Top 5 - Fri, Aug, 28, 2015 - 00:00 GMT

Top 5 - Fri, Aug, 28, 2015 - 00:00 GMT

1. The US ambassador to the United Nations says Washington will be isolated and its influence diminished if Congress rejects the Iran nuclear deal.

2. The Palestinians ask the UN to allow their flag to be raised at the world body ahead of next month's meeting of heads of state.

3. In Turkey, at least eight people, including two children and a soldier, have been killed in clashes between Kurdish militants and security forces in the southeast.

4. At least nine Yemenis including a child are killed in fresh Saudi airstrikes. Meanwhile, several Saudi soldiers are killed in Yemeni retaliatory attacks.

5. 160 days on hunger strike. There are calls for the release of a jailed Bahraini opposition figure who is protesting collective punishment and police torture.


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