Zuma: No plans to announce free education programme
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has no plans to announce a programme for free higher education until he reviews the report of a commission s
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United Kingdom: Girl killed after being hit by lorry and car
A 17-year-old girl has been killed when she was hit by a lorry and a car as she walked home from a bonfire celebration. The girl from Uckfield h
IRAQ: New mass graves could contain 400 bodies
Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi of
COLOMBIA: Elephant gets tusk-saving surgery
The zoo in the Colombian city of Barranquilla successfully performed surgery on a five-tonne African elephant found on a ranch owned by drug trafficke
IRAN: Strong quake hits border region
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 has hit the border region between Iran and Iraq, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says. It struck 32km (20mi) south-west