Cuba: Thousands attend pope’s mass, dozens denied entry, reports suggest
Pope Francis has so far avoided overt discussion of Cuban politics during his first ever trip to the communist-run island.
3-year sentence for criticizing Putin and Russia’s annexation of Crimea
A Russian court has sentenced 56-year-old Rafis Kashapov to three years imprisonment over social network posts criticizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine.
Clashes provoke ’30-day suspension’ of Hungary-Serbia border crossing
Violent clashes on the Serbia-Hungary frontier have provoked Budapest to order a 30-day suspension of the Roszke-Horgos border crossing, Serbia’s foreign ministry reports.
Syrian refugee tripped by shamed camera woman is named
The Syrian man tripped up by shamed Hungarian camera operator Petra László has been identified as a ‘dream team’ football coach.
Downward spiral: Russia now has more HIV/AIDS cases than all of Europe
Despite the fact that the population of European countries outnumbers that of Russia by more than four to one, Russia now has more HIV-infected people than all of the European countries taken together...
Russian Navy submarine appears off coast of U.S. before Putin’s visit to New York
The Russian Navy submarine was spotted by the U.S. military off the coast of Georgia, near the base of the U.S. Navy Kings Bay ...
Titanic’s last lunch menu to be auctioned
More memorabilia from the Titanic is being auctioned.
Locals are evacuated as Mexico’s “Fire volcano” causes alarm
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the vicinity of a volcano in western Mexico amid fears of a major eruption.
Banksy opens not children's "Disneyland"
Of all the seaside pearls scattered around the English coastline designed for pleasure and family pastimes Weston-Super-Mare is something of a joke.
Poland: Has Nazi gold ‘treasure train’ mystery finally been solved?
A castle, a tunnel and a lost train full of Nazi treasure.
Student in Chile discovers new planet
A Chilean doctorate student has discovered by coincidence a new planet orbiting a star double the size of the Sun, some 320 million light years from Earth.
Russia Burns Dutch Flowers Amid Netherlands’ Inquiry Into Malaysia Airlines Crash
In recent years, trade relations between Russia and the Netherlands have at times blossomed and at times wilted. This summer they went up in smoke.
In Spain, Man Gored While Filming Bull Run With His Cell Phone
The man was the fourth to die by goring this year.
Disney Apologizes Over Tweet on Nagasaki A-Bomb Anniversary
Walt Disney Japan apologized Monday after a tweet sent from its corporate Twitter account wished readers "congratulations on a not special day" on the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Alexander Lukashenko: Donbas will be Ukrainian, Kremlin already fed up with conflict
In an interview, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that eventually the Donbas would become completely Ukrainian, and the Russian leadership was already fed up with this conflict.
This just-married Turkish couple gave 4,000 Syrian refugees an incredible gift
The Turkish border town of Kilis is home to tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing war-torn Syria.
Next Blue Moon is July 31
The moon was full on July 2, and it’ll be full again on July 31. The second of two full moons in a calendar month is often called a Blue Moon.
HIV-AIDS: a cautious welcome to French case of “remission”
There has been a cautious welcome to news from France about remission from HIV.
Nepal 'living goddess' describes how she had to 'do the unthinkable' when 'angry gods' sent killer earthquake
When a massive earthquake hit Nepal in April killing 8,800 people, Nepal's longest-serving 'living goddess' was forced to do the unthinkable - walk the streets for the first time in her life.
NASA Captures "EPIC" Earth Image
A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away.
