World News Digest
Kurds oust IS from Syria’s Kobane as civilian toll mounts
Islamic State fighters who launched a surprise attack on a Syrian border town massacred more than 200 civilians, including women and children, before they...
More than 200 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park
More than 200 people were injured, over 90 of them seriously, in an explosion at a water park outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei Saturday after coloured...
French attack suspect grilled as gruesome ‘selfie’ emerges
French police questioned a suspected Islamist Saturday about an attack in which the man displayed his boss’s severed head, as it emerged he may have...
Greece’s future in balance as creditors reject aid extension
Greece’s place in the euro currency bloc looked increasingly shaky on Saturday after eurozone nations rejected a month-long extension to its bailout...
Tunisia pledges tough security post-attack, as tourists flee
Tunisia’s prime minister announced on Saturday a string of new security measures including closing renegade mosques and calling up army reservists...
EU loses patience with Greece and refuses to extend bailout deadline
Eurozone finance ministers have refused to extend Greece’s bailout programme beyond Tuesday, when a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) IMF payment is due. The...
Thousands of tourists flee Tunisia terror attack as British death toll rises to 15
Thousands of UK holidaymakers are fleeing Tunisia in the aftermath of the beach resort massacre that left at least 15 British people dead. Foreign...
Thousands of tourists flee Tunisia as British death toll in terror attack rises
Thousands of UK holidaymakers are fleeing Tunisia in the aftermath of the beach resort massacre that left at least eight British people dead. Tour...
Kuwait-bound plane diverted to Heathrow passenger falls ill
A plane travelling from New York to Kuwait City declared a state of emergency over Belgium and had to be diverted to the UK on Saturday morning.
Chris Christie goes live with Presidential campaign site ahead of announcement
Republican Chris Christie’s political team has gone live with a presidential campaign website days before he jumps into the 2016 race.
Germany says Greek move for referendum marks an end to talks
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says that by calling for a referendum on the creditors’ proposals to keep Greece solvent — and by...
French police interrogate attack suspect after grisly decapitation
French police interrogated a suspected Islamist Saturday as they tried to piece together an attack in which the man put his boss’s severed head on...
Kuwait-bound plane diverted to Heathrow after six passengers fall ill
A plane travelling from New York to Kuwait City declared a state of emergency over Belgium and had to be diverted to the UK on Saturday morning.
Deformed mutt is crowned World’s Ugliest Dog
A 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects left him a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog...
Cosby lawyer: Unsealing court docs would be ‘terribly embarrassing’
A lawyer for Bill Cosby argued that unsealing court documents from a 2005 Pennsylvania sexual assault case filed against the comedian would cause severe...
British tour operators send planes to evacuate tourists from Tunisia
British tour operators Thomson and First Choice sent 10 planes to evacuate tourists from Tunisia on Saturday after 39 people including at least five Britons...
U.S. gay couples prepare to wed on historic day as conservatives resist
Benjamin Moore and Tadd Roberts wore matching tuxedos to the county clerk’s office in Louisville to get married Friday, and the mayor greeted them...
Ben Affleck to give FIFA scandal the Hollywood movie treatment
Actor-director Ben Affleck is to help produce a feature film about the corruption scandal that has rocked world soccer and its governing body FIFA, the...
Developing: Kuwait-bound plane in ‘state of emergency’ diverted to UK’s Heathrow
A plane travelling from New York to Kuwait City has declared a state of emergency and has diverted to the UK, reports say.
This five-minute blood test that could signal the end of Ebola epidemics
A 15-minute, on-the-spot blood test for Ebola was as accurate in a patient trial as the most widely-used laboratory-based test, its U.S.-based developers...
Greek PM calls referendum on bailout proposal for July 5
Alexis Tsipras has hit out at controversial EU bailout extension deal as he announced plans for a referendum on the proposals. The Greek prime minister...
Greek PM calls referendum on bailout for July 5
Greece will hold a referendum on July 5 to decide whether the country should accept or reject a bailout agreement offered by creditors, Prime Minister...
Migration plan exposes EU rifts, tough bargaining ahead
Hours of late-night squabbling in Europe’s highest council of state left EU leaders licking political wounds on Friday and preparing for weeks of...
Extremists storm AU base in Somalia, leaving many dead
Islamic militants from the Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group attacked a remote African Union base in Somalia on Friday, causing many casualties, the AU mission...
Greece, creditors edging closer to rescue deal
Greece and its rescue creditors edged closer to a deal on loans needed to avoid a potentially disastrous bankruptcy, but angry objections in Athens to...
FIFA president Blatter says he has not resigned: Report
Sepp Blatter has said that he “did not resign” as FIFA president, according to a report by the Swiss newspaper Blick.
For Blatter or worse: I did not resign as Fifa chief, insists Sepp
World football is facing more turmoil after Sepp Blatter said he has not resigned as Fifa president.
Gunmen kill 28 tourists in attack on two Tunisian seaside hotels
At least 28 people of six different nationalities have been killed in an attack on a tourist hotel in the Tunisian beach resort of Sousse, an interior...
Greek PM accuses lenders of blackmail ahead of weekend eurozone talks
The Greek Prime Minister has accused his country’s creditors of “blackmail” - and has vowed to fight for mutual respect from the European...
IS claims deadly blast at Shi'ite mosque in Kuwait’s capital
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that struck a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital after Friday prayers.
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