World News Digest
Hundreds of slave fishermen saved from Indonesia after being forced to catch fish
Hundreds of fishermen were rescued today from the isolated Indonesian island where many were enslaved to catch seafood that could end up in western restaurants.
Look familiar? Groundhog Day musical to open on Broadway in 2017
It’s going to be “Groundhog Day” on Broadway. A musical version of the story about an arrogant weather forecaster forced to live the...
Kenya families mourn Garissa victims as video emerges of terror attack
Video has emerged of the massacre at a university campus in north-eastern Kenya in which 147 people were killed by Islamist extremists.
'Anti-Muslim' Hitler bus adverts cause uproar in Philadelphia
Controversial ads showing a photograph of Adolf Hitler with a former Arab leader have started appearing on Philadelphia transit buses.
Why cleaning with bleach could be to blame for childrens’ infections
Families have been warned that using bleach to clean the home could be to blame for higher rates of infection in children.
Second black box confirms that Lubitz accelerated plane into Alps mountain
Data from the second black box found in the wreckage of the Germanwings flight that crashed last week in the French Alps confirm the co-pilot acted deliberately,...
No big winners or losers in Britain’s historic seven-way TV election debate
Britain’s economy may be growing, but the main televised leaders’ debate of its election was held in the shadow of the Great Recession.
Yemen rebels quit Aden palace after air raids: senior official
Rebel forces withdrew from Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s palace in his former southern stronghold Aden early Friday after overnight air...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
Nearly a year into the conflict in Ukraine, the extent of Moscow’s direct involvement has become clear: They may wear camouflage, but the Russians’...
Death row inmate in Alabama to be freed after nearly 30 years
An inmate in the U.S. state of Alabama who has spent nearly 30 years on death row will go free Friday after prosecutors told a judge there is not enough...
Man wearing pilot uniform to cut airport line gets probation
A pilot who was fired from Cathay Pacific Airlines won’t go to jail for wearing his former employer’s uniform and badge to bypass security...
Alabama death row inmate to be freed after nearly 30 years
An Alabama inmate who spent nearly 30 years on death row will go free Friday after prosecutors told a judge there is not enough evidence to link him to...
U.S. Judge orders California to pay for inmate’s sex change
A federal judge on Thursday ordered California’s corrections department to provide a transgender inmate with sex reassignment surgery, the first...
China’s ex-security chief charged with bribery, abuse of power: Xinhua
Chinese authorities have formally charged former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang with bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of state...
Bloody Good Friday crucifixions to begin in Philippines
Devotees in the fervently Catholic Philippines were set to nail themselves to crosses and whip their backs bloody on Friday in extreme acts of devotion...
Mexico City: 007 film ‘Spectre’ good for business in capital
Mexico City officials said Thursday that recent filming for the upcoming James Bond movie “Spectre” was a business boon for the capital’s...
Pope washes feet of prisoners in untraditional Holy Thursday celebration
Pope Francis, saying he wanted to be a servant of society’s neediest, presided at a Holy Thursday ceremony where he washed and kissed the feet of...
Bruising week for Syria’s Assad as troops suffer losses
It was a bruising week for Syria’s Bashar Assad. The rapid collapse of his forces on two fronts in the north and south brought the opposition its...
With surge, Yemen rebels appear to be more than mere ‘Iranian proxies’
Yemeni rebels seized President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s palace in his former southern stronghold Aden Thursday, dealing a symbolic blow to the self-exiled...
Trawler sinking off Russia kills 56, dozens rescued
A fishing trawler sank in freezing waters off Russia’s Far East on Thursday, killing at least 56 people and setting off a frantic search for survivors...
Second Alps black box found as it emerges co-pilot researched suicide
Investigators say they have found the second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps last week. They are hoping it...
Second Alps crash black box found as details emerge co-pilot researched suicide
Investigators say they have found the second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps last week. They are hoping it...
15 killed and Christian hostages taken as gunmen storm Kenyan university
An “unknown number of student hostages” have been taken by masked terrorists who have killed at least 15 people after storming a university...
At least 56 dead after Russian trawler sinks in freezing Pacific
A Russian trawler with an international crew of 132 people has sunk in the Pacific, killing at least 56 crew. The boat is said to have gone down so...
Drilling finds oil and gas off Falklands as Argentina marks war anniversary
Two British companies have revealed they have made the first oil and gas discovery at a well off the Falkland Islands after a nine-month drilling campaign. Premier...
Students held hostage in Kenya university attack
Al-Shabab gunmen attacked a college in northeast Kenya early Thursday, targeting Christians and killing at least 15 people and wounding 60 others, witnesses...
Playing a sorry tuna: Only one bluefin remains after mass deaths in aquarium
Experts have been left baffled after nearly 160 fish mysteriously died in an aquarium at a Japanese sea life park in the last four months. Just one...
14 killed and hostages taken as masked gunmen storm Kenyan university
An “unknown number of student hostages” have been taken by masked terrorists who have killed at least 14 people after storming a university...
Yemen rebels take central Aden district in blow to Saudi campaign
Yemen’s Houthi fighters and their allies seized a central Aden district on Thursday, residents said, striking a heavy blow to the Saudi-led coalition...
Mobile phones found in debris of crashed Germanwings plane
Investigators say they have found mobile phones among the debris of the German passenger jet that crashed in the French Alps. However, the devices...
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