President Obama has called for a collective shift by the American people in how they think about the gun violence a day after nine African-Americans were gunned down inside a historic church. In a televised address shortly after police arrested the y...
Police in the United States are searching for a white gunman, who shot dead nine people during a prayer meeting at an African-American church in the southern city of Charleston. From Washington, here is Tom Bakemen. Officers are now searching for the...
A series of bombs has ripped through Shiite mosques and offices in Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing more than 30 people. Islamic State militants said they carried out the attacks targetting Shiite worshipers and the headquarters of Houthi rebel movement...
Good morning. One of my favourite Stanley Spencer paintings shows Jesus throwing himself on the ground, on all fours, in order to place his eyes and nose within a few inches of some field daisies. It is Spencers imaginative way of picturing those won...
A series of bombs have ripped through Shiite mosques and offices in the Yemeni capital, Sana, killing more than thirty people. The blasts targeted Shiite worshippers at their evening prayers and officers belonging to the Houthis rebel movement. This...
The Bank of Greece is warning the country will ultimately have to leave the European single currency if it can not reach an agreement with its lenders by the end of the month. 希腊银行警告说，如果希腊无法在本月底前与其借贷者达成...
The former Florida governor Jeb Bush has formally announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for the US presidency. At a rally in Miami, Mr. Bush, whose father and brother have both held the highest US office, vowed to fix the country, whi...
The Internationally recognized Libyan government says a US air strike in the country has killed a senior Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar. The Pentagon has confirmed he was the target of an air strike on Saturday, but says that its still assessin...
French investigators say they are opening a fresh inquiry into the case of the Germanwings co-pilot, who deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps. It follows confirmation that some doctors, who treated Andreas Lubitz, judged him unfit to fly,...
Australias Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to deny reports that border officials paid people-smugglers to take boats full of asylum-seekers back to Indonesia. An Indonesian police chief reportedly said that Austrialian officials paid 30,000 do...
