The bodies of six migrants were washed up on the coast east of Libya's capital Tripoli yesterday, while about 100 survivors were brought back to shore, coastguards and UN officials said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's would-be successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer urged delegates from her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to back her vision for Germany at their party congress yesterday or else "let's end it here and now".
Two Italian men who filmed themselves raping a 23-year-old woman in a London nightclub have been jailed for seven-and-a-half years each.
Iraqi security forces killed four protesters in Baghdad yesterday and forcibly dispersed activists blocking the main port near Basra, as the country's top cleric warned nothing but speedy electoral reforms would resolve unrest.
The Vatican has been accused of harbouring a bishop wanted for alleged sex abuse offences, as Pope Francis railed against the evils of sexual exploitation on a visit to Thailand.
UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn insisted he would take a "neutral stance" in an EU referendum under Labour, while Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted Brexit was the only way to meet the demands on the health service during a brutal TV grilling.
Ever since Donald Trump became president nearly three years ago, he's waged war against the US federal government while also complaining that "the deep state" is out to sabotage his leadership.
