World News Digest
Microsoft unveils new smartphones with Free Office and Windows 10
Microsoft has announced two new mid-range smartphones, both of which will work with Windows 10 when it launches later in the year, and come with Microsoft...
Rolling the dough: Forbes releases list of richest people in 2015
Unsurprising to most people, the ranks of the world’s richest defied global economic turmoil and expanded yet again.
Ikea unveils wireless furniture range that will charge your phone
Ikea is launching wired-up desks, tables and lamps which can wirelessly charge your phone. The company is releasing a new collection which will use Qi...
Military op to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from IS begins
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Tikrit, a key city some 80 miles north of Baghdad, from Islamic State militants, Iraqi TV says.
Next stop Ceres - NASA spacecraft ready for second port of call in three years
A NASA spacecraft is preparing to rendezvous with the largest object in the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter.
Artpopsicle: Lady Gaga takes polar plunge to help raise $1 million for charity
Lady Gaga and Hollywood actor Vince Vaughn braved the freezing waters of Chicago’s Lake Michigan to raise money for charity. The stars were among...
Iraqi army sends in 30,000 troops in a bid to get Tikrit back from IS control
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake...
Iraqi army sends in 30,000 troops in a bid to get Tikrit back from IS control
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake...
Solar plane set for world tour after passing third test in UAE
A solar-powered plane made a third successful test flight in the United Arab Emirates on Monday ahead of a planned round-the-world tour to promote alternative...
'Jihadi John' was 'best employee we ever had', says his former boss
The former boss of the Briton identified in reports as the Islamic State killer “Jihadi John” has said he was “the best employee we ever...
Military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from IS begins
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS), Iraqi TV says.
Myanmar prevents student protesters from marching to Yangon
Truckloads of police on Monday prevented hundreds of student protesters from continuing their march to Myanmar’s biggest city to push for educational...
Japan shrugs off South Korean apology calls for ‘sex slaves’
The Japanese government on Monday shrugged off renewed calls from South Korean President Park Geun-Hye to apologise to former wartime sex slaves, saying...
Dirty, I scream: Lady Gaga takes polar plunge to help raise $1m for charity
Lady Gaga and Hollywood actor Vince Vaughn braved the freezing waters of Chicago’s Lake Michigan to raise money for charity. The stars were among...
Rebekah Brooks back at News Corp in new Storyful role
Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World and The Sun editor, has landed a gig at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in New York.
40 Algerian police wounded by anti-shale gas protestors
Forty police officers were wounded in clashes with demonstrators opposed to shale gas exploration in the Algerian Sahara, the Interior Ministry announced.
North Korea fires missiles, vows ‘merciless’ strikes against South Korea, U.S.
North Korea fired missiles into the sea Monday and vowed “merciless strikes” against the U.S.
Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia’s deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under...
No plane, many discoveries in yearlong search for Flight 370
The yearlong search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn’t mean it’s been unproductive.
North Korea fires missiles in anger as South-U.S. drills begin
North Korea fired missiles into the sea Monday and vowed “merciless strikes” against the U.S.
Hong Kong police pepper-spray protesters in anti-mainland march
Hong Kong police arrested 33 people and fired pepper spray during clashes with demonstrators that disrupted traffic Sunday, as a protest at the rising...
Hundreds of Syria’s Assyrian Christians still held captive: ‘No one helped us’
The Islamic State group released at least 19 Assyrian Christians on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern...
Sierra Leone: Vice president in quarantine after possible exposure to Ebola
Sierra Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guards, a government spokesman...
Nasa astronauts take third ISS spacewalk this week
Two Nasa astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station in their third spacewalk in just over a week.
Syria’s Assyrian Christians: ‘No one helped us’
The Islamic State group released at least 19 Assyrian Christians on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern...
'Jihadi John' part of network linked to failed London bombers - court papers
Islamist militant Mohammed Emwazi, identified as ‘Jihadi John’, was a member of a network in contact with one of the men convicted of trying...
Sierra Leone vice president in Ebola quarantine
Sierra Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guards, a government spokesman...
Last refuge: Study finds how penguins hid from ice age for thousands of years
A climate change study has located what was likely to have been the refuge for one of only three populations of emperor penguins which survived the last...
Cable guys: NASA astronauts take third ISS spacewalk this week
Two NASA astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station in their third spacewalk in just over a week.
Lupita Nyong’o’s £97,000 stolen Oscars dress returned by thief
The stolen dress worn by Lupita Nyong’o to the Oscars has been returned by the thief - after they realised that the 6,000 pearls studded into the...
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