July 27, 2016
US election: Obama tells Democrats to be scared of Trump
Democrats should be "running scared" at the challenge posed by Donald Trump, President Obama has said. After launching his candidacy as an outsider last year, Mr Trump went on to overcome all rivals to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.…
July 27, 2016
Italy migrants: Nigerian killed in Fermo race attack
A man has been arrested by Italian police investigating the killing of a Nigerian immigrant which the government has condemned as a racist attack. Police say a row broke out at Fermo on Italy's west coast when racist abuse was hurled at the partner…
July 27, 2016
UK to get 2nd female PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Conservative lawmakers chose Home Secretary Theresa May and Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom today Thursday to fight a runoff contest for leadership of Britain's governing party. The winner will become the country's…
July 27, 2016
U.S. attorney general closes Clinton email case, says no charges
The investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email while secretary of state is over, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday, removing a legal cloud that threatened the presumptive Democratic nominee's presidential bid.…
July 26, 2016
Obama and Clinton: a special and pragmatic relationship
In a highly significant move, a "fired up" President Obama took to the stage in North Carolina to offer his unequivocal backing to his former rival turned ally, Hillary Clinton. Pragmatic partnership has replaced the bitterness and distrust which…
July 26, 2016
Oscar Pistorius given six years for Reeva Steenkamp murder
South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. It comes after his initial five-year conviction for manslaughter was changed to murder last December on…
July 26, 2016
France church attack: Priest killed by two ‘IS soldiers’
The attackers entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, taking the priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, 84, and four other people hostage. Police later surrounded the church and French TV said shots were fired. Both hostage-takers are now…
July 26, 2016
Australia PM calls for investigation into juvenile ‘torture’
The Four Corners programme showed footage of teenage offenders stripped naked, assaulted and tear gassed. One of the boys was hooded and cuffed to a mechanical restraint chair wearing a "spit hood". The Northern Territory's Attorney General John…
July 26, 2016
Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara
Nineteen residents have been killed in a knife attack at a care centre for people with mental disabilities in the Japanese city of Sagamihara. Such attacks are extremely rare in Japan - the incident is the worst mass killing in decades. Police have…
July 26, 2016
Malawian ‘hyena man’ arrested for having sex with children
An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on the president's orders. Eric Aniva, a sex worker known in Malawi as a "hyena", was the subject of a BBC feature last week.…