World News Digest
U.S. and Myanmar to discuss human rights amidst stalled reforms
The United States is hoping to nudge Myanmar’s quasi-civilian government on stalled reforms during a high-level human rights dialogue, yet expectations...
Russia says transsexuals, those with “sexual disorders”, unfit to drive
Transsexuals, transvestites and others thought to have “sexual disorders” have been barred from driving in Russia for medical reasons under...
SpaceX’s Elon Musk to reveal Mars colonization ideas this year
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the private spaceflight company SpaceX, says he will unveil his concepts for Mars colonization later this...
Sony Pictures CEO: Call to Google got ‘The Interview’ out
Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton said Sony always planned to release “The Interview,” — it just initially didn’t know how to.
Despite foreign outcry, Saudi blogger lashed in public for ‘insulting Islam’
Saudi Arabia on Friday publicly flogged a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, with Amnesty International condemning his punishment as...
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza sentenced to life in U.S. prison
The radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison on Friday for his conviction on terrorism-related charges, including...
Pakistani father ‘sacrificed five of his children to gain magic powers’
A Pakistani father-of-six is on the run after strangling five of his children to death, apparently believing the sacrifice would endow him with magical...
Exclusive: Witness, holed up as hostage situation plays out, shares inside account
A bystander, currently locked inside a shop almost directly opposite the Jewish market where a second hostage situation with a gunman in Paris is unfolding,...
Final settlement: Ex-wife cashes oil magnate’s $975m alimony cheque
The ex-wife of a US oil billionaire has cashed one of the largest divorce awards in US history - a cheque for $975m, her ex-husband’s lawyer has...
First person: As hostage standoffs end, no cheering from Parisians
Watching the denouement of France’s worst terrorist attack in modern history from a Paris cafe has been a mighty test in cultural understanding, to say...
Four hostages killed as jihadist gunman’s seige of Kosher Paris deli ends
At least four hostages have been killed at the end of siege at a Paris supermarket involving a jihadist gunman.
5.5 million in Philippines parade ahead of papal visit
More than five million barefoot devotees paraded a centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ through Manila Friday in a loud, heaving paroxysm of religious fervour...
New transport options aim to be ‘un-Segway’
A host of newfangled wheeled devices unveiled this week offer innovative solutions to urban transport which could fulfill the failed ambitions of the Segway.
Paris gunmen take woman hostage, say they ‘want to die as martyrs’
Helicopters, with marksmen on-board, hovered over an industrial building Friday near Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, as police closed in on two...
North Korea ‘developing missile-launching submarine’
Recent satellite images offer fresh evidence of North Korea developing a marine-based missile system that would give the nuclear-armed state a survivable...
Pings detected in Java Sea in hunt for AirAsia #QZ8501 black boxes
Ping signals believed to be from the black box data recorders of crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 were detected Friday, a senior Indonesian search official...
Thailand begins impeachment hearing of ousted PM Yingluck
Thailand’s military-appointed legislature began impeachment hearings Friday against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a move analysts say...
AirAsia crash makes case for ejectable black boxes, say experts
A long-delayed proposal to outfit commercial airliners with ejectable black box recorders may have a better chance of being adopted following the AirAsia...
U.S. asks Saudis to cancel 1,000-lash sentence for liberal activist
The United States asked Saudi Arabia on Thursday to cancel a sentence of 1,000 lashes given to a liberal activist.
Britain’s security chief warns al-Qaeda ‘planning mass attacks’ on West
The head of Britain’s MI5 Security Service has warned that the al-Qaeda terror group still has ambitions for a large attack.
Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa concedes defeat in elections
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, which looks set to be won by opposition...
Terror police swarm through forest in north east France in hunt for Paris killers
Anti-terrorism police have converged on a village north east of Paris after two brothers suspected of being behind the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack were...
German nurse ‘killed 30 in bid to show his CPR skills’
A German nurse has admitted killing about 30 patients at a hospital where he worked, it has been reported.
India police probe “Godman” over alleged castration of 400 followers
Indian police are investigating a popular self-styled godman for allegedly encouraging 400 followers to undergo castrations at his ashram so they could...
Rise of Uber app takes a huge bite out of the New York taxi trade
The value of a taxi operating licence in New York has fallen by $200,000 in a single year amid the rise of on-demand car ride apps like Uber.
Sony hackers have left a clear trail to North Korea, claims FBI chief
The hackers behind the cyberattack on Sony “got sloppy” and left a trail which leads back to North Korea, the FBI has revealed. Amid persistent...
Paris, Montreal vigils held for Charlie Hebdo attack victims in global tributes
A minute’s silence was been held across France on Thursday to remember the victims of the attack at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. At...
Three Cuban dissidents free but questions hang over U.S.-Cuba deal
Three dissidents were free Thursday after being abruptly released in what a leading human rights advocate said was part of Cuba’s deal with Washington...
Those self-lacing Nikes from ‘Back to the Future’ are on the way
It is now 2015. And as any movie fan who has visited the local sneaker emporium recently knows, the self-lacing Nikes depicted in Back to the Future Part...
AirAsia: Divers search tail section wreckage for flight recorders
Scores of divers plunged into the Java Sea on Thursday to search the wreckage of an AirAsia jet for the black box recorders that could reveal why the plane...
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