World News Digest
Soldiers kills three comrades in Tunis barracks before being shot dead
A Tunisian soldier has been shot dead after opening fire on comrades, killing an officer and two others. Another 15 soldiers were injured in the attack...
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson suffers suspected heart attack
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson has been admitted to hospital after a suspected heart attack. "The First Minister felt unwell...
D.C. cops destroy pressure cooker in suspicious vehicle
A U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman says a bomb squad safely destroyed a pressure cooker found in a “suspicious” vehicle left unattended near...
Massacre: Syria says Islamic State killed hundreds in Palmyra
Islamic State fighters have killed at least 400 people, including women and children, in Palmyra since capturing the ancient Syrian city four days ago,...
Comedian and actress Anne Meara dies at 85
Anne Meara, the loopy, lovable comedian who launched a standup career with husband Jerry Stiller in the 1950s and found success as an actress in films,...
Malaysia finds 139 graves in extensive migrant ‘detention’ camps
Malaysian authorities have found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by...
Ex-Israeli PM Olmert sentenced to 8 months in prison
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S.
Ben Stiller’s moher Anne Meara, actress and comedian, dies
Anne Meara, the loopy, lovable comedian who launched a standup career with husband Jerry Stiller in the 1950s and found success as an actress in films,...
China takes officials to prison as warning: report
Chinese officials have been sent on prison tours visiting inmates including former colleagues as a warning against corruption, state-run media said on...
Police: Pressure cooker from suspicious DC vehicle destroyed
A U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman says a bomb squad has safely destroyed a pressure cooker found in a “suspicious” vehicle left unattended...
Flash floods in Texas, Oklahoma kill 2, leave hundreds homeless
Record rainfall wreaked havoc across Texas and the Midwest on Sunday, causing flash floods in normally dry riverbeds, spawning tornadoes and forcing at...
Syria says Islamic State kills hundreds, including children, in Palmyra
Islamic State fighters have killed at least 400 people, including women and children, in Palmyra since capturing the ancient Syrian city four days ago,...
Families await 42 bodies, answers after Mexico gunfight
Families of 42 criminal suspects killed in a gunfight with federal forces in western Mexico picked up bodies at a morgue and angrily denounced the “massacre." Around...
Ben Stiller’s mom Anne Meara, actress and comedian, dies
Anne Meara, the loopy, lovable comedian who launched a standup career with husband Jerry Stiller in the 1950s and found success as an actress in films,...
New parties shake Spain’s political system in local vote
Voters punished Spain’s mainstream political parties in local elections Sunday as many people switched their allegiance to new parties that campaigned...
Female peace activists cross Korean Demilitarised Zone
An international group of female activists, including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates, were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized...
China readies national carbon market to fight climate change
The lights from the Beijing Environment Exchange — one of seven pilot markets in China for trading carbon — raises questions for the country...
Upset in Poland: New president heralds shift to the right
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat in the county’s presidential election Sunday after an exit poll showed him trailing Andrzej...
Abandoned underground station used by Churchill awaits new tenant
An abandoned Underground station used by Winston Churchill as a bunker during World War II could become London’s latest go-to bar or gallery under...
Female peace activists make rare crossing of North-South Korea border
An international group of female activists, including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates, were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized...
A Beautiful Mind genius John F. Nash Jr. and wife killed in taxi crash
John Forbes Nash Jr, the Nobel Prize winning mathematician whose life was the subject of the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Life, has been killed in a...
Cannes comes to a close with awarding of Palme d'Or prize tonight
After nearly two weeks of showing stirring, sleek and thought-provoking movies – and a couple of duds – the Cannes Film Festival ends this...
Greece ‘does not have the money’ to make June IMF repayment
Greece cannot make debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month unless it achieves a deal with creditors, its interior minister...
Woman uses obituary to say Brady innocent in ‘Deflategate’
A Massachusetts woman has used her own obituary to convey a final message on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal.
Abandoned Tube station used by Churchill awaits new tenant
An abandoned Underground station used by Winston Churchill as a bunker during World War II could become London’s latest go-to bar or gallery under...
Mass graves of suspected trafficking victims found in Malaysia
Mass graves and suspected human trafficking detention camps have been discovered by Malaysian police in towns and villages bordering Thailand, the country’s...
Catholic Church needs a ‘reality check’, says Archbishop of Dublin
The Archbishop of Dublin has said the Catholic Church needs a “reality check” following Ireland’s landslide vote to legalise gay marriage.
Leaked California pipeline was missing automatic shut-off valve
The pipeline that leaked thousands of gallons of oil on the California coast was the only pipe of its kind in the U.S.
Women activists cross DMZ to mixed reception on South Korean side
A group of international women activists crossed the heavily-fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea on Sunday in what they said...
Iraq claws back land from IS near Ramadi after bloody battle
Iraqi forces retook territory from the Islamic State group east of Ramadi late Saturday night, commanders said, in their first counterattack since the...
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