INTERNATIONAL

A plane powered entirely by the sun is flying to New York City. The Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Lehigh Valley, 87 miles (140km) west of the “Big Apple”, on a journey that should take only a few hours. The flight will mark the completion of the trans-America portion of the aircraft’s bid to circumnavigate the globe. The ...

Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State. Sirte is the most significant IS stronghold outside Iraq and Syria. Earlier this week warplanes bombed IS positions in Sirte while naval forces fired missiles into the port, officials said. The offensive continues. The forces, aligned ...

Thousands are attending a farewell procession for boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his home city of Louisville, in the US state of Kentucky. Onlookers lining the roadside waved, took photos and chanted “Ali, Ali” as a cortege led by the hearse carrying his coffin drove past. The heavyweight champion and rights activist died last Friday aged 74. The cortege is ...

New pieces of debris have been found in Madagascar by a man searching for parts of missing flight MH370. Blaine Gibson, who has already found possible debris in Mozambique, made the latest discovery on the east coast of Madagascar. One of the parts resembles an aeroplane seat part. Mr Gibson has sent images of the finds to investigators. MH370, flying ...

French President Francois Hollande has warned against attempts to disrupt Euro 2016 with strike action, on the eve of the football tournament. France has been in the grip of industrial action, mainly over reforms to labour law, and a train strike could affect Friday’s opening match. Train drivers are threatening to strike on a line serving the Stade de France ...

Sir John Major and Tony Blair warned a vote to leave the EU will “jeopardise the unity” of the UK as they campaigned together in Northern Ireland. They suggested a Leave vote may re-open Scotland’s independence issue and put Northern Ireland’s “future at risk” by threatening its current stability. But Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said support for the peace ...

A young Pakistani woman was burned to death by her mother and brother Wednesday, apparently because she married a man against her family’s wishes, police said. Zeenat Rafique, 18, had eloped and moved away, but returned to her family’s home in Lahore because she was under the impression a reconciliation could occur, Punjab police representative Nabeela Ghazanfar said. But when ...

Two Palestinian gunmen killed four people and wounded six others after opening fire at a popular open-air shopping and restaurant area of central Tel Aviv, Israeli authorities say. The attacks took place in two locations in Sarona Market, close to Israel’s defence ministry and main army HQ. Police said the gunmen were from Yatta, a Palestinian village near the West ...

Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women – the US Democratic nomination for president. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. Mrs Clinton hailed “the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee”. Hours later, ...

Police in Papua New Guinea have opened fire on students protesting against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Several students were injured and opposition MPs said four were killed, but this has not been independently confirmed. The students were marching from their campus in the capital, Port Moresby, towards parliament where Mr O’Neill faces a possible no confidence motion. They are demanding ...