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- Week in pictures: 23-29 July 2016
- UN Security Council agrees to send police to Burundi
- Ottawa funeral after police arrest row
- Canada Judge Rules That Police Entrapped Couple in Bomb Plot
- Lula, Brazil?s Ex-President, Will Face Trial on Obstruction Charges
- Robert Carswell, Treasury Negotiator in Iran Hostage Crisis, Dies at 87
- Ex-Guatemala football chief Jimenez pleads guilty to bribes
- Football team halts match at half-time
- Woman Involved in U.N. Corruption Case Is Given 20 Months in Prison
- Wave of Kenya school fires continues
- Armenia police clash with protesters amid hostage crisis
- Belgium arrests over planned attacks
- Terror attacks dismay Afghan migrants in Istanbul
- New Yorkers flock to foul flower
- Clinton pulls no punches with Trump
- Hundreds rally in Australia over juvenile 'torture' footage
- Airstrike on Syria maternity hospital leaves two dead
- Syria conflict: 'Families leave' besieged Aleppo
- Pope Francis visits predecessor John Paul II's shrine
- Turkey-PKK conflict: Dozens killed in south-east clashes
- Australia protests over juvenile abuse allegations
- France church attack: Kermiche friend 'detained before assault'
- Lil Wayne mixtape 'inspires' Clinton speech say fans
- Russia cyber attack: Large hack 'hits government'
- US hot air balloon carrying 16 crashes
- In Debt to Turkey, Somalia Shuts Network Tied to Fethullah Gulen
- Fender Benders on Water? (See: Expanded Panama Canal)
- World Youth Day: 'It's so inspiring to hear him talk about God's mercy'
- Opinion: How to Counter the Putin Playbook
- A Glass Ceiling Now Broken, Is U.S. Ready for a Madam President?
- At the Front in a Scarred Falluja
- Study Finds Chinese Students Excel in Critical Thinking. Until College.
- Luxury en-suite cell found in Paraguay prison
- Malaysia?s Leader, Dogged by a Billion-Dollar Scandal, Proves Untouchable
- Tunisia parliament votes to sack PM Habib Essid
- Hashtag ban
- Too PC?
- Your pictures
- Rio 2016: IOC panel to have final say on Russian athletes' participation
- Game of Thrones to end after season eight in 2018
- Turkey's President Erdogan seeks to rein in spy agency after coup
- Tunisia Ousts Prime Minister Habib Essid
- Tokyo voters elect new governor after scandals
- US skydiver jumps without parachute into net from 25,000ft
- Trump reacts to Muslim soldier father Khizr Khan's rebuke
- Gibraltar caves reveal Neanderthals' secrets
- Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts disciplined over gender comments
- 'Multiple victims' in Texas shootings
- Jumping from 25,000ft with no parachute
- Pope Francis says farewell to Poland with huge mass
- Turkey steps up army dismissals over 15 July coup attempt
- Meet the angels of Rio's favelas and their creator
- Meet the angels of Rio's favelas and their creator
- France church attack: Muslims attend Mass
- Tokyo Elects Yuriko Koike as Its First Female Governor
- France church attack: Muslims attend Mass
- Tokyo Elects Yuriko Koike as Its First Female Governor
- Pope addresses 'religious Glastonbury' in Poland
- Donald Trump: Dead soldier's mother 'had nothing to say'
- Ghazala Khan: 'I didn't say anything because I was in pain'
- France churches host Muslims for Mass in show of solidarity
- Mother of US Muslim soldier hits back at Trump over speech silence
- 'Food crisis' hits 10,000 laid-off Indians in Saudi Arabia
- India low-caste Dalits protest over Gujarat attacks
- Iran 2016 Olympic uniform controversy continues
- Armenia gunmen surrender after seizing police station
- Armenia: All 20 Gunmen Surrender, Standoff Is Over
- Pope Francis Urges Youth to Leave a Mark on the World, Not the Couch
- Texas balloon crash: Investigation after 16 killed in Lockhart
- Two arrested over French church killing
- Thousands march in Germany in support of Turkey's President Erdogan
- Kabul explosion: Huge blast rocks Afghan capital
- Gunmen in Armenia Surrender After 2-Week Standoff With Police
- Can it last?
- Stolen childhoods
- 'Freedom - but jobs too'
- F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law freed
- German youths teach language to Syrians
- Slumdog multi-millionaire
- Memo From Israel: Israel?s Benjamin Netanyahu, Still a Step Ahead of Scandals, Faces a New Inquiry
- Where CPR on a Boy Is Time Wasted: U.S. Doctors Recall Aleppo?s Horrors
- BBC presenter's postcard from Rio
- What matters to young South African voters?
