World News Digest
Divers retrieve crashed AirAsia jet’s cockpit voice recorder
Divers retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet on Tuesday, MetroTV said quoting a transport official, a key piece...
Officials reveal cause of fatal Washington subway evacuation
A woman died and at least two people were critically injured after smoke filled a subway car in downtown Washington on Monday afternoon.
German anti-Islamist rally swells after attacks in France
A record 25,000 anti-Islamist protesters marched through the east German city of Dresden on Monday, many holding banners with anti-immigrant slogans, and...
Ronaldo leaves Messi in shade with third Ballon d’Or
Portuguese and Real Madrid great Cristiano Ronaldo won his third Ballon d’Or on Monday at the FIFA ceremony in Zurich to edge within one of his eternal...
China bans U.S. poultry, eggs imports amid avian flu fears
China has banned all imports of U.S. poultry, poultry products and eggs amid recent reports of highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza found in the...
Netanyahu takes a beating for Paris politics, recruiting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blasted Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for “daring” to attend an anti-terror solidarity...
Despite Golden Globe, Russian ‘Leviathan’ still on the shelf at home
Russian drama “Leviathan” made history by becoming the first film from the country to win a Golden Globe since the fall of the USSR but has...
Nigeria’s military says 150 killed in Boko Haram clashes in Baga
Nigeria’s military said on Monday that at least 150 people had been killed in clashes with Islamists in the northeastern town of Baga, giving a rare...
Paris attacker’s girlfriend spotted on video at Istanbul Airport
New video footage has emerged which is thought to show the girlfriend of the gunman who killed four shoppers in a hostage stand-off in Paris. The CCTV...
Coming-of-age film Boyhood dominates at Golden Globe Awards
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has won the Golden Globe for best drama, while Eddie Redmayne won the award for best actor. The coming-of-age movie...
British Ebola nurse ‘no longer critical and showing signs of improvement’
Doctors have said the British nurse who caught Ebola in Sierra Leone is no longer critically ill and is showing signs of improvement. Pauline Cafferkey...
Cairo court clears 26 men accused of ‘debauchery’ in Turkish bath
An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted 26 men accused of “debauchery” after their night-time arrest from a Cairo bathhouse for suspected homosexual...
Two workers killed at LG’s screen factory in South Korea
At least two workers have died at LG’s display factory in South Korea following a nitrogen leak. One of the workers died at the scene and the other...
Muslim cleric bans ‘anti-Islamic’ snowmen as flakes fall in Saudi Arabia
A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic.
France to send in 5,000 police and troops to guard 700 Jewish schools
France has deployed nearly 5,000 police to protect Jewish schools and mobilised thousands more security forces in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris.
Schools in Pakistan’s Peshawar reopen after Taliban massacre
Child survivors of Pakistan’s worst ever terrorist attack returned to the school where Taliban militants massacred their classmates Monday, with...
Golden Globes spread love around, except to North Korea - and Bill Cosby
Hollywood toasted free speech in its myriad forms, from “Je Suis Charlie” tributes to George Clooney punchlines, at an earnest Golden Globes...
Millions prepare to greet Pope in Philippines and Sri Lanka
Pope Francis will immerse himself in some of Asia’s most fervent Catholicism during a trip to the Philippines and Sri Lanka starting Tuesday, with...
Firebombs hurled at home of controversial Hong Kong media tycoon
The home and office of pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was hit by arson attacks in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Haiti’s president, lawmakers reach 11th-hour deal
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly and national lawmakers struck a last-minute deal late Sunday to hold new elections by late this year, defusing...
Thousands more poultry culled as bird flu fears grow in Taiwan
Taiwan on Sunday ordered the slaughter of 16,000 geese and ducks to try to curb a bird flu outbreak that has already led to the culling of 120,000 chickens.
Croatia elects first woman president after tight vote
Opposition challenger Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia’s first female president on Sunday, narrowly winning a tight run-off vote with...
#JeSuisCharlie: Worldwide marches in solidarity with France
About a hundred thousand people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting “Je...
Netanyahu steps up appeal to French Jews after attacks
This week’s deadly jihadist attacks have again set off a competition between the French and Israeli governments to reassure and secure the affection...
Nigeria hit by wave of suicide bombings as violence spikes
Four people were killed in suicide attacks by two female bombers on Sunday in the latest deadly violence in northeast Nigeria after the military appealed...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité: World leaders join arms with throngs of Parisians
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen joined hundreds of thousands of French citizens marching in Paris amid high security in an...
The big 1,000: Federer captures Brisbane International final
Roger Federer achieved his 1,000th victory at tour level on Sunday when he beat Canadian Milos Raonic in three tough sets to win the Brisbane International.
Golden Globes catapult entertainment world into 2015 red carpet season
The beautiful, the powerful and the merely talented of Hollywood gather on Sunday evening for the Golden Globe Awards, the high-wattage launch to the film...
Hayat Boumeddiene ‘likely in Syria’ as IS release Coulibaly video
A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings...
AirAsia: Clues investigators get from cockpit voice and flight data recorders
An AirAsia jet which crashed with 162 people on board is likely to have exploded before it hit the sea, according to salvage experts - but other investigators...
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