World News Digest
Indonesian court rejects last-ditch appeal by Australian death-row convict
An Indonesian court rejected a last-ditch challenge by Australian drug convict Andrew Chan and fellow Australian Myuran Sukumaran, who are facing execution...
Indonesia to rule on appeal by death row Australian drug convicts
An Indonesian court will rule on Monday on an appeal against President Joko Widodo’s refusal of clemency for two Australian drug convicts who are...
Japan’s centenarian notches up world swim record
A 100-year-old Japanese woman has become the world’s first centenarian to complete a 1,500-metre freestyle swim, 20 years after she took up the sport.
Chile flood toll rises amid growing fears for missing
At least 25 people are dead and 125 others are still missing in the north of Chile as flash floods across the Atacama area, home to the world’s driest...
Prince Harry arrives in Australia to begin month-long stint with Army
Prince Harry has reported for duty with the Australian Army after being greeted by hundreds of well-wishers upon his arrival in the country for a month-long...
Yemen set for vital aid amid calls for a pause in airstrikes
Aid workers are set to take vital medical supplies into conflict-hit Yemen after the Saudi-led military coalition approved the move, the International...
Indonesia to rule on last-ditch appeal by death row Australian drug convicts
An Indonesian court will rule on Monday on an appeal against President Joko Widodo’s refusal of clemency for two Australian drug convicts who are...
Bill Maher compares Zayn Malik to the Boston marathon bomber
American satirist Bill Maher found himself on the receiving end of One Direction fans’ fury after comparing former boy band member Zayn Malik to...
Bill Maher compared Zayn Malik to the Boston marathon bomber
American satirist Bill Maher found himself on the receiving end of One Direction fans’ fury after comparing former boy band member Zayn Malik to...
Britain’s Prince Harry arrives in Australia to begin month-long stint with Army
Prince Harry has reported for duty with the Australian Army after being greeted by hundreds of well-wishers upon his arrival in the country for a month-long...
WWI graffiti sheds light on soldiers’ experience
The inscription, “James Cockburn 8th Durham L.I.” is cut so clean it could have been left yesterday.
Ceasefire? Yemen rebels ready to talk without Saudi-backed leader
Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement is ready to resume talks to resolve the country’s crisis if the Saudi-led military coalition stops airstrikes,...
Afghan woman killed by mob becomes icon for justice, rights
The name of Farkhunda, beaten to death by a frenzied mob apparently in the mistaken belief that she had burned a Quran, has become a rallying cry for Afghans...
Kenya says government official’s son was among gunmen in Garissa attack
One of the gunmen who slaughtered 148 people at a college in Kenya was identified Sunday as the law-school-educated son of a Kenyan government official,...
Kenyan church services guarded by army following university attack
After al Shabaab gunmen massacred nearly 150 people at a Kenyan university on Thursday, singling out Christians for point-blank executions, churches in...
Video shows daredevil Prince Harry rolling a Spitfire over Isle of Wight
Video has been released of Prince Harry performing a dramatic roll in a Spitfire over the chalk cliffs of southern England.
Ankara’s controversial mayor erects huge robot statue
A massive statue of a “Transformers” style robot that went on display in Ankara this week was not an elaborate April Fool’s joke, as...
Downton Abbey spin-off may keep the Dowager Countess on TV screens
Downton Abbey fans upset that the show is bowing out soon will be pleased to hear that the Dowager Countess may live on in a spin-off.
Recipient of second artificial heart says he’s back on his bike
A man who in August became the second person to receive a much-hyped new-generation artificial heart said in his first interview Sunday he had “recovered”...
Study of WWI graffiti in French caves sheds light on soldiers’ experience
Naours’ underground city is a 3-kilometre (2-mile) -long complex of tunnels with hundreds of chambers dug out over centuries in the chalky Picardy...
2,000 refugees evacuated from Syria’s Yarmouk after IS advance
Around 2,000 people have been evacuated from the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus after the Islamic State group seized large parts of it, a...
The secret to success at the Iran nuclear talks: a schoolroom whiteboard
In a hi-tech age of gadgets and gizmos, a simple whiteboard found in classrooms around the world was the tool that helped negotiators seal the complex...
Historic Obama-Castro meeting may take place at Panama summit
Raul Castro, who took control of the 11-million-strong still nominally Communist island from his brother Fidel seven years ago, has confirmed he will be...
Cern’s Large Hadron Collider restarts with sights set on dark matter
It’s a great day for particle physics fans: After a two-year hiatus, researchers and engineers have restarted the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
After Islamist attack, armed guards shield Kenyan churches
After al Shabaab gunmen massacred nearly 150 people at a Kenyan university on Thursday, singling out Christians for point-blank executions, churches in...
Kenya vows retaliation against al Shabaab after university massacre
Somalia’s Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab warned of more attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garissa University College that killed 148 people. The...
Storm brewing: Campaign to save Titanic’s guiding light
A storm is brewing on the coast of Northern Ireland over plans to replace the antique lamp in a lighthouse with a cheaper LED version.
Typhoon Maysak melts away as it hits Philippines
A super typhoon dissolved into a tropical depression and made landfall in the Philippines Sunday, forecasters said, easing fears after thousands of residents...
Bonfire of the vanities? Chinese offerings go up in smoke
Gleaming gold watches and smartphones are piled high in a ramshackle Chinese farmhouse - all replicas made of paper and designed to be incinerated, as...
Saudi-led Yemen air strikes continue despite Red Cross pleas for ceasefire
Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid...
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