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Authorities say an alligator pulled from a lake in southeast Alabama weighs an estimated 417 kilograms (920 pounds). AL.com (bit.ly/1Js66AM) reports that the 4-meter, 15.24-centimeter gator was captured in Lake Eufaula
With a successful career spanning 30 years to date, Bon Jovi’s announcement of their China debut in September has generated a lot of buzz across the country. Jon Bon Jovi, the
A pinball machine from “The Simpsons” and fun pinup art are among the items going to auction from the collection of the show’s co-creator Sam Simon. Sotheby’s announced yesterday that it
S KOREA A former South Korean prime minister will be sent to prison after the country’s top court upholds her bribery conviction. PAKISTAN The military says airstrikes in a northwestern tribal
A massive car bomb claimed by Islamic State militants ripped into a national security building in a working class residential neighborhood in Cairo early yesterday, wounding at least 29 people
Scientists have finally figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat, a major discovery that could open the door to an entirely new approach to the problem beyond diet and
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the detention order against a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 65 days, releasing him while he receives medical care in
The accusation came from the Londonderry City coroner, Major Hubert O’Neill, after the inquest jury returned an open verdict on the deaths. Thirteen people died on 30 January last year when
A self-described middleman in an alleged bourbon theft ring in Kentucky says he bought barrels of whiskey from the accused ringleader and arranged more purchases. In court records, Dustin Adkins says
The U.N. political chief says the risk of escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is palpable.” Jeffrey Feltman told the U.N. Security Council yesterday that the past month has seen “unconscionable crimes
Four-time Major champion Ernie Els and six-time Asian Tour winner Scott Hend have confirmed their return to the Macau Golf & Country Club to compete for the Venetian Macao Open
CHINA A U.N. human rights expert has criticized China for its lack of transparency in handling a chemical blast in Tianjin. Baskut Tuncak says the disaster might have been prevented
Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town’s Roman columns, Syrian state
Germany’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a third bailout for Greece yesterday, removing a key hurdle to providing new loans to the country and keeping it from defaulting on its debts in as little
Hillary Rodham Clinton is opposing President Barack Obama’s authorization for oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic and his delays on the Keystone XL pipeline, in some of the clearest signs
The pictures, run by the Daily Mirror over 10 pages, show a topless Duchess of York and Mr Bryan embracing by a swimming pool in the south of France. Other photographs
Police in western Germany are looking for thieves who broke into a store selling alcohol and stole the caps off 1,200 bottles of beer — presumably to collect points for
A study at 10 Los Angeles high schools links e-cigarettes with later tobacco use. University of Southern California researchers found that 14-year-olds who’d ever tried e-cigarettes were more likely than others
SRI LANKA With election results still incomplete, Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declares victory over the country’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was seeking a political comeback eight months
The Museum of the Bible, now under construction in Washington, will feature ancient artifacts and treasures from the Holy Land under a new deal with the Israel Antiquities Authority. An agreement
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