Iran says number of its citizens who died in the Hajj stampeded in Saudi Arabia last week has reached 464 – nearly double the previous toll. Iranian authorities said there was no longer hope of finding any of the country’s missing pilgrims alive. According to Saudi officials, 769 people died in the crush in Mina, […]
A section of the Jamaican press is apparently not happy about Dancehall star Sean Pul’s decision to be part of a line-up billed to perform for Pope Francis as he visits the capital of the United States. Below is a cull from 18karatereggae.com The piece was titled Reggae Dancehall has become a joke. Sean Paul
Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic, has died before he could be tried for child sex offences. His trial in the Vatican was adjourned in July after he was taken ill. He was accused of paying for sex with children in the Dominican Republic. Wesolowski, 66, would have been
A man who shot two journalists on live TV in the US state of Virginia has died after shooting himself, police say.
An attempted attack by a heavily armed man on a train in France last week was premeditated and well prepared, according to a French prosecutor.
People who work illegally in England and Wales will face up to six months in prison, under proposals to be included in the forthcoming Immigration Bill.
A third day of protests is planned in Lebanon where anti-government protesters have clashed with police over the failure to remove uncollected rubbish from the streets.
Rebels from Greece’s governing left-wing Syriza are to break away and form a new party.
Two men identified as suspects in the Bangkok bombing have handed themselves in to police, insisting they are tour guides, authorities say.
The bomb attack that killed 20 people at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine on Monday was carried out by a “network”, Thailand’s chief of police has said.
