Istanbul bomb attack on police bus 'kills 11'
A car bomb attack targeting a police bus has killed at least 11 people in central Istanbul, officials say.
The explosives were remotely detonated as the vehicle passed through the busy Vezneciler district at the morning rush hour, reports said.
No group has said it carried out the attack.
Violence in Turkey has escalated recently as a result of tensions with Kurdish separatists and the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
The explosion happened near the city's historic Beyazit Square neighbourhood, a major tourist attraction.
Four civilians and seven police officers were among the dead, Istanbul's governor, Vasip Sahin, said. Some 36 other people were injured, he adde
Olympics: Russia begins charm offensive ahead of doping ban decision
Russia’s initial response to doping allegations was furious, but weeks from possible Rio ban attitudes are changing
Moscow has gone on a major charm offensive in an attempt to prove it is cleaning up its act after a series of major doping allegations, weeks before a key decision on whether to allow Russian athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics.
A November report by the World Anti Doping Agency (Wada) found Russia suffered from “a deeply rooted culture of cheating”, and recommended a full ban from international competitions. It found the London 2012 Olympics were “sabotaged” by the “widespread inaction” against Russian athletes with suspicious doping profiles by the world athletics governing body and the Russian federation.
Two of the athletes implicated were the gold and bronze-medal winners in the 800 metres in 2012, the Olympic champion Mariya Savinova and the bronze medalist Ekaterina Poistogova.
Ramadan 2016: China bans civil servants and students from fasting in mainly Muslim region
'China thinks that the Islamic faith of Uighurs threatens the rule of the Beijing leadership,' says Dilxat Raxit from the World Uyghur Congress
The Chinese government has imposed its customary ban on civil servants, teachers and students from fasting during Ramadan in a mainly Muslim region in Northwest China.
In the Xinjiang region where Muslims form 58 per cent of the population, restaurants have been ordered to keep normal opening hours.
While the majority of Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month, the Chinese Communist party is officially atheist.
Flooding in France: "We are afraid of looters"
One night last week, Serge Gadji woke up in his home in the French town of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges with wet feet. So began the nightmare. Floodwater filled his home and he was evacuated alongside 1,200 people. Days later, his home is still underwater and he doesn’t know when he’ll be able to return.
When torrential rains lashed France last week, the River Seine overflowed its banks, leading to historic flooding in Paris and surrounding towns.
In Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, a town located south of the French capital, the river Yerres also flooded, covering several different neighborhoods with water. One of the homes that was flooded belonged to Serge Gadji and his family.
"We are especially afraid of looting"
Hunting for humans: Malawian albinos murdered for their bones
For Agness Jonathan, every day is a gamble with her children's lives.
Simple questions like whether they should go to school carry an unimaginable risk of death and dismemberment to satisfy a barbaric demand.
This is because her daughters are living with albinism, a genetic condition resulting in little or no pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes. And this makes them a target.
It is children like Agness' who, according to a newly released Amnesty International report, are being hunted like animals in Malawi where their bones are sold in the belief the body parts bring wealth, happiness and good luck.US Navy bans alcohol for sailors in Japan
The U.S. Navy banned drinking and restricted off-base activity Monday for its personnel in Japan after a sailor was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving on the island of Okinawa in the latest incident where suspected criminal activity has sparked public anger.
Crimes by U.S. military personnel, especially on Okinawa where the public is fighting to get rid of U.S. bases, are often pointed to as reasons why the U.S. soldiers should go.
In the latest incident, Petty Officer 2nd Class Aimee Mejia, 21, assigned to Kadena base in Okinawa, was arrested Sunday after driving the wrong way on a freeway and smashing head-on into two vehicles, said police spokesman Takashi Shirado. Mejia was not hurt, but two people in the other cars were slightly injured, he said.
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