INTERNATIONAL

Hungarian police say they have arrested four people over the discovery of the bodies of 71 migrants, thought to be Syrian, in a lorry in Austria. Three of those arrested are Bulgarian and one is Afghan. The victims included 59 men, eight women and four children who are thought to have been dead for about two days. The decomposing bodies ...

Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan city of Zuwara, residents and officials say. The first boat, which signalled for help early on Thursday, had nearly 50 people on board. The second overcrowded boat, which sank much later, had about 400 passengers. Officials said about 200 people had been ...

A man who shot dead two journalists on live TV in the US state of Virginia apparently sent a rambling fax to ABC News describing himself as a “human powder keg” shortly after the attack. Vester Flanagan, who had been dismissed by the same station, WDBJ7, killed himself after a police chase. In the fax, a man said to be ...

Chinese shares zig-zagged in volatile trade as traders gauged the effect of a fresh rate cut by the central bank. Half an hour before the close, the mainland’s benchmark Shanghai Composite was just 0.17% higher at 2,970.13, recovering from early morning losses. It had fallen about 16% this week, rocking global markets. The dramatic losses and volatility in China have ...

At least 175 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia in the past year after unfair trials lacking basic safeguards, Amnesty International says. A new report alleges the Gulf kingdom’s “faulty justice system facilitates judicial executions on a mass scale”. In many cases, it adds, defendants are denied access to a lawyer and in some they are convicted on the ...

A series of explosions at a gas terminal in the western Afghan city of Herat has killed 10 children and an adult, a hospital official says. Those killed lived in a camp for displaced people, which was next to the the gas company compound. A spokesman for Herat Regional Hospital said another 18 people were wounded the in the blasts ...

Chinese stocks have fallen again, a day after their worst plunge since 2007 caused market losses around the world. The global sell-off was driven by fears that China’s slowing growth might pull down other economies. The benchmark Shanghai Composite was down 4% at midday on Tuesday, after dropping 8.5% on what state media called “Black Monday” – overnight, stocks in ...

Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists say. Syria’s head of antiquities was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that it happened a month ago. IS took control of Palmyra in May, sparking fears the group might demolish the Unesco ...

Ten people have been killed as Typhoon Goni dumped torrential rain in the northern Philippines, triggering landslides and floods, officials say. Several were killed when houses were submerged under rocks and mud. Others are reported missing in flooded areas. Thousands of people have been evacuated to higher ground and some domestic flights were cancelled. At one point, Typhoon Goni was ...

More bodies may be found after a vintage jet crashed, killing seven people, while performing at an air show in West Sussex, police have said. Air crash investigators and emergency services will continue to search the crash scene on Sunday. The Hawker Hunter failed to complete a loop-the-loop at the Shoreham Air Show and descended into the A27 on Saturday. ...