· Barcelona attack: Suspects 'planned to hit key monuments'
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
The Sagrada Familia cathedral was among the targets, a suspect tells a preliminary hearing in Madrid.
· US hits Chinese and Russian firms over North Korea
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
Ten companies and six individuals in Russia and China are subject to a new round of US sanctions.
· China relaunches world's fastest train
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
The high-speed trains will be able to run at speeds of 350km/h following safety checks on rail lines.
· Kim Wall: Unidentified torso 'deliberately mutilated'
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
Danish police say they do not yet know if the torso belongs to missing journalist Kim Wall.
· Can these super-crops feed Africa?
Posted on Monday August 21, 2017
Africa's population is set to boom over the next few decades - reaching 2.5 billion people by 2050. Scientists in Kenya are trying to find ways of growing enough food for everyone.
· Ischia earthquake: Three brothers pulled from rubble
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
The siblings, aged between seven months and 11 years old, were pulled from the rubble by fire crews.
· Russian theatre director Serebrennikov charged in fraud case
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
Kirill Serebrennikov is accused of embezzlement and is a critic of Russian censorship in the arts.
· Libya crisis: Benghazi shootings video mars 'victory'
Posted on Monday August 21, 2017
Just weeks after the Libyan city was declared liberated from Islamists, footage shows more bloodshed.
· Nigeria's Boko Haram conflict: Huge rise in child 'human bombs'
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
There have been 83 cases so far this year - four times as many as all of last year, the UN says.
· Teenager arrested for dancing Macarena on Saudi street
Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2017
A 14-year-old is arrested in Saudi Arabia after a clip of him dancing in the street went viral.