Saudi Arabia | Mosque bombing targets police, 17 dead

A bomb ripped through a mosque in Saudi Arabia used by Interior Ministry special forces in the southwestern city of Abha yesterday, killing 17 people, according to the official Saudi Al-Ekhbariya news channel. A Saudi Interior Ministry official told

Offbeat | US sheriff asks drug dealers to turn in their rivals on Facebook

A sheriff’s office in the United States has posted a flyer on its Facebook page asking drug dealers to turn in their rivals. Media outlets report the Sheriff’s Office in Franklin

This Day in History | 1972 – Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda

General Amin said all Asians who are not Ugandan citizens - around 60,000 - must leave Uganda within 90 days. The military ruler’s latest statement amended his original expulsion order two

The Buzz | Boston mayor wants ban on chewing tobacco at ballparks 

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to ban the use of snuff and chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city. The proposal follows passage of a similar ordinance in San Francisco,

World Briefs

CHINA A diocese in central China ordains the country’s first Catholic bishop in three years amid tensions between Beijing and the Vatican and a strained relationship between the Chinese leadership

Gaming |MGM Resorts rises as CEO outlines plans to boost stock price

MGM Resorts International rose the most since March after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results and outlining plans to boost the stock price. The shares advanced after Chief Executive Officer James Murren

USA-JAPAN | Biden tries to reassure Abe after documents reveal spying

Working to prevent tension with a treaty ally, Vice President Joe Biden reassured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday that the U.S. limits its surveillance of friendly nations, after

Obama, Netanyahu make dueling appeals on Iran to American Jews

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made dueling appeals to the American Jewish community Tuesday as they sought to rally support for their opposing positions on the

USA 2016 presidential race | Republican debate field set: Trump, Bush in; Perry out

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has made the cut for tonight’s leadoff debate of the 2016 presidential race, joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and seven

Offbeat | Underwater search ends for free diver Molchanova off Spain

Spain’s rescue services called off their underwater search for missing free-diving great Natalia Molchanova yesterday after spending more than two days looking for her off the Balearic Islands. The county’s maritime

This Day in History | 1945 – US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

An accurate assessment of the damage caused has so far been impossible due to a huge cloud of impenetrable dust covering the target. Hiroshima is one of the chief supply

The Buzz | Iran to partially allow BBC to report for a week

An Iranian government official says the Islamic Republic will allow some BBC journalists to report there for a week’s time. The BBC had no immediate comment in London. Culture Ministry spokesman

Organized crime | Police decipher messages for No. 1 Mafioso hidden in Sicilian soil

The No. 1 Cosa Nostra fugitive communicates with henchmen using written messages buried in dirt or hidden under boulders on sheep ranches and comes and goes from Sicily, possibly thanks

World Briefs

PAKISTAN-INDIA Pakistani and Indian border guards trade gunfire and mortar shells along their disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing two Pakistanis and an Indian. At least 14

USA | Obama heralds impact of power plant greenhouse gas limits 

President Barack Obama unveiled the final version of his plan to dramatically cut emissions from U.S. power plants, as he warned anew that climate change will threaten future generations if left unchecked. Touting

Switzerland | Customs seize 262 kilograms of ivory en route to China

Customs officials at Zurich airport have seized 262 kilograms of ivory that three Chinese men had dispatched from Tanzania, contraband that may have come from up to 50 elephants, Swiss

Yemen | Pro-government troops retake rebel-held base in south

Yemen’s pro-government troops were fighting pockets of resistance outside a key military base in the country’s south yesterday, a day after they seized it from Shiite rebels, military officials said. The

This Day in History | 1962 Marilyn Monroe found dead

The 36-year-old actress’ body was discovered in the early hours of this morning by two doctors who were called to her Brentwood home by a concerned housekeeper. The doctors were forced

Offbeat | German mechanic wins pay for changing, but not for showers

A German court says a municipal bus mechanic can have hundreds of euros (dollars) in back pay for time spent changing into his work clothes — but not for time

The Buzz | Israel: Thousands of rare Hebrew texts soon available online

The National Library of Israel will soon make one of the world’s oldest surviving Hebrew bibles, dating back more than 1,000 years, available online. Aviad Stollman, the library’s chief of collections,

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