World News Digest
Mysterious fairy circles in Namib desert share skin cell characteristics
Dotting the arid grasslands of Namibia, fairy circles have long baffled scientists as to how these round grassy patches form and why they disappear for...
Exhibition honours Polish couple who saved Jews at Warsaw zoo
It was World War II, Warsaw was under German occupation, and the wife of the director of the Warsaw zoo spotted Nazis approaching the white stucco villa...
Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese Grand Prix as tempers on team fray
Lewis Hamilton has won the Chinese Grand Prix for the second year running, holding off Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in a race that finished under the...
Armenian slaughter was ‘first genocide of 20th century’ says Pope Francis
In a move likely to severely strain diplomatic ties with Turkey, Pope Francis has described the mass murder of Armenians as “genocide”.
Dilemma: Rapper Nelly arrested after meth and guns found on tour bus
Rapper and reality TV star Nelly is facing felony drug charges after being arrested in Tennessee on Saturday.
China orders media giant Sina to ‘improve censorship’ or be shut down
China’s government has threatened to shut down Sina, one of the country’s most popular news websites unless it “improves censorship”,...
Anger runs deep a year after South Korea Sewol ferry tragedy
South Koreans mark the first anniversary this week of the Sewol ferry disaster which scarred the national psyche and left a legacy of bitterness, mistrust...
Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists: NATO
NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung...
Exhibition honours Polish couple who saved Jews at Warsaw zoo
It was World War II, Warsaw was under German occupation, and the wife of the director of the Warsaw zoo spotted Nazis approaching the white stucco villa...
Spieth sets 54-hole Masters record to lead by four
Jordan Spieth sank a clutch nine-foot par putt on the 18th hole Saturday to set the 54-hole Masters scoring record and take a four-shot lead into Sunday’s...
Bangladesh braces for protests after Islamist’s execution
Bangladesh braced for protests and fresh violence Sunday after a senior official of the largest Islamist party was executed on charges of crimes against...
Bangladesh executes Islamist party official for war crimes
Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence...
UN envoy sees Syria willing to help ease Yarmouk crisis
A U.N. envoy said on Saturday he was confident the Syrian government would cooperate in alleviating the situation facing some 18,000 people in a Palestinian...
Kenya orders UN to move massive Somali refugee camp
Kenya has given the United Nations three months to remove a camp housing more than half a million Somali refugees, as part of a get-tough response to the...
Gunmen kill 20 sleeping dam construction workers in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range after identifying...
Oldest Neanderthal DNA found in Italian skeleton
The calcite-encrusted skeleton of an ancient human, still embedded in rock deep inside a cave in Italy, has yielded the oldest Neanderthal DNA ever found.
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death
An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other senior members of the group to death for inciting chaos...
Too soon: Boston not a fan of potential marathon bombing movie
Two words: too soon.That’s the overwhelming reaction to actor Mark Wahlberg’s plans to produce “Patriots’ Day,” a feature...
Scientists recover oldest Neanderthal DNA from Italian skeleton
The calcite-encrusted skeleton of an ancient human, still embedded in rock deep inside a cave in Italy, has yielded the oldest Neanderthal DNA ever found.
Dogs trained to detect prostate cancer with more than 90% accuracy
Dogs have a 98% reliability rate in sniffing out prostate cancer in men. That’s according to a study carried out by the Department of Urology at...
Ranulph Fiennes completes ‘toughest footrace on Earth’ at 71
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has completed a marathon in the South Moroccan desert, becoming the oldest Briton to finish the competition.
Afghan aid workers found dead; 100 students hospitalised after meal
Authorities in western Afghanistan are investigating whether 100 schoolboys who were hospitalised on Saturday were poisoned, police said, a day after five...
Explorer Ranulph Fiennes completes ‘toughest footrace on Earth’ at 71
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has completed a marathon in the South Moroccan desert, becoming the oldest Briton to finish the competition.
Nigerians vote for state governors and assemblies as tensions rise in south
Nigerians were on Saturday voting to choose new state governors and local assemblies, with the main opposition party tipped to build on its victory in...
Truck bomb wounds seven on Thai holiday island Koh Samui
An explosion in an underground car park at a shopping mall on the popular tourist island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand wounded seven people and damaged...
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader and 13 other members to death
An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie (pictured), the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other senior members of the group to death...
Gunmen kill 20 dam construction workers in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range after identifying...
France in showdown with the Vatican over gay Catholic ambassador
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat Laurent Stefanini as France’s ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green...
Rights groups: Tibetan nun sets herself on fire in protest
Overseas Tibetan rights groups say a nun has set herself on fire to protest Beijing’s control over the region in the latest in dozens of self-immolations...
Reducing salt significantly could be nearly impossible: study
A recent study is questioning the World Health Organization’s (WHO) dietary guidelines for sodium and potassium, saying it has set targets that are...
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