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France has launched air, land and sea searches on and around the island of Reunion in the hope of finding more debris which could be linked to MH370. Malaysia has said a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island came from the lost Malaysia Airlines flight. But French investigators have yet to confirm the link. The relatives of ...

Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. The tycoon’s refusal to rule out a third-party run drew boos from the audience on Thursday night. And he stood by offensive comments he has made in the past about women. The 10 candidates in Cleveland, selected by Fox News on ...

Relatives of those missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have vented anger at apparent mixed signals over whether part of the plane has been found. Malaysian PM Najib Razak said experts in France had “conclusively confirmed” the wing part found on an island in the Indian Ocean was from the aircraft. But French investigators stopped short of confirming the link, ...

Australian PM Tony Abbott has said the “baffling mystery” of Flight MH370 is closer to being solved, after Malaysia announced that a fragment found in Reunion was part of the missing plane. PM Najib Razak said experts examining the debris in France had “conclusively confirmed” it was from the aircraft. However investigators have stopped short of confirming the link, saying ...

Rescuers are searching for hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean after the boat they were on capsized off Libya. Some reports suggest as many as 700 people were on board the overcrowded vessel when it came into difficulty. The Irish navy told the BBC that one of its boats was involved in the rescue operation and said it feared there ...

Two passenger trains in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have derailed minutes apart on a partially flooded bridge, killing at least 24 people, officials say. The trains were passing each other near the town of Harda, and some coaches fell into a river. A railway spokesman told the BBC that heavy rain had caused river levels to rise, submerging ...

Pro-government forces in Yemen have retaken the country’s largest airbase in a battle with Houthi rebels, government officials say. Heavy casualties have been reported at al-Anad airbase, north of Aden, after intense fighting there in recent days. It comes after pro-government forces, backed by air strikes from a Saudi-led coalition, retook Aden two weeks ago. The Saudis are leading a ...

Pakistan has executed Shafqat Hussain, convicted of killing a child in 2004, despite appeals from international human rights groups. His lawyers say he was 14 when found guilty and his confession was extracted by torture, but officials say there is no proof he was a minor when convicted. He met his family one last time before midnight, then was hanged ...

The main Athens stock index, the Athex, has fallen by 22.87% as trading resumes after a five-week closure. The nation’s top four lenders – Piraeus Bank, National Bank, Alpha Bank, and Eurobank – were biggest fallers, all down by 30%, the maximum allowed. Banks make up about a fifth of the index. The bourse was shut just before Athens imposed ...

Two Turkish security troops have been killed and 24 wounded in a suicide attack by Kurdish PKK militants, the regional governor’s office says. A tractor laden with explosives was driven at a military police station, reports by Turkish media say. The attack happened near the town of Dogubayazit in Agri province, close to Turkey’s border with Iran. Since 24 July, ...