China

Asian markets experience a turbulent start to Tuesday as Chinese stocks tumbled for a second day, following ‘Black Monday’.

The Chinese government’s failure to take action sparks panic across global stock markets, with the FTSE 100 dipping to its lowest level since January 2013.

At least 50 people die and more than 700 are injured after two massive explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin. Chinese authorities promise action against those responsible for the accident.

A massive explosion erupts in the Chinese city of Tianjin and there are reports that many have been hospitalised.

Confirming that a wing part found on a Reunion Island beach earlier in the week is from missing flight MH370, the Malaysian transport minister says that a plane window has also been discovered.

After 12 years of talks, it seems Iran has agreed to scale back its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of UN sanctions that have crippled the country’s economy.

The no vote in Greece may be causing political shock and awe but stock markets in Europe reacted with relative calm this morning. The same, however, can’t be said for what has been happening in China.

Hundreds more bodies are recovered from a Chinese ship wreck after a cruiser capsized in the Yangtze river, leaving only 14 survivors so far.

US officials point the finger of blame at China after hackers break into US government computers, compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees.

The ship sank within two minutes and no distress call was issued, although the captain and chief engineer are reported to have survived the incident. They are currently being questioned by police.

A reported mass suicide attempt in Beijing shows several people lying on the pavement surrounded by onlookers, after apparently drinking pesticide in a busy shopping centre, writes Danny Vincent.

A mentally-ill British grandfather is among more than 19,000 people on death row in Pakistan, according to human rights group Amnesty International.