Media captionThe poll is taking place in the context of heightened tension and violence At least one person has been shot dead while waiting to vote in an unofficial, opposition-organised referendum in Venezuela. Men on motorbikes killed a woman and wounded three others in Caracas. One news agency, Reuters, is reporting that two people died. […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Tens of thousands went to the bridge in Istanbul that has become a landmark of the failed coup Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has delivered an emotional address to tens of thousands of people in Istanbul on the anniversary of a failed coup. Mr Erdogan said: “People that night did […]
Eight people are reported to have died after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. Many more are thought to have been wounded. It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportive Ouakam. With the score 1-1 […]
Media captionFBI nominee: Trump-Russia probe ‘not a witch hunt’ Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI has rejected the president’s depiction of a probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US election as a witch hunt. “I do not consider Director Mueller to be on a witch hunt,” Christopher Wray said about the former FBI […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Lula faces five different corruption trials Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The judge ruled he could remain free pending an appeal. Lula has rejected claims that he received an apartment as […]
A Canadian volunteer whale rescuer was killed in an accident this week while cutting an endangered right whale free from fishing lines. In this video, provided by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Joe Howlett can be seen carrying out a successful rescue in 2016. “Joe will be remembered as a kind man with […]
Image copyright Twitter/@IraqiPMO Image caption Haider al-Abadi (centre) waved an Iraqi national flag as he celebrated with troops in Mosul Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared victory over so-called Islamic State (IS) in Mosul. Mr Abadi waved a national flag with troops after announcing the “collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood”. Earlier, […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Thousands of Hindu pilgrims make the journey to the Amarnath Cave each year Six Hindu pilgrims, five of them women, have been killed in a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir after their bus apparently got caught in crossfire. The bus is understood to have been returning from the Amarnath Cave […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A Siemens employee works on a gas turbine rotor in Berlin The German industrial giant Siemens says at least two gas turbines it has supplied to a Russian company have been illegally diverted to Crimea. The firm said the turbines had been moved “against its will” and in breach […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Stoltenberg (left) and Mr Poroshenko held talks in Kiev Ukraine’s president has asked for discussions to begin on an action plan that could eventually lead to membership of Nato. Petro Poroshenko said the will of the Ukrainian people was to eventually join the Western military alliance. Nato Secretary General […]
