World News Digest
Sex slavery pushes Islamic State victims to suicide: Amnesty
Women and girls from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State jihadist group have committed suicide or tried...
Bedtime troubles: Using e-reader at bedtime may wreck your sleep
You might want to think again about reading that tablet before going to bed. Rather than helping you sleep, using a glowing e-reader at bedtime may actually...
Record 17,000 rally against ‘Islamisation’ in Germany
On Monday, a record 17,000 anti-Islamic protesters rallied for their tenth demonstration in as many weeks in eastern Germany.
Google self-driving car prototype ready to try road
Google on Monday announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested.
U.S. helped imprisoned Cuban spy artificially inseminate wife
The United States helped a Cuban spy imprisoned in California artificially inseminate his wife back in Cuba, a goodwill gesture while Washington and Havana...
North Korea boycotts UN Security Council, suffers Internet outage
An angry North Korea, now on the defensive over a U.S. accusation of hacking, refused to take part in a groundbreaking UN Security Council meeting Monday...
Joe Cocker, iconic rock singer, dies at 70
The raspy-voiced, Grammy-winning singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends” and...
Al Jazeera suspends Egypt channel as Doha, Cairo mull closer ties
The Doha-based Al-Jazeera satellite station has shut down its Egypt channel, which is at the center of tensions between Egypt and Qatar. The closure of...
Uber seeking patent on surge pricing
Ride sharing service Uber is seeking a patent for its “surge pricing,” in which riders are sometimes charged exorbitant amounts at times of...
Christmas accident kills at least 6 in Scotland, France on alert after third attack
Six people were killed and several others injured when a garbage truck crashed into a group of pedestrians in downtown Glasgow Monday, police said. The...
Tunisia voters elect 88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi as their President
Tunisian polling firms have declared Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old official from previous regimes, as the winner of Sunday’s presidential run-off,...
Sealed off: Police deal with mammal stranded seven miles from water
Police and residents of one Merseyside town in England were left completely baffled on Monday when a seal - a water-loving mammal - was discovered stranded...
Australian house where eight children murdered set to be demolished
The house where an Australian mother allegedly killed eight children, seven of them her own, is almost certain to be demolished in keeping with indigenous...
$532m bailout for Russian bank endorsed by Bruce Willis as rouble plummets
Russia’s central bank announced a bailout of the troubled Trust Bank on Monday - the first such rescue in the country’s currency crisis.
Blatter vows to ‘restore football’s credibility’ in fifth term as FIFA chief
Sepp Blatter has confirmed his intention to stand for a fifth term as FIFA President.
Pakistani PM calls for fast-tracking executions of militants
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered his top legal officer on Monday to fast-track the execution of militants on Pakistan’s death row.
Mugabe fires cabinet ministers as purge against ex-deputy allies continues
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has fired two cabinet ministers and five deputy ministers in an apparent purge targeting allies of his former deputy...
Global warming blamed for ‘worst ever’ Pacific coral bleaching
The Marshall Islands is experiencing its worst-ever coral bleaching as global warming threatens reefs across the entire northern Pacific, scientists said...
In Argentina, a captive orangutan has human right to freedom
An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognised the ape as a “non-human person”...
DNA study to put UK at ‘forefront of science’
The diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases and cancer could be transformed by an ambitious project that will see 100,000 complete sets of people’s...
India may end support to Palestine at UN
In what is seen as a major shift in foreign policy, India may abstain from voting in favour of the Palestinian cause at the UN General Assembly, The Hindu...
N. Korea threatens strikes on ‘whole U.S. mainland’ over hacking claims
U.S. President Barack Obama is “recklessly” spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says, as...
China arrests thousands in porn, gambling crackdown
China has detained over 30,000 people during a two-month clamp down on pornography and gambling, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
Second car attack in France injures 11
A driver reportedlly shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”) ploughed into pedestrians in eastern France on Sunday, injuring...
WikiLeaks publishes CIA tips for traveling spies
WikiLeaks released on Sunday two Central Intelligence Agency documents that offered tips to help spies maintain their cover while using false documents...
Unexpected gains against Islamic State as Mt Sinjar siege broken by Kurds
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani hailed victories over the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group during a visit on Sunday to Mount Sinjar, which had been...
Good news from Australia: Father and two sons rescued from Outback after 10 days
A father and his two young sons have been found in the Australian Outback after spending days stuck in a bog.
Boxing great Muhammad Ali, 72, hospitalised with ‘mild’ pneumonia
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been hospitalised with pneumonia and is expected to recover because the illness was caught early, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Paging Dr Rhesus: Indian monkey saves mate after electric shock
A monkey navigating the high tension wires above a train station in India’s Kanpur got the shock of a lifetime on Saturday.
Jordan hangs 11 after lifting execution ban
Jordan executed 11 men convicted of murder by hanging on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as it ended an informal eight-year moratorium on the death...
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