged into darkness Power has now been restored to all customers after a power failure in New York halted subway trains and trapped people in lifts on Saturday evening. Energy company Con Edison said more than 70,000 homes and businesses lost power in Manhattan, the most densely […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Floods have caused destruction in Assam, India Dozens of people have been killed as monsoon floods rip through Nepal and north-eastern India. At least 43 people have lost their lives in Nepal as torrential rains hit the region, police told the Press Trust of India news agency. Twenty-four people are […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The shooting took place several hours after a peaceful rally protesting against immigrant detentions An armed man who attacked an immigration detention centre in the US city of Tacoma died after police officers opened fire, authorities say. Police said they received reports that a man, armed with a rifle, […]
Media captionJeremy Hunt says Iran wants to resolve tanker crisis Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the Iranian tanker detained by Royal Marines near Gibraltar could be released, if the UK is guaranteed the oil is not bound for Syria. The tanker, seized on 4 July, was suspected of breaking EU sanctions. Iran claimed the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Kismayo has largely been spared the militant violence that afflicts much of Somalia At least 26 people, including a prominent journalist and several foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia. A suicide bomber rammed a car containing explosives into the Asasey hotel in the […]
