World News Digest
Amazon gets green light to test delivery drones outdoors
Amazon has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an experimental...
At least 142 killed as four suicide bombers target mosques in Yemen
At least 142 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after four suicide bombers attacked two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The bombers...
100 bodies in Nigeria ‘mass grave’ in town taken from Boko Haram
Around 100 bodies were found Friday in a mass grave on the edge of a town in northeast Nigeria after it was freed from Boko Haram Islamists, a Chadian...
Bodies of five babies discovered in farmhouse in Bordeaux
Police have discovered the bodies of five babies in a house in southwestern France, in what appears to be the country’s worst incident of infanticide...
North Korea UK ambassador brands defectors ‘animals and scum’
North Korean defectors are “scum” and “animals” the country’s Ambassador to the UK has told Sky News. In a rare interview,...
Dogs by the hour: Japan offers pet rental service
Apartment not big enough for a dog? Too busy for walkies? In crowded Tokyo you can rent a mutt for a few hours of wet noses and unconditional loving from...
EU to keep sanctions against Russia until Ukraine peace terms met
European Union leaders are agreeing that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively...
Australia’s 22nd prime minister Malcolm Fraser dies at age 84
Australia’s 22nd prime minister Malcolm Fraser who led the country from November 1975 to March 1983, died at 84, his office announced on Friday.
Pandora’s box is open: Streaming revenue edges out CDs in U.S. for first time
Streaming has topped CD sales in revenue for the first time in the United States as music listeners flock to on-demand services and Internet radio, industry...
Arctic sea ice shrinks to smallest winter size in 35 years
Arctic sea ice has set a new winter record by freezing to the smallest maximum extent in satellite records dating back to 1979 in new evidence of long-term...
Fragment from MH17 crash site supports missile theory
A metal fragment from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 matches a surface-to-air BUK rocket, a Dutch broadcaster said on Thursday, supporting...
Plane attacks Hadi’s Aden base as Yemen conflict worsens
Forces loyal to Yemen’s former president stormed the international airport in Aden on Thursday and sent fighter planes to bomb the palace in the...
For Hong Kong, a chill sets in as rich China tourists shop elsewhere
Chinese tourists are rapidly deserting Hong Kong, leaving retailers who built businesses around once insatiable demand from mainland neighbors with emptier...
Thousands stranded after Lufthansa pilots extend strike
Pilots at Lufthansa will strike again on long-haul flights on Saturday after thousands of international travelers were stranded Thursday as the strike...
New drug boosts survival chances for Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A large-scale trial of a new drug shows it boosts survival chances for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the blood that mostly strikes younger people,...
Islamic State must be put on trial for genocide against Yazidis, insists UN
Islamic State jihadists should be prosecuted for committing genocide against the Yazidis in Iraq, the United Nations has said. The UN human rights...
Zayn Malik quits One Direction’s world tour after ‘signing off with stress’
One Direction star Zayn Malik has quit the boyband’s world tour after being “signed off with stress” and is coming back to the UK.
Gravity of the situation: The gene that stops humans looking like lizards
Scientists have discovered a gene which helps our bodies withstand gravity and take on their 3D shape - solving a century-old mystery. A team of international...
Say hello to my little friend - again: Scarface remake gets green light
A remake of iconic crime movie Scarface - to be set in modern-day Los Angeles - has reportedly been agreed. Universal has commissioned Straight Outta...
'Mutiny on the Bounty' descendants to cede troubled island to Australia
A remote Pacific island whose residents are descendants of the swashbuckling British sailors and Tahitian women immortalised in the “Mutiny on the...
Video: Police shoot dead mentally ill man who was holding a screwdriver
The family of a mentally ill man who was shot dead by police on his own doorstep have released a graphic video of the incident. Jason Harrison, 38,...
Tunisia arrest nine people after 24 die in gun attack at museum
Authorities have arrested nine people in connection with a gun attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis that killed 22 people and two alleged attackers, a spokeswoman...
Thai former PM Yingluck to face trial over rice scheme
Thailand’s former premier Yingluck Shinawatra was ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence over a bungled rice subsidy scheme, in a case that...
Will that be all, sir? Butler business booms in China
Hands sheathed in white gloves, Alvin Hu’s dream of serving as butler to China’s growing ranks of super-rich faced an unlikely challenge: a...
Amnesty warns on ‘seriously alarming’ Nigeria oil spills
Amnesty International said two major oil companies operating in Nigeria reported a combined 553 oil spills in 2014, a figure that qualifies as a national...
'All shook up': Elvis memorabilia up for auction
If you’re a true Elvis Presley fan, you’ll be all shook up to hear that a new auction of the King’s memorabilia has been announced.
Vanuatu’s cyclone survivors desperate for food and water
Relief groups struggled to get supplies to residents living in Vanuatu’s cyclone-ravaged outer islands on Thursday, as survivors grew desperate for...
Violence against women rises in Ebola-hit nations
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa exacerbated violence against women and rolled back access to reproductive healthcare in the region.
Downing of U.S. drone suggests Syria imposing red lines on air war
After allowing the United States to use its air space to bomb Islamic State fighters for six months, the Syrian army appears to have imposed a “red...
On anniversary, Putin says Crimea annexation driven by ‘historic roots’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday triumphantly joined tens of thousands of supporters to mark one year since his takeover of Crimea, a seismic...
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