Argentina’s economy minister resigns amid turmoil

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Nicolas Dujovne resigned on Saturday after a week of economic turmoil Argentina's economy minister Nicolas Dujovne has resigned amid a financial crisis exacerbated by the president's defeat in a primary poll. The country's…
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Honduras football derby leads to deadly rioting

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Thousands of people in side the stadium were caught in the violence Three people have been killed and about 10 injured in rioting between fans of rival football clubs in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. The violence b…
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Tens of thousands gather for major Hong Kong rally

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Crowds gathered in central Hong Kong for the 11th consecutive weekend of demonstrations Tens of thousands of pro-democracy campaigners have gathered in Hong Kong for another day of protests, amid increasingly severe warn…
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IS recruit Jack Letts loses UK citizenship

Media captionSpeaking to the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in October 2018, Jack Letts said he had been an "enemy of Britain" A Muslim convert who joined the Islamic State group as a teenager has had his British citizenship revoked. Jack Letts - nicknamed Jihad…
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Gove: No-deal dossier is ‘worst-case scenario’

Image copyrightReuters A secret dossier warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", Michael Gove has said. Details from the cross-government study, leaked to the Sunday Times, warns of food and medicine shortages if the UK le…
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Ashes: Archer strikes twice as Australia chase 267 – in-play clips, radio & text

Having been terrorised by Archer for his first seven balls, Labuschagne gets off the mark in fine style with an off drive to the boundary. And is then promptly beaten outside off stump at 90mph again.
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Five terrorists killed infiltrating Israel from Gaza Strip

Five armed Palestinians were killed by IDF troops as they tried to cross into southern Israel from Beit Hanoun shortly after three rockets were launched from southern Israel, the IDF said on Saturday night The five armed men were reported to be members of Pa…
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Afghan wedding suicide blast kills 63, wounds 182 – ministry

KABUL - A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior ministry said, as violence shows no sign of easing despite hopes for a deal on a US troop withdrawal. T…
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Trump’s Afghan gamble is about to begin

US President Donald Trump wants to end the “endless wars,” which he says have burdened the US for decades and which have become a sunk cost with diminishing returns. He and others who have sought to work out a deal in Afghanistan, such as envoy Zalmay Khalilz…
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Will it be a ‘mistake’ when ‘angry youth’ from Gaza kill troops?

The summer heat may be fading, but temperatures are rising along the border fence separating Israel from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. A flare-up of violence with rocket fire and several violent infiltrations along the border fence has broken months of relative c…
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