World News Digest
Ebola fight in W. Africa needs thousands more workers, says World Bank president
More than 5,000 additional health care workers are needed to fight Ebola in the three most affected countries in West Africa, the president of the World...
Mystery solved? South Korean spy agency says Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery
South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s public absence, which set off a frenzy...
Court in the palace: Italian president testifies in Mafia trial
Prosecutors and judges have arrived at Italy’s presidential palace for an unprecedented hearing to take testimony from the head of state in the trial...
Pirates hijack gunboat in Niger Delta, kidnap workers
Pirates in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta hijacked a police gunboat, killed three officers and kidnapped at least nine local oil workers, the military...
Economic crisis pulls 2.6M children in world’s richest nations below poverty line
At least 2.6 million children have fallen below the poverty line in the world’s richest nations since the economic crisis struck in 2008, UNICEF...
Reality bites for Suarez as goal machine is snubbed from Ballon d’Or list
Controversial Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has been left off the 23-man shortlist for the prestigious FIFA Ballon d’Or award.
Chilling: Gunman targeted his victims with lunch invitation by text
Investigators have found that it wasn’t a coincidence that the five victims of Jaylen Fryberg’s shooting were sitting together—after searching...
Three years after Fukushima, Japan nuclear plant set for restart
A town in southwest Japan became the first to approve the restart of a nuclear power station on Tuesday, a step forward in Japan’s fraught process...
Robbie Williams live tweets his wife’s labour as he sings ‘Let it go’
Singer Robbie Williams live-tweeted his wife in labour, posting videos of actor Ayda Field on her hospital bed before proudly announcing the birth of a...
'Umbrella Revolution' activists mark one month on the streets of Hong Kong
A month into the mass pro-democracy protests gripping Hong Kong, the movement is under pressure to keep up momentum—but those on the streets say their...
Legen…wait for it…dary: Neil Patrick Harris to host NBC variety series
He’s starred in two iconic TV shows, numerous Broadway plays and a cult classic movie.
Malaysia’s Anwar faces final appeal against sodomy conviction
Malaysia’s top court has begun hearing a final appeal filed by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a sodomy conviction widely regarded as politically...
New York’s hottest new trend: clubbing for kids
The music’s thumping, the dance floor’s packed and the bar’s bustling.
Hair wars: World Beard and Mustache Competition ruffles feathers
Three hundred contestants participated in a facial hair competition this weekend in Portland, Oregon- shaming all those who don’t take facial hair...
Mexico unearths second ‘mass grave’ in the hunt for missing students
Mexican authorities searching for 43 missing college students have found human remains in a new area of southern Guerrero state and are testing to see...
'Ginger jihadist' from Australia features in second IS video
An Australian teenage runaway, dubbed the Ginger Jihadist by the media, has been featured in a second Islamic State (IS) propaganda video.
U.N. concerned by a ‘surge of executions’ in Iran
At least 850 people have been executed in Iran in the past 15 months as part of a worsening human rights situation under reformist President Hassan Rouhani,...
Hostage John Cantlie used as IS ‘news reporter’ inside war-torn Kobane
A new video that appears to show Islamic State (IS) hostage John Cantlie in Kobane was released Monday, with the British captive warning that the battle...
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick to rival Google Chromecast, Roku
On the heels of its big earnings miss and other disappointments, Amazon on Monday took a big step into TV.
Netanyahu’ plans for 1,000 new settler homes in East Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will expedite planning for some 1,000 settler homes in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday,...
US Army, governors heighten Ebola precautions despite science
Governors of the US states of New York and New Jersey are standing by their intensified Ebola precautions, even after a 5-year-old boy who arrived from...
S. Africa launches major manhunt for killers of Senzo Meyiwa
South African police on Monday launched a massive operation to find the killers of the national football team captain who was fatally shot during an apparent...
FBI identifies suspected ‘second leaker’ for Snowden reporters
In a Yahoo News exclusive, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the...
Voters in Toronto to decide whether to extend Ford family’s reign in mayor seat
Monday is municipal voting day in Ontario. Toronto, Canada’s largest city, will be in the spotlight as residents decide whether to extend the Ford...
Car bombings in Iraq kill 38
Two car bombings in Iraq, including one where a suicide attacker drove a Humvee into a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shiite militiamen,...
Police under fire after jogger runs into Prime Minister David Cameron
David Cameron has insisted he has confidence in his police bodyguards despite an apparent security breach which saw a jogger collide with him and his protection...
Giant sunspot sparks huge solar flares which could affect GPS communications
Some of the most significant solar flare activity in nearly 25 years is producing spectacular pictures and could impact on communication signals on Earth,...
5-year-old New York boy under Ebola observation after returning from Guinea
A five-year-old boy is reportedly under observation at a New York hospital for possible Ebola symptoms.
Prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius verdict and sentence
South Africa’s state prosecutors say they will appeal against the conviction and sentence handed to double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius.
Unlawful killing verdict on UK doctor found dead in Syrian prison cell
A jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest into the death of British doctor in a Syrian prison.
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