Craig Taylor

The US spends $ 9m a day on the war against Islamic State and the cost of the bombing campaign in total is more than $ 2.7bn, says Pentagon.
BBC News – Middle East

Paraguay ends diplomatic immunity for the offices of South America’s Conmebol football association, with top officials facing US corruption charges.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French prosecutors announce a preliminary investigation into whether manslaughter charges should be brought over the Germanwings plane crash.
BBC News – Europe

South Yorkshire Police will not be investigated over its handling of violent clashes between miners and officers at Orgreave coking plant in 1984, the police watchdog says.
BBC News – UK

A policeman who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio, should be charged with murder, a judge has ruled.
BBC News – US & Canada

The South African recipient of the world’s first penile transplant is to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

Often times, volunteering can be a therapeutic experience – especially when a day of volunteering is spent with our furry, four-legged fr
Oklahoma City Thunder

The government plans to sell its stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Chancellor George Osborne announces in his annual Mansion House speech.
BBC News – Business

Two assailants are killed in an attempted suicide bomb attack at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, one of Egypt’s most popular tourist sites, police say.
BBC News – Middle East

The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup is postponed amid allegations surrounding the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Campaigners fighting a decision to take a paralysed man off life support have sparked controversy in France by releasing a video of him in hospital.
BBC News – Europe

A man is charged with murder following the discovery of a woman’s torso inside a suitcase.
BBC News – UK

The United States is to send up to 450 military advisers to Iraq to help train local forces fighting Islamic State, President Obama says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Africa’s leaders sign a deal to create the continent’s largest free-trade zone, covering 26 countries in an area from Cape Town to Cairo.
BBC News – Africa

In a rush of unbridled joy, a mob of 10 to 16 year olds swarmed the triumphant camper immediately after one of their own converted the ba
Oklahoma City Thunder

Payments using the new Apple Pay system are likely to be limited to £20 when it launches in the UK in July, the BBC understands.
BBC News – Business

The brutality and oppression of life under IS is revealed by exclusive video and testimony from Iraq’s second city of Mosul, a year after it fell.
BBC News – Middle East

A woman goes on trial in France for allegedly operating a scam in which thousands of Chileans paid millions to make a supposedly “magic cheese” for use in cosmetics.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Cash-strapped Greece submits a revised reform plan to the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
BBC News – Europe

HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, has announced plans to cut up to 25,000 jobs globally and rename its UK branches.
BBC News – UK