EgyptAir crash: What we know
French experts confirmed Saturday that smoke had been detected in the cabin of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the eastern Mediterranean carrying 66 people, but what brought it down remains a mystery.
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Austria torn between far-right 'gladiator' and 'glitterati' professor
One is a partially disabled gun enthusiast of the far-right, the other a distinguished elderly professor with Green backing -- Austria's presidential candidates mirror the deep rift splitting the country as it prepares for a tense runoff vote this Sunday.
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Smoke doesn't reveal what caused EgyptAir crash, experts say
Smoke detected in the cabin shortly before EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed into the Mediterranean suggests there was a fire on board, but is not enough to establish the cause of the disaster, experts said Saturday.
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New BCCI chief Thakur under pressure to reform
India's new cricket chief Anurag Thakur is a close ally of right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a media-friendly administrator seen as capable of cleaning up the governing body's tarnished image.
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Key stages in the war against IS
Here are milestones in the fight against the Islamic State group as a Kurdish-Arab alliance announced an assault against the IS north of its Syrian bastion of Raqa.
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Monsanto: object of Bayer desire despite GMO fears
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer sees in agroindustry giant Monsanto a gem worth at least $62 million for its dominant global position selling seeds sought by farmers of corn, soybeans, cotton and other commodity crops.
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Savchenko: Ukraine's 'symbol of defiance' to Russia
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, freed by Russia in a prisoner exchange on Wednesday, has been condemned by Moscow as a murderer but was rapturously received as a national hero back home.
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Syria's Raqa: IS bastion along the Euphrates
Here are key points regarding Raqa, the northern city that serves as the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria.
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New Israeli defence minister's tough talk to be put to the test
Israel's newly named Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has pledged harsh actions against Palestinians, but there are doubts over whether the hardliner will be able to translate his provocative political rhetoric into concrete action.
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Iraq: from IS gains to the battle for Fallujah
Events in Iraq from the breakthrough by Islamic State group (IS) fighters in 2014 to the government counter-attack.
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