Rohingya crisis: Humanitarian situation catastrophic, UN says
Image copyright EPA Image caption The number of Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh has tripled since a week ago Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says.Mr Guterres said alleged attacks by security
Charlottesville: Protesters cover Thomas Jefferson statue
Image copyright Twitter - Alexis Gravely Image caption The statue has since been uncovered Protesters covered a statue of former US President Thomas Jefferson in black at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Dozens of people staged the protest on
Russian cities targeted by mystery bomb threats
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The alerts continued into Wednesday, and police had to evacuate shopping centres in Moscow (file pic) For four days running, towns and cities across Russia have been hit by a wave of bomb alerts.Dozens
Irma: Five dead at Florida nursing home left without power
Image copyright WFOR-TV Five people at a Florida nursing home that was left without power for days after Hurricane Irma have died.Police evacuated some 120 residents on Wednesday from the facility, which the storm left without air conditioning.Broward County Mayor
Egypt detains lawyer investigating enforced disappearances
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEgypt's disappeared Human rights groups have called on the Egyptian authorities to release a prominent lawyer who investigates alleged enforced disappearances.Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy was arrested at Cairo International Airport on Sunday as
Russia served notice over San Francisco consulate fire
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The source of the smoke from Russia's consulate in San Francisco was the subject of speculation Russian diplomats at its closed consulate in San Francisco have been formally accused of violating state laws following
Two dead and three missing in Singapore ship collision
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Singapore is one of Asia's biggest maritime hubs (file photo) Two sailors are confirmed dead and three are still missing after two ships collided in the waters off Singapore, port authorities have said.The collision
YouTube star PewDiePie apologises for using racial slur
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The internet celebrity said the offensive word "just sort of slipped out" YouTube star PewDiePie has apologised for using the "n-word" during a video live stream, saying he was an "idiot"."It was something that
Wind back in Europe’s sails, Juncker tells EU parliament
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker celebrated areas of progress since his speech last year The "wind is back in Europe's sails", European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said in his annual state of the
India rape: Uncle did not father girl’s baby – DNA test
Image copyright iStock Police in India have reopened the case of a 10-year-old girl after forensic tests revealed that her baby's DNA samples did not match those of her uncle who is charged with raping her.After the Supreme Court denied