Apple had been resisting a court order issued last month requiring the firm to write new software to allow officials to access Syed Rizwan Farook's phone. But officials on Monday said that it had been accessed independently and asked for the order...
The suspect was spotted holding a large bag on surveillance cameras at the station, according to Belgian public broadcaster RTFB. But it's not clear if he was killed in the blast. That brings the total number of suspects to five. They know the...
Hauwa, not her real name, doesn't know her age, but she looks 17 or 18. She had been held by Boko Haram for more than a year when her captors suggested the plan to attack the Dikwa camp. In return for carrying out their mission, the three girls...
The FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, coming from Dubai, missed the runway as it attempted to land at 03:50 local time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday. It is not clear what caused the crash but poor visibility and high winds are being considered as a...
He was killed by snipers while trying to fire at police from an apartment window in the suburb of Forest. Several officers were wounded in the raid. Police are still hunting two suspects who were in the apartment. The raid was linked to an...
The moves come as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed a crackdown on terror after Sunday's attack in Ankara that killed at least 36 people. A suspected bomber, who also died in the blast, was a female member of the PKK, sources said. A curfew...
The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has been taking since 2006 for health issues. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said the five-time Grand Slam champion would be provisionally suspended from 12...
The Constitutional Court has made the ruling, meaning Pistorius will now be sentenced in April. Pistorius killed Ms Steenkamp in February 2013 after firing four times through a locked toilet door. A manslaughter verdict was overturned in...
He is testifying via videolink, after he was excused from returning home due to ill health. He has said he would be happy to meet with the survivors. In a statement Cardinal Pell proposed meeting small groups of survivors without lawyers or...
Underlying annual profits for 2015 fell 2% to £5.4bn. The bank said it would cut its dividend by more than half to 3p per share in 2016 and 2017. Barclays also announced a further £1.45bn provision for PPI mis-selling. It said it wanted to...
In this week's Scrubbing Up, Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance suggests Ebola and Zika may be followed by other public health emergencies fuelled by other lesser-known diseases. First it was Ebola and now Zika; two official...
Photos of Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey appear multiple times in a 25-minute video created by a group that calls itself the Sons Caliphate Army. The images of the two CEOs are sometimes engulfed in flames, or marked with bullet holes. The...
The protesters were demanding an end to the outsourcing of cleaning jobs at the University of Free State (UFS). On Tuesday, students destroyed the statue of an apartheid-era politician. A wave of race-related protests have hit South African...
Spokesman Col Mohammed Samir said the court should have sentenced a 16-year-old with a similar name instead.Ahmed Mansour Qurani Ali was convicted along with 115 others in connection with riots by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Fayoum province in...
"I came from school at around 18:00, and Mum called me," Balkissa Chaibou recalls. "She pointed to a group of visitors and said of one of them, 'He is the one who will marry you.' "I thought she was joking. And she told me, 'Go unbraid, and wash...
Mr Museveni, 71, is seeking to extend his 30-year rule, in a race widely seen as the tightest in the East African state's history. His main rival Kizza Besigye was briefly detained by police. A foreign observer group condemned the blockage of...
"Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Officials said a vehicle full of explosives was detonated as military buses were passing by on...
“It will encompass music, sermons and indoor games to engage everyone,” he said. He said they aim to host three more conferences after this one. “The intention is to change the society through music and make them aware of God’s...
Blood was seen dripping from the South Africa-bound cargo plane during a refuelling stop, the Herald paper said. Zimbabwe's Civil Aviation Authority said the matter had been handed over to the police to investigate. Its chief, David Chawota, said...
Nuevo Leon state Governor Jaime Rodriguez said 12 other people were injured in Topo Chico jail after prisoners fought with "sharp weapons, bats and sticks". A fire was also started in a storage room. Officials say the situation is under control and...
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