World News Digest
Body of missing Arkansas real estate agent found in shallow grave
Police discovered the body of a missing Arkansas real estate agent in a shallow grave at a concrete company early Tuesday, and a man has been jailed on...
American football player penalised for Muslim gesture after touchdown
In a move that is sure to generate some discussion, Husain Abdullah of the Kansas City Chiefs was flagged 15 yards for kneeling in the end zone in prayer...
EU slams Ireland and Apple over potentially illegal ‘sweetheart’ tax deals
A preliminary finding by the European Commission has found Ireland provided potentially illegal state aid to tech giant Apple for more than 20 years.
Garry Kasparov: Putin is a bigger threat to the West than the Islamic State
Arguably the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov is on a new mission.
Fears over fresh Japan volcano eruption forces end to search operation
Increased seismic activity has raised concerns about the possibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where 36 people were killed last week, forcing...
Cyberattack on ‘anti-Facebook’ social network Ello can’t stop viral surge
A new social network called Ello, described as an ‘anti-Facebook’ platform, is fast gaining an audience online - despite being briefly taken...
Getting pally: Obama, Modi to put upbeat face on U.S.-India ties
In a display of intercontinental unity, President Barack Obama and India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi are joining together to put an optimistic...
Mexico seeks 57 missing students after weekend of violence
Authorities were searching Monday for 57 students reported missing after weekend violence left at least six people dead and 25 wounded in the southern...
Thai tourism minister wants wristbands for tourists, party curfews
Thailand’s tourism minister says identification wristbands will be distributed to tourists following the murder of two British backpackers earlier...
No kidding: Five Obamas, ‘Crazy Dick’ star in Brazil protest vote
Five Barack Obamas, three Bin Ladens, a Jesus, a Wonder Woman, a 007: the ballot for Sunday’s elections in Brazil can look more like the inventory...
Antibiotics in infancy may be linked to childhood obesity
Kids who receive several rounds of antibiotics before age two may be at an increased risk of being overweight by age five, suggests a new study.
World has lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years, say scientists
Wildlife populations around the world have more than halved in just four decades in the face of unsustainable human consumption, a report has warned.
Turkey’s parliament to decide on joining anti-IS coalition
Turkey’s parliament will on Thursday debate motions for Turkey joining the international coalition battling the islamic State in the Middle East.
Occupy Central: Protestors set deadline, Beijing refuses to budge
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong set a Wednesday deadline for a response from the government to meet their demands for reforms after spending another...
'I fear a lot for myself': Hostages in Philippines plead for their lives
Two German hostages held by the Philippine Islamic group Abu Sayyaf appealed for their lives Monday, urging authorities in Berlin to pay a ransom and withdraw...
Mug shot of the year: Suspected Denver bank robber displays toothy grin
He had just been arrested for allegedly robbing a Colorado bank. But this suspected felon still managed to pose for what is possibly the happiest mug shot...
Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. troops past 2014
Ashraf Ghani’s government will sign a long-delayed deal on Tuesday to allow some U.S.
Netanyahu: Iran poses greater threat than Islamic State
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday tried to shift the spotlight away from the Islamic State militant group and back to Iran, warning...
Signing up for Israel’s top military is now as easy as Monster.com
What was once a long and cryptic process to join the Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, is now as easy as ordering lunch.
Fence-jumper ran through much of main floor of White House
The man who breached security at the White House this month overpowered a U.S. Secret Service officer and ran through much of the main floor, penetrating...
How Ferguson’s ‘hands up’ protest has spread to Hong Kong … sort of
The symbolic “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture used by protesters in Ferguson, Mo., appears to have gone global this weekend as thousands of pro-democracy...
Spain aims to kill Catalonia’s independence vote
The Spanish government is, unsurprisingly, appealing to the courts to stop Catalonia’s independence vote from going forward.
Police defend tear gas use as Hong Kong protests grow occasionally violent
Police defended their use of tear gas and other methods to control the pro-democracy protests that have paralyzed Hong Kong’s financial district,...
At least 30 feared dead as bus collides with truck in S. Sudan
More than 30 people were killed when a bus collided with a cargo truck on a highway linking South Sudan to Uganda, police and a witness said Monday, and...
Despite Russia-Ukraine cease-fire, fighting in Donetsk leaves 12 dead
Eastern Ukraine has suffered the worst violence in more than a week as fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government troops in the region killed at...
George and Amal formally tie the knot at Venice civil ceremony
George Clooney and new wife Amal Alamuddin have had a second opportunity to say “I do” when they celebrated a civil ceremony in Venice today.
'Space bubbles' may have doomed key Afghanistan war mission
"Space bubbles" caused a communication blackout that led to a U.S. soldier being killed in Afghanistan in the 2002 battle Operation Anaconda, a study has...
That’s not my son: Beheading suspect’s mum makes video apology
The mother of a man suspected of beheading a colleague at a food-processing plant in Oklahoma has apologised in a video posted on Facebook.
Donald Trump tricked into posting image of British mass murderers on Twitter
Flamboyant tycoon Donald Trump has inadvertently tweeted an image of serial killers Fred and Rose West following a Twitter prank.
Max speed: 17-year-old Verstappen to become youngest F1 driver in Japan
Max Verstappen, son of former motor racer Jos, will become the youngest driver in F1 history when he replaces France’s Red Bull driver Jean-Eric...
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