- Degree or drop out?
- Russia?s Acres, if Not Its Locals, Beckon Chinese Farmers
- Hong Kong Bars Pro-Independence Candidate From Election
- Donald Trump Gives Questionable Explanation of Events in Ukraine
- Syria conflict: Aleppo residents create 'smoke curtain'
- Taliban Claim Responsibility for Bombing at a Kabul Hotel for Foreigners
- MH370 was flown into water, says Canadian air crash expert
- US PGA Championship 2016: Jimmy Walker wins maiden major
- Dead Muslim soldier's parents row with Donald Trump
- Malaysia's new security law raises rights concerns
- Uber to merge China business with rival Didi Chuxing, reports say
- Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan 'snatch squad' soldiers captured
- The 'women heroes' who rose up in Turkey
- Taiwan president gives first apology to indigenous groups
- Photographer showcases Australia's wild west
- What in the World: Cambodia, Home of ?The Killing Fields,? Becomes a Retirement Haven
- Russian helicopter shot down in Syria
- Online fraud: Top Nigerian scammer arrested
- Greats of the Games: Emil Zatopek's Helsinki Olympics
- France seeks more influence over mosques to stop jihadists
- Three jailed for India mother and daughter gang rape
- Leopard surprises Indian holiday couple
- Kanye West 'wants to work with Ikea'
- Sinosphere: Taiwan?s President Apologizes to Aborigines for Centuries of Injustice
- Op-Ed Columnist: Obama?s American Idea
- UAE government selects 'happiness officers'
- Mexico violence: Eleven killed in Acapulco
- Op-Ed Contributor: Turkey?s Fractured State
- Russian Military Helicopter Shot Down in Syria, Killing All 5 Aboard
- Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The New Ideology of the New Cold War
- Simpsons endorse Hillary Clinton
- A race like no other
- Birdsville Journal: Just a Rugged Outback Town, Minus the Big Concert and the Curried Camel Pie
- EU's Juncker keeps black book for political foes
- New Zealanders top list of Australian immigrant detentions
- Egyptian campaign rejects gold bridal gifts tradition
- US launches strikes on IS in Libya
- Thailand lese majeste: Woman charged over single word used on Facebook
- War sitcom
- John McCain condemns Donald Trump over row with Khan family
- Jean-Claude Van Damme walks out of TV interview
- Nigeria Shia killings: Army should be prosecuted
- As ISIS Posts in Portuguese, U.S. Guides Brazil to Bolster Olympics Security
- Zika: Mums-to-be to get Miami warning
- Game of Thrones in numbers
- Turkey Captures Soldiers Accused of Trying to Kill or Kidnap Erdogan
- Khizr Khan: Trump does not have different rights than us
- British Decision on Nuclear Plant Angers China and France
- Canadian city ravaged by wildfires hit with heavy flooding
- Ordinary people
- Burning issue
- Turkey Captures Soldiers Accused of Trying to Kill or Kidnap Erdogan
- Fathers of 1994 Bombing Victims in Argentina Keep Pushing for Justice
- Human Rights Lawyer Is Released in China After Videotaped Confession
- Turkey failed coup: US military chief condemns plotters
- Typhoon Nida: 'Strongest typhoon since 1983' hits Hong Kong
- Pokemon Go ban for New York sex offenders
- Rio 2016: Babita Sharma tours the BBC's home
- Panel Calls for Prosecution of Nigerian Soldiers in Killings of Hundreds of Shiites
- New Texas gun control law allows concealed guns on campus
- Luxury hideaway
- Venezuelan campaign passes first hurdle
- Secret state
- Iran?s Top Leader Distances Himself from Nuclear Pact, Which He Once Supported
- Muslims and Christians in French Town Pray Old Bonds Survive Priest?s Murder
- On point
- Bolivia drugs: Police seize huge cocaine consignment
- The Interpreter: Donald Trump Finds a Russian Policy He Won?t Defend
- 'The red dragon ain't evil'
- A volcano close to Mexico City has spewed ash and rocks
- The working dead
- U.N. Deadlocked Over Draft Agreement on Refugees and Migrants
- US election: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is 'the devil'
- Chinese activist goes on trial for subversion
- Migrant crisis: Germany warns Turkey against 'blackmailing EU'
- South Korea suspends sale of 80 Volkswagen models
- French priest murder: Father Jacques Hamel to be buried
- 'Road rage' lorry driver drenches Australian cyclists
- Kesha drops assault claims against Dr Luke in California
- Thousands of Indian Workers Are Stuck in Saudi Arabia as Kingdom?s Economy Sags
- Iran's Rouhani shelves civil service exam over female discrimination
- Russia anthrax outbreak affects dozens in north Siberia
- Ecclestone's helicopter pilot arrested over kidnapping
- FBI employee admits being 'agent of China' in US court
- Dutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for online girlfriend
- Marathon runner's bid to adopt Chinese stray dog
- A Gloomy Egypt Sees Its International Influence Wither Away
- What in the World: In France, a Recipe Squabble over Marseille Soap
- Russia anthrax outbreak affects dozens in north Siberia
- Ecclestone's helicopter pilot arrested over kidnapping
- FBI employee admits being 'agent of China' in US court
- Dutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for online girlfriend
- Marathon runner's bid to adopt Chinese stray dog
- A Gloomy Egypt Sees Its International Influence Wither Away
- What in the World: In France, a Recipe Squabble over Marseille Soap
- Syrian conflict: Saraqeb 'attacked with chlorine gas'
- Pope Francis sets up commission to study question of women deacons
- India floods kill more than 150 people
- Sinkhole swallows Australian backyard
- Himmler diaries found in Russia reveal daily Nazi horrors
- Serbia and Croatia in war of words over assassin statue
- Divided diaspora?
