Barry churns off Louisiana, New Orleans storm surge lower than feared
Hurricane Barry was churning off Louisiana on Saturday, poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 in a westward shift that appeared...
Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station
Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday they were investigating an attack on a Kiev television station owned by an opposition election candidate, which caused damage but...
Iranian foreign minister heads to New York for U.N. conference: IRNA
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif traveled to New York on Saturday to a United Nations conference, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported, amid rising...
Heavy rain and floods in India’s Assam kill at least 10 and displace more than 1 million
Heavy monsoon rains in India’s northeast Assam state displaced more than a million people from their homes and flash floods killed at least 10 in...
Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia’s Kismayo
Islamist gunmen killed 26 people, including Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians, when they stormed a hotel in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, a...
Iranian foreign minister heading to New York for U.N. conference: IRNA
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was on his way to New York on Saturday to attend a United Nations conference, the official Islamic Republic...
Bottas pips Hamilton to British GP pole
Valtteri Bottas won a battle of Mercedes team mates to deny Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton a fifth successive British Grand Prix pole position on...
Halep beats Serena Williams to win Wimbledon singles title
Simona Halep became the first Romanian to win a Wimbledon singles title after she beat seven-times champion Serena Williams 6-2 6-2 in the final on...
Thirty years on, UK rave scene returns in new exhibition
The thumping beat of Britain’s 1980s-1990s acid house scene returns in a new London exhibition looking at the impact of rave music right up to...
South Africa confirms plans to block extradition of ex-Mozambique finance minister
South Africa’s new justice minister confirmed on Saturday he would he ask the courts to reverse his predecessor’s decision to have former Mozambican finance minister...