World News Digest
Battle to contain Ebola grows as more countries start restricting travel
The battle to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak is continuing, with more countries imposing travel restrictions.
Tibet tour bus plummets 10-metres into mountain valley, killing 44
A tour bus plunged into a Tibetan valley on Saturday after hitting two vehicles, killing 44 people and injuring 11, China’s official news agency...
Helpless husband looks on as tiger carries away woman in eastern India
A woman in West Bengal was snatched by a tiger and dragged into a forest as her helpless husband looked on.
Nasa releases video of ‘flying saucer’ which could be used for Mars landing
Footage of a supersonic “flying saucer” has been released by Nasa, as the agency attempts to find a process for landing heavier spacecraft...
Cruz and Bardem ‘face Hollywood backlash’ over criticism of Israel
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are reportedly facing a Hollywood backlash over their criticism of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
'Long-term project': Obama says tackling Iraq insurgency will take time
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that airstrikes by U.S. planes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi...
Menahem Golan, producer of high-action ‘Bloodsport,’ ‘Delta Force,’ dies at 85
Menahem Golan, a veteran Israeli filmmaker who built an empire on the back of brawny men beating others senseless across a host of 1980s action films,...
Beatles’ Abbey Road crossing could get traffic warden to protect fans
Tourists flocking to one of Britain’s favourite musical landmarks to recreate the Beatles’ Abbey Road crossing could see the addition of a...
Music festival ODs lead to questions of legalization, regulation of ‘party drugs’
The rash of suspected drug-overdose deaths at music festivals in Canada this summer has public health experts scrambling for solutions.
U.S. bots flagged Ebola nine days before outbreak announced
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a “mystery hemorrhagic fever”...
Pro-Russian rebels say they’re ready for ceasefire as Ukraine gains ground
Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday they were ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government after increasing gains by Ukrainian forces against rebel...
Historic Turkish elections may shift president’s role
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the front-runner in Turkey’s first direct presidential election on Sunday, says that if elected he will be an...
U.S. airstrikes in Iraq destroy ISIL arms and equipment
President Barack Obama said Saturday that airstrikes he ordered in northern Iraq have destroyed arms and equipment held by Islamic State of Iraq and the...
New Delhi’s stray dogs to be put to work by police in exchange for food
Stray dogs roaming the Indian capital may soon find themselves attending police training school with civic authorities planning to turn the animals into...
Egypt bans FJP, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing
An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the dissolution of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the already banned Muslim Brotherhood...
Nagasaki mayor urges Japan to hold onto pacifist tradition on A-bomb day
The mayor of Nagasaki has criticised Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push toward Japan’s more assertive defense policy, as the city marked the...
UK and France join U.S. humanitarian efforts in Iraq, Australia weighs decision
President Barack Obama has said France and the UK are joining humanitarian efforts in Iraq, flying in food and water supplies for those cut off by ISIS...
'My body resembles a corpse': Rare diary details life under Khmer Rouge
Nearly 40 years ago, Cambodian school inspector Poch Younly kept a secret diary vividly recounting the horrors of life under the Khmer Rouge, the radical...
Iselle and Julio: Hawaii dodges one-two storm punch
The one-two hurricane punch that was supposed to hit Hawaii is looking more like a jab and a missed left hook.
HIV infections rise in Brazil, thwarting long record of prevention efforts
While HIV infection rates have begun declining in many other places, cases have been slowly rising in Brazil — with the sharpest jump among youths 15...
WWII vet who found Hitler’s top hat dies at 88
The New York man whose story of finding Adolf Hitler’s top hat at the end of World War II was told in a 2003 documentary film has died.
No kidding: toddler triggers White House lock down
The White House was placed on full lock down on Thursday night when a squirmy toddler squeezed through the fence surrounding the North Lawn.
Doughnut mess with the law: U.S. cops nab man who beats them in eating contest
The sweet victory for a North Carolina man who beat police officers in a doughnut-eating contest this week soured after a newspaper story about the win...
Here’s why it’s not so great to have a supermoon and meteor shower together
What’s better than being able to watch a meteor shower? A meteor shower combined with a supermoon perhaps? Unfortunately not.
Hope in sight: Star Trek-style smart glasses for the blind ‘in shops by 2016’
Pairs of high-tech smart glasses, designed to help millions of blind and partially sighted people to see, could be in shops in 2016.
Brutal revenge: Al Qaeda militants kidnap and kill 14 Yemeni soldiers
Al Qaeda militants kidnapped 14 Yemeni soldiers returning home by bus from duty in eastern Yemen on Friday and executed them in what officials said was...
Ex-Reagan press sec’s death ruled a homicide - 31 years after attack
The death of former White House press secretary James Brady has been ruled a homicide resulting from the 1981 assassination attempt against President Ronald...
Calls for more Kurd support as Obama’s military policy questioned
In a bitter irony, Islamic State extremists have used American armoured vehicles and weapons seized from the hapless Iraqi military to defeat Kurdish fighters...
At least 10 killed in Gaza as shells fly in both directions
Israel launched more than 20 aerial attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the conflict entered...
Universal Pictures sinks teeth into Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles
For those who haven’t yet had their fill of silver screen vampires, rejoice.
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