Brexit vote: UK must 'clarify' stance says European Commission
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has urged UK to "clarify its position" on Brexit as soon as possible.
He told the European parliament that Britain and the UK remained friends but it needed to state its position to avoid uncertainty.
PM David Cameron is to meet European Union leaders for the first time since the UK voted to leave later on Tuesday.
He is stepping down to allow his successor to conduct exit negotiations.
India goes from village to village to compile world’s biggest ID database
Government on course to biometrically register country’s 1.25 billion population as part of plan to modernise administration
The digital revolution arrives in remote Indian villages such as Akbarpur by communication methods old and new: a WhatsApp message buzzes through to the village chief; he notifies his fellows via megaphone.
The world’s biggest biometric ID programme is coming to town.
The next day, two men arrive at the village in Palwal district, Haryana state, with devices the residents have never seen: an iris scanner, a fingerprint machine, a camera and laptop. They are here to register the people of Akbarpur.
The officials set up an enrolment centre at the village chief’s house. For three days, queues snake around the courtyard. Some of those who come are afraid the iris scanner will hurt their eyes; others do not understand why they need to be enrolled.
Overcrowding and shortages in the hell of a refugee camp near Fallujah
An Iraqi commander announced Sunday that Fallujah had been “liberated” from the Islamic State group, which has held the city for more than two years. However, thousands of civilians were forced to flee the city during the intense fighting in the runup to the battle. Many of these displaced civilians are now living in makeshift camps scattered in the countryside around the city. Humanitarian aid has been slow to arrive and, according to one refugee, the situation is becoming more and more unbearable.
Iraqi authorities launched a large-scale offensive in early May to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State group. While large parts were recaptured last week, IS group militants remained entrenched in some areas, especially in their stronghold in the northwestern al-Julan neighbourhood. On Sunday, June 26, a senior commander announced that they had finally succeeded in clearing the IS group militants from al-Julan.
Iraqi authorities launched a large-scale offensive in early May to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State group. While large parts were recaptured last week, IS group militants remained entrenched in some areas, especially in their stronghold in the northwestern al-Julan neighbourhood. On Sunday, June 26, a senior commander announced that they had finally succeeded in clearing the IS group militants from al-Julan.
Rio de Janeiro's acting governor: Olympics could be a 'big failure'
Updated 0804 GMT (1604 HKT) June 28, 2016
The headache for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games organizers shows no signs of subsiding.
Six weeks before the Games are set to begin, Francisco Dornelles, the acting governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, told the Brazilian newspaper O Globo that the state has not yet received recently-approved federal funds to beef up security and transportation for the quadrennial competition.
"I am optimistic about the games, but I have to show the reality. We can make a great Olympics, but if some steps are not taken, it can be a big failure," Dornelles told O Globo.
UNICEF: Early deaths await 69 million children by 2030
Angola tops the list worldwide with 157 of 1,000 children under age five dying annually from "preventable causes".
Every day, 13-year old Birhanu Haftu walks four hours to fetch water in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Severe drought has hit this year and children such as him struggle to get an education being so stuck in poverty.
"We catch the water in cups, then we carry it back using jerry cans," Haftu said. "I don't study at night because I'm too exhausted."
Haftu is among 247 million children from sub-Saharan Africa facing extreme poverty who are deprived of basic education and other needs to survive and break the cycle of hardship, the UN said.
Report says South African leader should pay $507,000
A court had instructed the treasury to compile the report after ruling that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution by inappropriately benefitting from state funding.
JOHANNESBURG — South African President Jacob Zuma should reimburse the state for $507,000 in a scandal over upgrades to his private home, according to a report by the national treasury released Monday.
The money amounts to a "reasonable percentage" of costs for improvements to Zuma's Nkandla home that were unrelated to security, including a visitors' center, a swimming pool and a chicken run, said the report, which was delivered to the Constitutional Court.
The court had instructed the treasury to compile the report after ruling that Zuma violated the constitution by failing to comply with a government watchdog report that concluded he inappropriately benefited from state funding.
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