World News Digest
ISIS gains in Iraq put Saudi forces on highest alert
King Abdullah has ordered that “all necessary measures” be taken to protect Saudi Arabia against terror threats, SPA news agency reported Thursday.
Junta expects next Thai elections in October 2015
Thailand’s military junta will install an interim constitution next month, and elections will be held around October 2015, its leader announced Friday.
Ukraine signs historic pact with Europe despite Russian wishes and tactics
Over Russia’s objections, Ukraine’s new president on Friday signed a free-trade deal binding his country more closely to Western Europe, sealing...
European Union’s new leadership move further alienates UK
European Union leaders on Friday picked former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to become the bloc’s new chief executive despite Britain’s...
Tiger leaped on boat in India, snatched man as his 2 children watched
A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man’s...
US says it will stop making and buying landmines that target humans
The United States said on Friday it would no longer produce or purchase landmines that target people, paving the way for Washington to eventually join...
Pope Francis cancels 3rd event this week; Vatican says no health concerns
For the third time this month Pope Francis, the 77-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has skipped or scaled back an event due to illness or...
Sun cream offer to prisoners who climbed on roof ‘foolish’
An offer of sunscreen to two inmates who had climbed on to a jail’s roof was “foolish” , the British Prisons Minister has said.
Satellite images evidence of ISIS mass execution, rights group claims
Photograph and satellite imagery indicate that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) insurgents have carried out mass executions in the northern...
Blatter: Suarez bite ‘not fair,’ keeps mum on ban
FIFA President Sepp Blatter believes Luis Suarez’s biting offense was “definitely not fair” — though he won’t say the player’s...
Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested at New York performance of ‘Cabaret’
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested and taken out of a New York City theater for being disorderly and causing a disruption, police said.
'Players told to go without underwear to comply with Wimbledon dress code'
Pat Cash said the strict all-white dress code for tennis players at Wimbledon has “gone ridiculous”.
Libya violence: Prominent female activist slain in Benghazi home
Salwa Bugaighis, a prominent Libyan activist who had become an international face of her strife-torn country’s efforts to build a democracy, was...
Ukraine signs EU trade deal prompting Russia to warn of ‘grave consequences’
Ukraine signed a free-trade and political co-operation agreement with the European Union on Friday that has been at the heart of the country’s political...
'We didn't see this coming at all': Father of mass murderer tells of 'nightmare'
The father of the young man who last month killed six people in California before taking his own life has given his first interview since the tragedy.
Woman dies in Australia using cheap USB-style charger
Australian authorities issued a warning about cheap, non-compliant USB-style chargers Friday after a young woman died from apparent electrocution while...
Iraq’s top cleric calls for deal on Prime Minister by Tuesday
Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric has called on the nation’s political blocs to agree on the next prime minister before the newly elected parliament...
Julian Assange to model at London Fashion Week
Julian Assange could now be turning to modelling for London Fashion Week in September.
Gas pipeline blast kills 16 in southern India
More than a dozen people have been killed in a gas pipeline explosion in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to officials.
Frugality bites as China curbs construction of government buildings
China plans to curb construction of unapproved government buildings, amid a national campaign against wasteful spending and graft, according to an updated...
Who’s been eating my cakes? Bear crashes boy’s birthday party
A black bear literally crashed a child’s birthday bash and helped itself to some cupcakes in Alaska.
Mourning millions: EU leaders mark WWI centennial
At a site where their countrymen once slaughtered each other with machine guns, artillery and poison gas, the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and other...
Malaysia jet passengers likely suffocated, Australia says
The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot,...
With eyes on Middle East stability, Obama seeks $500M to arm Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to train and arm vetted members of the Syrian opposition, as the U.S.
Tourist attraction: Sinkhole at Corvette Museum to stay
A sinkhole that swallowed up part of the National Corvette Museum and eight cars proved to be such a popular tourist attraction that the museum wants to...
Looking for a place to live in DR Congo? Try the cemetery
In a Congolese cemetery overrun with weeds and rubbish strewn among the graves and banana trees, the living have moved in with the dead—some of them...
Study: U.S. drone strikes set ‘dangerous precedent’ of forever war
America’s reliance on secretive drone missile strikes against terror suspects has set a “dangerous precedent” that could be imitated by other...
Wanted: New masterspy. Head of UK’s MI6, known as ‘C,’ to step down
Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency announced Thursday that director John Sawers will leave in November at the end of his five-year term.
Russia must move to disarm separatists in Ukraine ‘within hours,’ Kerry says
Russia must prove “in the next hours” that it is working to help disarm separatist groups in restive eastern Ukraine, U.S.
Drastic action needed on West Africa Ebola outbreak, U.N. health agency says
The World Health Organization on Thursday announced an 11-nation meeting and called for “drastic action” to fight the deadliest Ebola outbreak...
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