Ukraine war: Russia blames sabotage for new Crimea blasts
By Paul Kirby
BBC News
A week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store at another military facility has been hit by a series of explosions.
Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area, before blaming "sabotage".
A separate fire broke out at a power sub-station and a railway was damaged.
A string of blasts last week destroyed Russian warplanes at a Black Sea base on the Crimean coast.
Brazil’s presidential campaign launches amid fears of violence and upheaval
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not cede power if defeated
Campaigning in Brazil’s most important election for years formally gets under way this week amid fears of political violence on the campaign trail and possible turmoil before and after the October ballots.
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not give up power if defeated by the leftist frontrunner and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
A former army captain, Bolsonaro has sharpened his rhetoric in recent weeks, telling foreign diplomats that Brazil’s electronic voting system is not reliable and ordering army officers to monitor the source code used in more than half a million ballot boxes.
Three Britons captured by rebels in Ukraine plead not guilty to being mercenaries
All the captured men could face the death penalty if found guilty of being mercenaries
Three British men are among five European citizens who have pleaded not guilty to charges of mercenarism after they were captured by Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy have been accused of being mercenaries and “undergoing training to seize power by force,” according to Russian media.
The other two captured men are Matthias Gustafsson from Sweden and Vjekoslav Prebeg from Croatia.
FIFA suspends All India Football Federation
India's teams will not be able to play and the country can't host the upcoming under-17 World Cup after the All India Football Federation was suspended. FIFA took the decision "due to undue influence from third parties."
Global football body FIFA announced on Monday that it would be suspending the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect.
The decision was "due to undue influence from third parties," constituting a serious violation of the FIFA statutes, the organization's governing body said.
Kenya’s defeated Odinga calls presidential election outcome a ‘travesty’
Kenya's Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected the results of last week's presidential election that delivered victory to his rival Deputy President William Ruto.
"What we saw yesterday (Monday) was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the constitution of Kenya," Odinga said at a press conference a day after the results were issued showing him losing by a narrow margin.
"I do not want to fully address our strategies going forward but ... we will be pursuing all constitutional and legal options available to us," the veteran opposition leader continued, while urging his supporters to maintain the peace.
After an anxious days-long wait for the results of the August 9 poll, Ruto was declared the winner, narrowly beating Odinga after a largely peaceful voting process.
Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 docks at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port
Updated 0855 GMT (1655 HKT) August 16, 2022
A Chinese research ship docked at a southern Sri Lankan port Beijing leases from the government on Tuesday, officials said, despite security concerns raised by India about the vessel's presence in nearby waters.
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