Most perpetrators in 2018 mass attacks made threats: U.S. Secret Service

Most of those responsible for mass attacks in public areas in the United States in 2018 made prior threats or sent messages that sparked concern, the Secret Service said on Tuesday, in a study highlighting advance clues to such violence.

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Forged by debt crises, Mexico's new finance minister takes charge in choppy waters

Mexico's new finance minister Arturo Herrera is a pragmatic and respected policy maker who says he was inspired to study economics by the Latin American debt crisis that wrought financial chaos and wrecked livelihoods in his country.

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Air quality plummets as wildfire smoke hits Alaska's most populous cities

Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of the world's worst air pollution in recent days, forcing many residents indoors and prompting one hospital to set up a "clean air shelter."

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Former FARC leader's arrest sought in blow to Colombia's peace deal

Colombia's Supreme Court ordered the capture of a former FARC rebel commander-turned lawmaker on Tuesday after he failed to appear for questioning about U.S. drug-trafficking charges, in a fresh blow to the country's landmark peace deal.

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Ex-convict charged with stabbing Arizona teen to death over rap music

A newly released ex-convict who stabbed a teenager to death at an Arizona convenience store on Independence Day, later telling police he had felt threatened by the boy's rap music, was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday.

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US to enlist military allies in Gulf and Yemen waters

US Marine General Joseph Dunford wants to "ensure freedom of navigation" in the Gulf and off Yemen.

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Brexit ferry deal 'rushed and risky', MPs say

The government's spending watchdog says there is "little to show" following the botched deal.

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'Climategate': 10 years on, what's changed?

Hackers stole 6,000 emails and other documents from a climate research centre almost 10 years ago.

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Google Doodle dude: The artist viewed by billions who you might never have heard of

Matthew Cruikshank has a potential daily audience of more than five billion people.

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Moon landings: What was the 1969 Apollo 11 mission?

It's 50 years since the first ever manned landing on the Moon - what was involved?

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Yang Hengjun: The Australian writer held by China for six months

Blogger Yang Hengjun has not been heard from since being arrested for "endangering national security".

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Jai Shri Ram: The Hindu chant that became a murder cry

A popular god has been invoked in attacks on Indian Muslims, deepening fears of religious polarisation.

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Emanuela Orlandi death: Brother's search to solve Vatican murder mystery

Emanuela Orlandi disappeared on her way home and now the Vatican has agreed to open two tombs.

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Sudan: Is it being exploited by foreign powers?

Sudan's opposition has accused its military leaders of allowing foreign powers to exploit the country.

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The South African Uber driving singing his way to opera fame

A passenger in Durban filmed him in his cab and he has since become a viral hit.

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Yemen conflict: Six-year-old Yusra’s new eye

A six year old who had an aggressive tumour in her eye has been fitted with a prosthetic in Jordan and is returning to home to Yemen.

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Chinese state media target Macau's Suncity in online gambling report

Macau's biggest junket operator Suncity, which operates VIP gambling rooms around Asia, has raked in billions of dollars in online gaming and proxy betting, causing great harm to China's social economic order, a state backed report said this week.

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Ocado says Andover fire cost more than £100m

The online delivery firm says its insurance will cover the cost of the warehouse fire.

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U.S., Taliban resume talks after rival Afghans agree steps to end bloodshed

U.S. and Taliban officials will on Tuesday resume talks in Qatar aimed at ending Afghanistan's 18-year war, hours after a delegation of Afghan citizens and the militants ended a meeting with both sides calling for an end to civilian casualties.

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Turkey orders arrest of 176 military personnel over suspected Gulen links

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 serving military personnel over suspected links to the network which Ankara says was behind an attempted coup three years ago, the Istanbul chief prosecutors' office said on Tuesday.

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Hong Kong leader says extradition bill 'dead', but critics not satisfied

The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong's biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory's leader said on Tuesday, adding that the government's work on the legislation had been a "total failure", but critics accused her of playing with words.

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British capture of Iranian tanker won't go 'unanswered': officer

Britain's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be "unanswered", Iran's armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

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Government faces no-deal backlash by own business experts

Advisers asked to find a solution to the Irish border Brexit problem balk at signing terms.

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UK's capture of Iranian oil tanker won't be 'unanswered': military official

Britain's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be "unanswered", Iran's armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

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Japan rebuffs Seoul's calls to scrap export curbs

Japan pushed back on Tuesday against calls from South Korea to scrap curbs on some high-tech exports, ratcheting up tension in a decades-old diplomatic dispute that threatens to disrupt the global supply of memory chips and smartphones.

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Qatari official announces success of intra-Afghan peace talks: foreign ministry

A Qatari official has announced the "success" of Afghan peace talks held this week in Doha, the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement dated Monday and published on Tuesday.

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