Military cadets killed in Kabul minibus suicide bombing
Image copyright Nasir Behzad, BBC Afghan Service Image caption Saturday's suicide bomb came as Afghans were grieving multiple deaths in two attacks on mosques At least 15 military cadets have been killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghan officials
Several injured in Munich knife attack
Image copyright AFP Image caption Police said no motive had been established Several people have been lightly injured by a man wielding a knife in the German city of Munich, police said.Officers are searching for the attacker, who fled the
Catalonia vote: Spain expected to impose direct rule
Image copyright AFP Image caption Catalonia's independence referendum has thrown the country into crisis The Spanish cabinet is expected to approve measures allowing the government to impose direct rule over Catalonia.Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with his cabinet almost three
King Felipe VI says Catalonia ‘will remain’ Spanish
Image copyright AFP Spain's King Felipe VI has said Catalonia "is and will remain" an essential part of the country.It is his second intervention in the Catalonia secession crisis.He told an awards ceremony in the northern city of Oviedo that
Pablo Neruda ‘did not die of cancer’, say experts
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said.The Nobel Laureate was said to have died of cancer in 1973, less than two weeks after a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. But his
What golden age?
Image caption Isabel (L) and Caris are cheerful but say the crisis has ruined their retirement plans Isabel Dubuc is a youthful 87 years old. She's a petite woman but has a big smile and an even bigger voice. She
Mugabe named as goodwill ambassador by WHO
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Critics say health services have collapsed under Mr Mugabe's rule The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a "goodwill ambassador" to help tackle non-communicable diseases. New WHO head Dr
Positive noises
Image copyright AFP Image caption Theresa May has been meeting with EU leaders in Brussels EU leaders refused to comment on the Brexit tensions inside Theresa May's Conservative Party, but some might say this was the elephant in the room
Mogadishu truck bombing death toll jumps to 358
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThere have been unprecedented protests in the wake of the attack The death toll from last Saturday's huge truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 358, the information minister
Data break
Image caption South Africa has been hit by what is described as the worst data breach in history Authorities in South Africa are investigating a data breach which has seen the personal details of more than 30 million citizens leaked