World News Digest

UAE, Bahrain lose 50 troops on deadliest day for Gulf in Yemen conflict
At least 50 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were killed in Yemen on Friday in the deadliest attack on Gulf Arab troops in the Saudi-led...
G20 finance chiefs meet to calm jitters over China slowdown
G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the world’s top 20 economies met in Turkey on Friday hoping to calm the nerves of markets rattled...
Holy See: Pope Francis pops into town to buy a new pair of glasses
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Thursday for a personal errand: New glasses.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu out of hospital after weeks of care
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu was discharged from hospital on Friday, his foundation said, after more than two weeks of medical care to treat a...
Bob Geldof offers to share his home with Syrian refugees
Bob Geldof has offered to accommodate four refugee families in his London and Kent homes.
Passenger ‘started fires’ on Egypt-bound Monarch flight
A passenger has been tackled by cabin crew after starting two small fires on board a holiday jet.
Hatton Garden: Pensioners admit part in $15m robbery of ‘impenetrable’ vault
Four men have admitted their role in plotting the Hatton Garden heist, which saw valuables worth more than $15m stolen.
Drowned migrant boys buried as Hungary warns of ‘mass inflow’ of refugees
In the Syrian town of Kobani, 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi was laid to rest today alongside his mother and 5-year-old brother, while Hungary’s leader told...
Islamic State blows up tower tombs in Syria’s Palmyra: antiquities chief
Islamic State has blown up three ancient tower tombs in the city of Palmyra, Syria’s antiquities chief said on Friday, continuing the destruction...
Holy See: Pope Francis pops into town to buy new specs
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Thursday for a personal errand: New glasses.
Three-man international crew – and 20 pieces of Lego – reach space station
A Russian Soyuz spaceship safely delivered a three-man international crew, including Denmark’s first astronaut, to the International Space Station...
Emotional plea of little Aylan’s aunt: Please don’t let any more children die
The aunt of drowned refugee boy Alyan Kurdi has made a impassioned plea for the world to pull together to resolve the migrant crisis. Tima Kurdi,...
‘Customs scam’ president spends night in jail after new leader is sworn in
Otto Perez Molina has spent his first night in custody after he quit as president of Guatemala to answer allegations over a multi-million-dollar fraud.
Two dead after small plane crashes into Californian driveway
A small plane grazed the roof of a California home and crashed in a driveway Thursday, killing two people onboard, authorities said.
65-year-old man mauled by a shark off east coast of Australia
A 65-year-old man was mauled by a shark off Australia’s most populous state on Friday, but managed to get back on his surf ski and get help on shore,...
Image of dead child on beach haunts and frustrates the world
The photo of the dead three-year-old Syrian boy on a Turkish beach is haunting. It captures everything we don’t want to see when we tap our phones...
Two British journalists accused of ‘helping terrorists’ are freed from jail
Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail.
Clerk stays in jail after she refuses to back down in gay marriage case
A defiant Christian clerk was jailed on Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples.
Fall movies show positive signs for LGBT roles in Hollywood
Ellen Page was first approached about the true-life gay rights drama “Freeheld” when she was 21, just coming off her breakthrough in “Juno.”...
South Carolina to seek death penalty in Charleston church massacre
South Carolina will seek the death penalty against the man charged in the June massacre of nine people at a Charleston church, court documents showed on...
With China quiet, U.S. market must prove it can heal itself
This is the first of five straight days when Chinese and U.S. stock markets will not be open on the same day.
Report on Ferguson unrest offers lessons in what not to do
The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Mo., last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations, according to a Justice Department...
With Trump signed on, GOP seeks loyalty pledge from other 2016 hopefuls
The Republican candidates for president started putting pen to paper on Thursday, pledging not to mount a third-party bid after news that frontrunner Donald...
Iran’s top leader: No nuclear deal unless sanctions lifted
Iran’s supreme leader said Thursday “there will be no deal” if world powers insist on suspending rather than lifting sanctions as part...
2 Vice News journalists freed from Turkish jail
Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail, a Turkish government official said Thursday.
Jailed Kentucky clerk refuses to compromise in gay marriage case
A defiant county clerk in Kentucky who has refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples says she will not accept a compromise that would have let...
New leader in Guatemala after ‘customs scam’ President resigns
Guatemala’s new president had only just occupied the vice president’s chair when he was promoted to the country’s top spot following...
Mel Gibson is cleared by police over scuffle with newspaper photographer
Mel Gibson has avoided prosecution over claims he shoved and abused a photographer who took photos of him and his new girlfriend.
Migrant father paid €4,000 for crossing … and watched his family drown one by one
The father of the three-year-old migrant whose body washed up on a Turkish beach paid €4,000 to a people smuggler to help his family flee to a better...
Migrant father paid €4,000 for boat trip … and watched his family drown one by one
The father of the three-year-old migrant whose body washed up on a Turkish beach paid €4,000 to a people smuggler to help his family flee to a better...

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