Barack Obama joins Prince Harry for Invictus surprise
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prince Harry was joined by Barack Obama, and Joe and Jill Biden, for the penultimate day of the Invictus Games Barack Obama has joined Prince Harry to spring a surprise on the penultimate day
Bank chief sentenced to death for fraud
Image copyright VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/AFP Image caption Nguyen Xuan Son was sentenced to death at the People's Court in Hanoi The former head of a major Vietnamese bank has been sentenced to death for his role in a fraud case
Flying the flag
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStudents have declared a pro-independence "strike" A nation, a Spanish region, an aspiring independent state: however you define it, Catalonia has become a byword in Spain for controversy and political conflict. Now,
Paris jewel raids: Three jailed for robberies at De Beers and Cartier
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Cartier store in central Paris was the scene of the second robbery A French court has given three jewel thieves prison sentences of up to 15 years for two robberies in Paris.In the first
Taxing times
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption US President Donald Trump says the US tax plan is a "relic" Taxes - the perennial bugbear of the Republican party - are back in the spotlight in Washington.Republicans this week outlined a plan
Malaysians in a lather over laundrette for Muslims
Image copyright The Malaysian Insight/Hasnoor Hussain Image caption Is cleanliness next to godliness? Malaysians are debating the extent to which this is the case Laundrettes offering their services to only Muslim customers have stirred up quite a debate in Malaysia,
Sweary anniversary
Image copyright ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Image caption A defaced billboard of Mykhaylo Dobkin in Kiev in 2014 You've probably heard of Ed Balls Day. Back in 2011, the former Labour MP inadvertently inserted his name into the calendar by tweeting
Turkey Suggests Swapping Jailed US Pastor for Muslim Cleric
(Fox News) — President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suggested Turkey could free an imprisoned American pastor if the Trump administration extradites a Muslim cleric living in Pennsylvania—but the State Department says that won’t happen. American Pastor Andrew Brunson says he was
Man survives 25km ride hanging on to side of German train
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 59-year-old man (not pictured here) held on to plastic bellows between two carriages A man has survived a 160km/h (99mph) ride holding on to the side of a high-speed train in Germany, officials
Russian ‘Cannibal Couple’ in Custody After Allegedly Killing 30 People, Keeping Remains in Jars
KRASNODAR, Russia — A couple in Russia is being held in police custody as it is believed that they have killed and eaten 30 people over the last 20 years. According to reports, Dmitry Baksheev, 35, and his wife, Natalia Baksheeva, 42,