World News Digest
At least ten killed in car bombs at two Baghdad hotels
Car bombs at two hotels in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, have killed at least 10 people, with dozens more wounded.
Qaeda-led rebels take Idlib’s last Syria regime bastion
The Syrian army has pulled back from the northwestern city of Ariha after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the last city in Idlib province in northwestern...
US indicts 15 Chinese in university cheating scam
The United States has indicted 15 people from China with fraud and conspiracy over a four-year scam to fake entry tests into American universities in what...
Kenyan offers 50 cows, 30 goats, 70 sheep to marry Malia Obama
Since he set his eyes on U.S. President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, a Kenyan lawyer has been hoping it would turn out to be a match made...
Cameron says EU status quo ‘not good enough’
David Cameron has called for “flexible and imaginative” reforms in the European Union during a whistlestop tour of Europe to lobby for changes...
Beijing accuses U.S. of stoking South China Sea tensions, defends development
Responding to sharply-worded comments from the U.S. defense secretary, China on Thursday defended its building of artificial islands in the South China...
Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a ‘state secret’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday banned the release of information about troop deaths in “special operations” during peacetime,...
Asia’s migrant crisis meeting unlikely to yield solutions
A meeting in Bangkok on Friday about Southeast Asia’s migrant crisis is unlikely to produce a binding agreement or plan of action to save thousands...
Platini: UEFA ready to boycott 2018 World Cup if Blatter remains in power
The head of UEFA, Michel Platini, refused to rule out the prospect of European teams boycotting the 2018 World Cup finals if Sepp Blatter remains as FIFA...
Greece appeals for EU help as migrants from Syria and Afghanistan arrive in scores
Greece has asked the European Union for help in dealing with the thousands of migrants who have arrived on its shores in recent months. According...
Blatter rejects UEFA call to quit as FIFA boss because ‘it’s too late to do so’
The head of UEFA, Michel Platini, has confirmed that he asked Sepp Blatter to resign as FIFA president on Thursday - but he refused to do so. Speaking...
France honours resistance heroes in rare event at Pantheon in Paris
France has paid tribute to four of its citizens who joined the Resistance against the Nazis in World War Two by inducting them into the Pantheon mausoleum...
Whodunnit? Victim of a 430,000-year-old murder discovered in Spain
It is the ultimate cold case file - a death 430,000 years ago that may be the first confirmed murder in human history. Scientists used modern forensic...
Blatter chairs crisis meeting as FIFA execs quizzed over World Cup 2018/2022 votes
Sepp Blatter has chaired a crisis meeting with football leaders in Zurich, amid growing calls for him to resign as FIFA president. He called together...
FIFA execs questioned on 2018/2022 World Cups as Blatter chairs crisis meeting
Swiss police are set to question 10 senior FIFA executives over the decision to award World Cups to Russia and Qatar as a corruption scandal engulfs football’s...
FIFA execs questioned on 2018/2022 World Cups as Blatter chairs crisis meeting
Swiss police are set to question 10 senior FIFA executives over the decision to award World Cups to Russia and Qatar as a corruption scandal engulfs football’s...
VIDEO: Slowest car chase ever? Drug dealer on the ‘run’ from police at 10mph
A suspected drug dealer found himself swarmed by a SWAT team after leading police on a snail’s-pace car chase through parts of Texas. Footage...
Plane plunges 13,000ft as engines fail during storm over South China Sea
A Singapore Airlines passenger plane carrying 194 people dropped 13,000ft after both engines lost power in a “huge storm”. The Airbus...
Scary discovery: Lab workers find live anthrax shipped by U.S. military
Four U.S. lab workers and as many as 22 people at a South Korea military base may have been exposed to anthrax after the American military accidentally...
Step down Sepp: FA boss Dyke insists ‘nobody trusts FIFA with Blatter in charge’
The head of English football has called for Sepp Blatter to step down as FIFA President in a bid to restore the damaged image of the game. Football...
You’re out of your depth: Australia’s search for MH370 under scrutiny
More than a year after embarking on a multi-million dollar quest to solve one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries, authorities and search teams...
Dollar soars to 124.25 yen, highest in more than 12 years
The dollar soared to its highest level against the yen in more than 12 years on Thursday, powered by expectations for a US interest rate hike and more...
U.S. military mistakenly ships live anthrax to labs in 9 states
The U.S. military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine U.S.
English football chairman says Blatter must go
The chairman of the English Football Association says FIFA President Sepp Blatter should leave his job immediately in the wake of the string of corruption...
All at sea: Australia’s search for MH370 under scrutiny
Nearly a year after embarking on a multi-million dollar quest to solve one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries, authorities and search teams...
India tipped to overtake China in Modi’s first year despite sluggish feel
Celebrating his first year in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has basked in the success of transforming India into the fastest growing major economy.
EU asks member states to admit 40,000 asylum seekers
The EU on Wednesday asked its member states to admit 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea landing in Italy and Greece, which have been overstretched...
Report: IRS tax information hack traced to Russia
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service believes the theft of about 100,000 taxpayers’ personal data from its computer system originated in Russia, according...
Saudi-led assault kills about 100 in deadliest bombings of Yemen war
Saudi-led air strikes killed about 100 people near Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia and in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, residents said, the deadliest...
Blair to leave Middle East envoy post after years of struggling diplomacy
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is standing down as the Quartet representative in the Middle East, the organization said on Wednesday, after eight...
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