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4 dead, including officer in Midtown attack

Christal Hayes & Rachel Hagan BBC News Watch: Four killed in Manhattan shooting A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle has stormed a skyscraper in the

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UK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists

The UK has condemned the latest cash offer from Hong Kong authorities for people who help in the arrest of pro-democracy activists living in Britain.

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Apology for S Korean woman convicted of biting man’s tongue as he attacked her

EPA Prosecutors in South Korea have apologised to a woman who was convicted for defending herself during a sexually violent attack more than 60 years

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Syria sees ‘cautious calm’ in Suweida after deadly clashes

A “cautious calm” has returned to the Syrian city of Suweida after a week of deadly tribal clashes between Druze fighters, Bedouin gunmen and government

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Ariana Grande says she’s not abandoning music for film projects

Ariana Grande says she has no plans to abandon her music career after announcing she was working on another film project. After starring alongside Cynthia

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First Indian astronaut to go to ISS is on his way back

EPA Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s trip to space has created a huge interest in India Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian

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War crimes being committed in Darfur, ICC believes

Reuters 12 million people have been displaced by the conflict in Sudan There are “reasonable grounds” to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity are

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Greece heatwave closes the Acropolis temporarily

The Acropolis is closing temporarily on Tuesday as soaring temperatures continue to grip Greece. The popular site in the capital city of Athens was shutting

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Australian PM vows ‘full force of law’ after arson attack at Melbourne synagogue

JAMES ROSS/EPA/Shutterstock Inside the synagogue, some 20 people had sat down for dinner when the attack occurred Australia’s prime minister has promised to take strong

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Ugandan military helicopter crashes at Somalia’s Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, official says

A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board has crashed at the main international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, an aviation official has told