Islamic State fanaticism | Images purport to show destroyed Syrian temple

The Islamic State group released propaganda images yesterday that purport to show militants laying explosives in and then blowing up the 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin in Syria’s ancient caravan city

Russia | Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years by Russian court

A Russian court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker yesterday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison in what critics called a politically motivated

Briefs | Russia cancels short-lived Wikipedia ban

Russia yesterday canceled a ban on the Russian-language Wikipedia, which barely lasted a few hours and caused a storm among Russian online users. The Russian communications watchdog sent out notifications

Hacking | Police: Ashley Madison breach might have led to suicides

The hacking of the cheating website Ashley Madison has triggered extortion crimes and led to two unconfirmed reports of suicides, Canadian police said yesterday (Macau time). The company behind Ashley Madison

This Day in History | 1985 – Budd smashes 5,000m record

The bare-footed runner completed the distance in a time of 14 minutes and 48.07 seconds - 10 seconds faster than the previous record. Budd came in nine seconds ahead of second-placed

Offbeat | Kevin Bacon to perform on stage in ‘Rear Window’ this fall

Hartford Stage in Connecticut said yesterday that the movie star will headline the haunting tale of a man in a wheelchair who witnesses a possible murder. It’s been adapted for

The Buzz | Tourism: Digital forms aim to curb illegal operators

Travel agencies booking group trips to Macau and Hong Kong will be urged to use digital forms for government approval starting on Sept 1, in a move aimed at curbing

World Briefs

CHINA is considering offering criminals who helped repel Japanese invaders more than 70 years ago a get-out-of-jail-free card now. Legislation proposed as part of events marking the end of World

Islamic State fanaticism | Militants destroy UNESCO-listed temple at Syria’s Palmyra

Islamic State militants have destroyed a temple at Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it

France | Americans, Briton who thwarted train attack get top honor

Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an attacker loaded with guns and ammunition prevented carnage on the high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris, France’s president said yesterday as

European migrant crisis | Wave of EU-bound immigrants crosses into Serbia

In a new human wave surging through the Balkans, thousands of exhausted migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossed on foot yesterday from Macedonia into Serbia on their way to

This Day in History | 1989 – Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune

Neptune is over two billion miles from Earth - the most distant planet in our solar system. Scientists at Mission Control in Florida have called it the “culmination of the greatest

Offbeat | UK marine researchers receive ‘oldest message in a bottle’

Tossed into the North Sea sometime between 1904 and 1906, the bottle washed up on the beach on the German island of Amrum, and was found by a couple in

Word briefs

NEPAL has opened Mount Everest to climbers for the first time since an earthquake-triggered avalanche in April killed 19 mountaineers and ended the popular spring climbing season. Japanese climber Nobukazu

A visual encyclopedia | Nevada Museum of Art opens unique Lake Tahoe exhibit in Reno

The first major historical art survey of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra’s infamous Donner Pass takes an ambitious trip through two centuries, highlighting the roles of Native Americans and railroad

Macedonia | Thousands of migrants head closer to EU from Macedonia

Thousands of tired and beleaguered migrants — mostly Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans fleeing conflict — boarded trains and buses in Macedonia that took them one step closer to the European

Iran | British foreign secretary reopens embassy in Tehran

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reopened the British Embassy in Tehran yesterday, nearly four years after it was closed following an attack by hard-liners. Hammond arrived in Tehran yesterday to attend

France | Gun-wielding train attacker on authorities’ radar in 3 countries

A man who boarded a high-speed Amsterdam-to-Paris train with a Kalashnikov rifle before being tackled by passengers was on the radar of authorities in three countries, had ties to radical

This Day in History | 1993 Michael Jackson accused of child abuse

They have refused to give details but it has emerged that two of Mr Jackson’s homes were searched at the weekend following allegations of child abuse. It is reported that the

Nature | Beneath dangerous Ecuador volcano, only a few linger

Bursts of ash spew from the snow-encircled crater of the Cotopaxi Volcano and fall in gusts on this village where the locals struggle to herd sheep and cattle to safety. Capped

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