Cassini: Saturn probe turns towards its death plunge
Image copyright NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SSI/JASON MAJOR Image caption Methane rains out of Titan's orange sky The international Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has executed the course correction that will send it to destruction at the end of the week.The probe flew within 120,000km
Foreign cricketers return to Pakistan
Image copyright AFP Image caption Huge billboards are up in Lahore celebrating the arrival of the foreign stars Pakistan is hosting its first big international cricketing event on home soil for eight years.Security is tight for the three-match T20 series
Cashing out
Image caption Senobar Johnsen says it's "visibly noticeable" that Swedes prefer cards to cash these days Sweden is the most cashless society on the planet, with barely 1% of the value of all payments made using coins or notes last
Hurricane-hit Havana
Image caption The streets of Vedado became canals in the wake of Hurricane Irma "This didn't even happen during the so-called Storm of the Century in 1993," said Yaritza Mendoza, the floodwaters lapping around her knees. "We've never seen the
Norway election: Ruling Conservatives claim second term
Image copyright EPA Image caption Erna Solberg is projected to be Norway's first Conservative PM to be re-elected since 1985 Norway's Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg appears set for a second term after claiming victory in the country's general election.Ms
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Massacre 20 Nigerian Christians
ANCHA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state massacred 20 Christians, including children, as they slept in the hours after midnight on Friday (Sept. 8) in an apparent reprisal attack that mystified villagers, sources said. Police
New strategy
Image copyright Getty Images Co-ordinated groups of Twitter bots pushing pro-Russian propaganda have developed an odd but occasionally effective strategy - retweeting messages that the bot-makers disagree with and flooding their enemies with followers. Brian Krebs is an investigative journalist
‘Never afraid’
"We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this?"When US President Donald Trump launched this criticism of European refugee policy during
North Korea slapped with new UN sanctions
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption North Korea has claimed to have developed a hydrogen bomb China and Russia have joined a unanimous UN vote to impose new sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test. The
Rohingya crisis: Civilians ‘maimed by landmines’
Image caption Sabequr Nahar has lost both her legs The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar.One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in