- Zhai Yanmin, Chinese Rights Activist, Gets Suspended Prison Term
- Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Paradise, the New Muslim Utopia
- Pope Sets Up Vatican Panel to Study Female Deacons Issue
- Donald Trump sees more Republican support drift
- Norway party proposes 'slug hour' to tackle invasive pests
- Reporter's Notebook: A World Vision Donor Sponsored a Boy. The Outcome Was a Mystery to Both.
- Turkish Gold Trader Builds a Dream Team of Defense Lawyers
- ?There?s Something Going On in Turkey,? U.S. Colonel Was Told During Coup Attempt
- Obama says Trump unfit to be president
- Typhoon Nida: BBC Weather's Alex Deakin describes impact
- Syria bombing: Aleppo resident says 25-30 dying daily
- New York City police chief Bill Bratton 'to step down'
- Czech Man Is Charged With Attempted Terrorism
- Spain may face third election in less than year, PM warns
- Foreign home buyers face new tax in Vancouver area
- The taboo that surrounds getting a tattoo in Tunisia
- Kenyan man accused of chopping off wife's hands
- Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin's parents sue carmaker
- Body Count Rises as Philippine President Wages War on Drugs
- Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup
- Rescuers Say Toxic Gas Dropped on Syrian Town Where Russian Helicopter Shot Down
- Bomb targets soldiers in Libyan city
- Delaware Supreme Court rules death penalty law unconstitutional
- Franciszek Macharski, Former Archbishop of Krakow, Dies at 89
- Bangladesh Offers Bounties for Two Terrorism Suspects
- Benghazi, Libya, Car Bombing Said to Kill 23 People
- Obama Defends Trans-Pacific Deal Against Strong Anti-Trade Tide
- 'Gay culture' row over Irish seminary
- A Vatican Commission to Study a ?Deep Theological Question? on Women
- Venezuela crisis: Desperate crowd loots flour lorry
- Rio 2016: Widow welcomes Munich massacre memorial
- Holding them to account
- US, China, UK?
- Walking to work
- Editorial: In Libya, a New Front in the War on ISIS
- Colombia destroy cocaine labs in jungle region
- Out in the cold
- U.S. Strikes Help Libyan Forces Against ISIS in Surt
- Quest for truth
- U.N. Drafts Agreement on Refugees and Migrants
- France Buries Priest Murdered by Islamist Militants
- Tehran nose job
- Syria Aleppo siege: Fighting rages as Russian jets strike
- Saudis Outraged Again Over List of Children?s Rights Violators
- Glass walkway opens in Tianmen mountain, China
- Australia's oldest new mother at 63
- Yazidis subjected to 'mass rape' by IS
- The deadly trade around exotic fish
- North Korea fires ballistic missile into the sea, says South
- US election 2016: Trump hits back at 'disastrous' Obama
- Australia condones asylum seeker abuse, say rights groups
- South Africa elections: Zuma and ANC face test
- North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea, South Korea Says
- Many missing after Indian bridge collapse
- Nicaragua: Ortega names his wife as running mate
- South Africans Head to Polls Amid Fierce Challenge to Party of Mandela
- Man held in China 'does not know he has baby'
- Brian Cox: Science gives us hope
- Donald Trump hits back at 'disastrous' Barack Obama
- Widow's wish
- First Arab Nobel science winner Ahmed Zewail dies
- Op-Ed Contributor: The Case for (Finally) Bombing Assad
- Emirates plane crash-lands at Dubai airport
- 'Get the baby out of here' says Trump at Virginia rally
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