INTERNATIONAL

Singapore and Malaysia’s Sabah state are observing a day of remembrance for those killed in an earthquake on Mount Kinabalu. Sixteen people are confirmed dead after the magnitude 6.0 quake, which hit the mountain in Sabah on Friday. Among the dead were six Singaporean children on a school trip, along with their teacher and guide. In Singapore, flags are at ...

Turkey’s AK party faces a challenge to form a government after losing its majority at a general election for the first time in 13 years. It secured 41%, a sharp drop from 2011, when it won nearly half of the vote. Under Turkey’s proportional representation system, this means the AKP will need to form a coalition or face entering a ...

Leaders from the world’s richest countries are due to attend the annual G7 summit in the Bavarian Alps in Germany. They are expected to use the meeting to maintain diplomatic pressure on Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Greece’s debt crisis and how to tackle global warming will also be on the agenda. Russia has been excluded from what ...

A BBC investigation has seen evidence that details what happened to the $10m sent from Fifa to accounts controlled by former vice-president Jack Warner. The money, sent on behalf of South Africa, was meant to be used for its Caribbean diaspora legacy programme. But documents suggest Mr Warner used the payment for cash withdrawals, personal loans and to launder money. ...

A total of 331 people are now known to have died after a ship overturned in a storm in China’s Yangtze River last Monday, state media said. Salvagers righted the Eastern Star on Friday after officials said chances of finding anyone alive were slim. Just 14 of the 456 passengers and crew are known to have survived. More than 100 ...

Chinese hackers are suspected of carrying out a “massive breach” affecting the data of millions of US government workers, officials said. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed on Thursday that almost four million current and past employees have been affected. The breach could potentially affect every federal agency, officials said. Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, ...

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has said in a TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at world football’s governing body. Mr Warner, who said he feared for his life, also said he could link Fifa officials to general elections in his native Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. He is one of the 14 people charged ...

Former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer has admitted that he and others on the executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. The American said he also helped to arrange bribes over the 1998 event. The admissions come in a newly released transcript from a 2013 US hearing in ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say. The news came hours after Mr Blatter announced that he was stepping down from his role. US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland, part of a group ...

Colleagues, friends and political adversaries have paid tribute to former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy after his sudden death aged 55. David Cameron said politics had lost a man of “immense ability”, while Nick Clegg said his opposition to the Iraq war had been “enormously courageous”. Mr Kennedy, who led his party for over six years, took it to its ...