Libya’s Football League to enter finals

The teams of Al-Ahli and Al-Naser from the eastern region's group 1 have qualified to the five-team final round of the Libyan Football League with 18 points and 17 points respectively as the first and second top teams.In the second…

Tens of injuries in a train hit a tree in southern France

Dozens of people were hurt, eight of them seriously, when a regional train hit a tree uprooted during a hailstorm in the south of France.Witnesses said one passenger had been thrown out of the train by the force of the crash, at…

Militants cell killed in Moscow by Russian special forces

A special forces raid in St Petersburg and an attack by gunmen near Moscow have left at least six suspected militants dead, officials say.Four were killed at a block of flats in St Petersburg, as special forces searched for North…

Top North Korean diplomat defects to South Korea

A top North Korean diplomat who disappeared from the country's embassy in London has defected to South Korea, officials in Seoul have confirmed.Thae Yong-ho and his family are under the government's protection, a South Korean…

Viruses are more dangerous to health in the morning

Viruses are more dangerous when they infect their victims in the morning, a University of Cambridge study suggests.The findings, published in PNAS, showed viruses were 10 times more successful if the infection started in the…