IN BRIEF (Page 12)

DPRK's first air show wows residents and foreign visitors

Now here's something you don't see every day: an F-16 fighter jet buzzing through the skies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and launching - fireworks.

Indonesia struggles to tap volcano power

Columns of steam shoot from the ground at an Indonesian power plant sitting in the shadow of an active volcano, as energy is tapped from the red-hot underbelly of the archipelago.

Video of police shooting in Charlotte is released

Newly released police video of a black man's fatal shooting, sought by protesters for days, isn't settling questions about whether the man threatened police with a gun before he was felled by a black officer.

Hundreds mourn man killed by Tulsa officer

Hundreds of mourners packed a church for a funeral honoring an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer.

In battle for Mosul, many forces driven by dozens of motives

An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic State group.

Sagging sake market pushes producers to seek sales abroad

Ozawa Shuzo brewery hums with activity as boxed bottles of sake are loaded onto trucks. But with the domestic market shrinking, more and more of it is bound for burgeoning overseas markets where the centuries old drink is all the rage.

Jihadist who razed Timbuktu tombs readies for judgment

War crimes judges will deliver a historic judgment on Tuesday against a Malian jihadist who admitted attacking Timbuktu's fabled shrines, in a case which could send a strong message against cultural destruction.

Writer shot dead before trial over cartoon

A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion after sharing on social media a caricature seen as insulting Islam, witnesses and state media said.

Police capture mall shooting gunman

Authorities have arrested a Turkish-born man suspected of shooting five people dead, including a teenaged cancer survivor, at a shopping mall in the US state of Washington.

Nation sees a surge in illegal immigration

Mexican immigration authorities said on Saturday they have been hit by a surge of almost 5,000 Haitian, African and Asian migrants entering by the southern border in just a few days.

Corbyn: Earthy leftwing leader who splits Labour

Opposed by most of his MPs and lionised by grassroots activists, socialist Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected on Saturday as leader of Britain's opposition Labour, but takes his party into an increasingly uncertain future.