World News Digest
One month to deadline: Kerry, Zarif launch key nuclear talks in Geneva
Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif began key nuclear talks in Geneva on Saturday ahead of a June 30 deadline...
Worldwide growth: Islamic State’s reach expands to Asia and Africa
A growing number of extremist groups from Africa to Southeast Asia are shifting their allegiance to the Islamic State group, leading to greater risks for...
Newly elected Blatter slams FBI investigation and European ‘hate’ campaign
Sepp Blatter says he is “shocked” at the way the US judiciary has targeted FIFA and slammed a “hate” campaign by Europe’s...
Pentagon: Anthrax shipments broader than first thought
The Pentagon said that the Army’s mistaken shipments of live anthrax to research laboratories were more widespread than it initially reported, prompting...
‘Ebola will return’, veteran scientist warns
Congolese expert Jean-Jacques Muyembe may be little known to the public, but he has been one of the world’s top Ebola investigators since the first...
More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean Sea, 17 dead
The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of about 4,200 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea, but also found 17 corpses on several...
Belgium, Czech Republic rapped over smacking children
A top rights body on Friday said Belgium and the Czech Republic were violating a European treaty because they have not yet fully banned the smacking of...
Genetic glitch can predict response to new class of cancer drugs
Patients with colon and other cancers who have a specific defect in genes needed for DNA repair are far more likely to respond to a new class of drugs...
Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace has been sentenced to life in prison
A San Francisco man who created the underground drug-selling website Silk Road was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a judge who cited six deaths from...
Pentagon chief criticises Beijing’s South China Sea moves
China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea is out of step with international rules, and turning underwater land into airfields won’t expand...
Interpol: Islamic State group gains support in Africa, Asia
A growing number of extremist groups from Africa to Southeast Asia are shifting their allegiance to the Islamic State group, leading to greater risks for...
Chinese weaponry spotted on artificial island, U.S. says
U.S. surveillance detected two large artillery vehicles on one of the artificial islands that China is creating in the South China Sea, U.S.
No ‘miracle’ solution at Asian migrant crisis meeting
Thailand hosted a meeting of 17 countries Friday to address an alarming rise in the number of boat people in Southeast Asian waters.
IS claims suicide bombing on Shiite mosque in Saudi, 4 dead
A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the parking lot of a Shiite mosque during Friday prayers, killing four people in the second such...
U.S. drops Cuba from state terrorism list, paving the way for embassies
The State Department today removed Cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, paving the way for full diplomatic recognition and an opening of...
New Nigerian president seeks to crush ‘godless’ Boko Haram
New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vowed on Friday to eradicate the “mindless, godless” militant group Boko Haram and rescue hundreds...
Apple create temporary fix to malicious iPhone text that shuts it down
Apple has been forced to publish a temporary workaround for a bug which lets people crash iPhones using a text message. A bug in Apple’s operating...
Evacuation under way to rescue 140 people stranded on Japan volcano island
A volcano has erupted on the remote island of Kuchinoerabujima in southern Japan. Plumes of black smoke were seen rising high into the sky as lava...
Merkel gives UK hope of EU reform by telling Cameron: Where there’s a will…
Angela Merkel indicated support for David Cameron’s requests for EU reform even suggesting treaty change could be on the cards. The German Chancellor...
EA Sports chief hits out at ‘misogynistic vitriol’ surrounding FIFA 16
The boss of EA Sports has criticised the “misogynistic vitriol” that followed the firm’s announcement that women would feature in their...
Lung cancer treatment that could double survival rates unveiled by scientists
A new type of treatment could double the chances of survival for some patients suffering from the most common type of lung cancer, according to scientists. Drug...
New world order: Russia’s online propaganda machine turns to ‘Kremlin trolls’
The Kremlin has always dabbled in propaganda, but in the past year its troll campaign has gone into overdrive, adding hundreds of online operatives to...
Google ‘polishes’ Android system to make those phones even smarter
Google has unveiled how it plans to introduce virtual reality to the classroom and to YouTube this year, as well as the much rumoured new photo-sharing...
New world order: Russia’s online propaganda machine turns to ‘Kremlin trolls’
The Kremlin has always dabbled in propaganda, but in the past year its troll campaign has gone into overdrive, adding hundreds of online operatives to...
Russia steps up propaganda push with online “Kremlin trolls”
Deep inside a four-story marble building in St. Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at computers on the front lines of an information war, say those...
Volcano erupts on southern Japanese island
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting...
Thai official warns of ‘alarming level’ of boat people
Thailand’s Foreign Minister said Friday that the upsurge of boat people in Southeast Asia has reached an “alarming level,” and called...
Ex-FIFA vice-president Warner leaves jail in ambulance
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner left a Trinidad jail by ambulance Thursday, a day after he was charged in a U.S.
Ex-FIFA VP Warner leaves jail in ambulance
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner left a Trinidad jail by ambulance Thursday, a day after he was charged in a U.S.
South Korea to ban taxi services by private drivers in blow to Uber
South Korean lawmakers passed a bill early on Friday to ban taxi services provided by private drivers, marking what is likely the first nationwide legislation...
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