World News Digest
Iraqi troops push to retake Tikrit from rebels, parties pursue talks
Iraqi government forces backed by helicopter gunships began an offensive on Saturday to retake the northern city of Tikrit from Sunni Islamist militants...
Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, an apparent test fire that comes just days after...
Hundreds feared trapped in two deadly building collapses
A dilapidated building and another under construction collapsed in India on Saturday, killing at least 15 people as rescuers searched for dozens of others...
Google execs visit Cuba for first time to promote open Internet
A team of top Google executives is visiting Cuba to promote open Internet access, according to a dissident blogger who says she met the group in Havana.
World Cup: Brazil edge Chile, Rodriguez rocket launches Colombia
Brazilians rejoiced on Saturday when their nervy team edged past Chile to book a place in the World Cup quarter-finals in a nail-biting 3-2 penalty shootout...
Ethical questions abound over Facebook’s newsfeed mood experiment
For one week in January 2012, data scientists skewed what almost 700,000 Facebook users saw when they logged into its service.
U.S. takes gay rights global, despite unsure welcome
President Barack Obama’s administration has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world as outposts in...
Canada Day celebrations in London, New York called off due to lack of sponsors
London’s Trafalgar Square and New York’s Central Park won’t show any Canadian love on Canada Day this year — no real-life Mounties,...
Not guilty plea leads off controversial stateside trial of Benghazi suspect
The Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans pleaded not guilty to conspiracy in his initial appearance in U.S.
For Muslim World Cup players, Ramadan fast presents game day dilemma
The Muslim players in World Cup teams that have qualified for the second round in Brazil face a thorny question on Sunday when much of the Islamic world...
'I lost my balance': How Luis Suarez explained biting player to Fifa
Luis Suarez has said he did not deliberately bite Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup, claiming he only “lost balance” and fell...
Give it back: BP want money paid for oil spills returned
BP wants a federal judge to order restitution – plus interest – of what it says are hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments made to some businesses...
Libyan suspected in Benghazi attack arrives in U.S.
The Libyan militia leader suspected of involvement in a 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans arrived in Washington...
No crown for you: American beauty queen dethroned for being too old
Amanda Longacre isn’t even a quarter century old and is dealing with an age-old reality: we’re getting old.
Cosmic brew: Space station getting real Italian espresso maker
The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine. Astronauts of all nationalities — but especially the Italians — have long...
Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse
The Vatican has defrocked its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic for sexually abusing boys.
ISIL staged ‘mass executions’ in Iraq’s Tikrit, says rights group
Photograph and satellite imagery indicate that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents have carried out mass executions in the northern...
Mexico arrests well-known vigilante leader
Mexican authorities have arrested Jose Manuel Mireles (pictured above), one of the most senior leaders of vigilante groups that have been battling drug...
Pablo Escobar’s hippos run riot in Colombia
A herd of hippopotamuses once owned by the late Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar has been taking over the countryside near his former ranch – and no-one...
Chile tells Brazilian team: ‘Forget history, we’re coming for you’
Eliminated three times by Brazil in past World Cups, Chile vowed a fearless and fighting approach on the eve of Saturday’s second round knockout...
Mud, lightning and death at world’s biggest greenfield music festival
Neither rain, lightning nor death has kept more than 200,000 people from descending on Worthy Farm in southwestern England for the Glastonbury Festival.
Sarajevo marks 100th anniversary of spark that triggered Great War
Sarajevo today marks 100 years since the assassination that triggered World War I but without the leaders of Europe and with its people still torn over...
Extended Ukrainian ceasefire holds despite overnight fighting
Four soldiers have been killed and five wounded after Ukraine’s military regained control of a checkpoint in the eastern region that had been earlier...
TV football commentator catches street thief in Rio
Sky Sports pundit and former footballer Chris Kamara proved he is still quick on his feet after catching a thief in Brazil.
Stranded Chinese workers in Iraq being evacuated
More than 1,200 Chinese workers who had been trapped in the embattled northern Iraqi city of Samarra have been evacuated to Baghdad, Xinhua news agency...
'Friends' star Courteney Cox to marry Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid
Courteney Cox says she is engaged to marry Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid. The actress and the musician revealed their engagement Friday with a dual...
Suicide netting approved for San Francisco’s famed Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge is to get suicide netting to try and stop people jumping to their death from the iconic landmark, an official...
Venezuela blackout leaves commuters scrambling, silences president
A three-hour blackout cut power to much of Venezuela on Friday afternoon, snarling traffic in the capital Caracas and interrupting a televised speech by...
Filipinos to receive disaster alerts on cellphones
The Philippines has passed a law that requires cellphone companies to send warnings to millions of people in the path of deadly typhoons, volcanic eruptions...
Soul legend Bobby Womack dies at age 70
Bobby Womack, a colourful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who impacted artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, had died.
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