World News Digest
28 killed and 60 injured by suicide bomber south of Baghdad
A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shi’ite militiamen south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least...
Saudi Arabia puts population on alert after increase in MERS cases
Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry on Monday urged the population of the world’s top oil exporter to renew precautions against Middle East Respiratory...
Huge challenges ahead for Rousseff after narrow victory in Brazilian election
Brazil’s newly re-elected President Dilma Rousseff faces huge challenges to govern the sprawling South American country after winning a deeply divisive...
The simple ‘Vampire’ eye test that could reveal the presence of Alzheimer’s
Researchers are investigating whether a simple eye test could be used to identify the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Prosecutors demand death penalty for South Korea ferry captain
Prosecutors in South Korea revealed this morning they are seeking the death penalty for the captain of ferry MV Sewol that capsized off the SW coast of...
China plans to scrap death penalty for nine crimes
China’s legislature is considering abolishing the death penalty for nine of the 55 crimes it is currently available for, state media said Monday,...
Canada parliament shooter made video before attack revealing motive
The man who killed a Canadian soldier and attacked the country’s parliament building last week made a video of himself before hand, evidence he was...
Kidnapped women ‘used by Boko Haram on front line’: rights group
Boko Haram has used kidnapped young women and girls on the front lines of its insurgency, according to a new report published on Monday, after a fresh...
Secular party upbeat as Tunisia awaits ‘milestone’ election results
Tunisia’s main secular party was in a confident mood Monday with vote counting underway following a general election seen as critical for democracy...
Japanese delegation in North Korea to discuss abductee issue
A Japanese government delegation will make a four-day visit to North Korea from Monday to assess Pyongyang’s investigation of the fate of Japanese nationals...
The circle is complete: Darth Vader denied in Ukraine vote
The Force was not with Darth Vader this weekend. A candidate in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections who dressed as iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader...
Teen tests negative for Ebola in Australia
Australian authorities said early Monday that a teenager who was in isolation in hospital had tested negative for Ebola after she developed a fever following...
Saudi women’s driving campaign passes the test
Activists pushing for women’s right-to-drive in Saudi Arabia have declared their online campaign a success, in the world’s only country where...
Pro-Western blocs win Ukraine election in first vote since February’s revolution
Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after the first elections to the body since February’s revolution, exit polls suggest.
Fears Boko Haram’s deadly reign could peak, French general says
Cameroonian troops killed 39 Boko Haram fighters in clashes with the Islamists who were carrying out three raids on the West African country’s territory.
White House pushes states to reverse Ebola quarantine orders
The White House is pressuring the governors of New York and New Jersey to reverse their orders imposing a quarantine on all medical workers returning from...
Brazilians narrowly re-elect leftist Rousseff as president
Brazilian voters re-elected Dilma Rousseff as president on Sunday in one of the country’s closest, most divisive campaigns in decades.
No laughing matter: Clown terror spreads in France
A wave of panic sparked by evil clowns stalking French towns has spread to the south of France where police on Saturday night arrested 14 teenagers dressed...
Kurds fend off Islamic State fighters in latest attack on Kobane crossing
Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane thwarted a new attempt by fighters from the Islamic State group Sunday to cut off the border with Turkey before...
Hong Kong protesters cancel vote on the next step in monthlong occupation
The leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests on Sunday cancelled a vote on what the next step should be in their monthlong street occupation,...
Tribe reels from Washington state school shooting
The Tulalip Indian Reservation sits on the Puget Sound on Washington’s scenic northwest coast, a small community where everyone is “related...
Ugandan beauty queens swap make-up for muck-out with new farming focus
A former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed to promote agriculture...
25 European banks fail stress test; 13 unable to make up buffers
A health check of banks across the European Union showed that 25 lenders, all from the euro zone, were too weak to withstand a three-year recession in...
Democratic derby: citizens go to polls across three continents
It has been a weekend for elections around the world: In Botswana, the votes have been counted; in the Ukraine and Tunisia, the polls are closing; in Brazil,...
Thousands to march against proposed internet tax in Hungary
Tens of thousands are expected to march on Sunday against a proposed Hungarian tax on internet usage.
U.S. Marines and British combat forces end Afghan operations
The American and British flags were lowered and folded for the final time at Camp Bastion on Sunday, 13 years after the toppling of the Taliban’s radical...
Pakistan air strikes kill 18 militants near Afghan border: military
Pakistan’s military said on Sunday it had killed 18 militants in air attacks in a troubled tribal district near the Afghan border.
Rumours of Oasis reunion rife as Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye shuts for good
Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has announced the split of his band Beady Eye - the project he started after leaving the group he founded with his brother...
All talk, no action: UN climate change powwow still amounting to naught
Nations will have to roll up their sleeves and make important compromises to meet the deadline, just 14 months off, for a global pact on curbing climate...
After the lights, the haze: Delhi chokes on toxic smog after Diwali
Thick smoke hung over New Delhi this week as millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, but calls for a boycott highlighted growing...
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