Myanmar’s temple city Bagan awarded UNESCO World Heritage status
UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on Saturday, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist...
UK Conservative members sent more than one ballot in leadership vote: BBC
Some members of Britain’s Conservative Party have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the party’s next leader, who will also...
Pamplona starts annual bull-running festival with a bang
Party-goers and bull-running fans packed the main square in Pamplona on Saturday to cheer the launch of a firecracker which marks the start of the...
North Korea says freed Australian student had been spying: KCNA
North Korea’s state news agency said on Saturday an Australian student who was expelled from the country after 10 days’ detention had committed “spying acts”...
UK-flagged tanker stopped in Gulf reported ‘safe and well’
UK-flagged supertanker Pacific Voyager which halted in the Gulf on Saturday is “safe and well”, a British official told Reuters, after Iran dismissed reports its...
UK should be ‘scared’ of Tehran’s response over tanker, cleric says: Fars
Britain should be “scared” about Tehran’s possible retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines in Gibraltar, the Fars semi-official news agency...
Islamic State says it carried out attack at Shi’ite mosque in central Afghanistan
Islamic State fighters claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly overnight attack in a mosque in central province of Ghazni in Afghanistan....
California desert braces for aftershocks from major 7.1 quake
Emergency officials in Southern California’s high desert braced for strong, potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that damaged buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked...
Mexico City celebrates Frida Kahlo’s 112th birthday with Zocalo exhibition
“The Colours of Frida” features artwork and installations from artists across the world that were inspired by Kahlo. Rough cut (no reporter narration)....
Thousands protest amid outcry over Myanmar child-rape case
Thousands of protesters marched to a police office in the north of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, on Saturday, demanding speedy and transparent justice in a...