India’s Adanis agree to pay $18m to settle civil fraud case in the US
The US securities regulator had accused the Adanis of paying bribes and misleading investors, which they denied.
Brutal raid on woman’s birthday party highlights rise of Russian vigilante group
The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening “traditional Russian values”.
US Supreme Court restores abortion pill access for now
Abortion pills are the most common method of terminating pregnancies in the US.
BBC on the ground during march through Jerusalem’s Old City
Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through the area captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Five Italians die during cave dive in Maldives
Italy says the incident happened at a depth of 50m. Maldivian rescuers have so far found one body.
Hundreds of illegal motorbikes bulldozed in New York City crime crackdown
A moped had been used in the deadly stray-bullet shooting of a 7-month-old in Brooklyn last month, officials said.
‘We didn’t die’: Pilot recounts crash landing in Atlantic with 10 aboard
The 11 survivors spent roughly five hours on a life raft before being rescued by the US Air Force off Florida coast.
War criminal Ratko Mladić’s jail release request denied
A UN judge admits the 84-year-old is “in the final stages of his life”, but says prison conditions in The Hague ensure his maximum comfort.
Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand
The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.
Warning of record global temperatures
Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows
