Egypt | Militants attack army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 38 

Islamic militants yesterday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 38 soldiers, security and

Tunisia | Beach killer trained with museum gunmen 

The student who massacred tourists in a Tunisian seaside resort trained in a jihadi camp in Libya at the same time as the two men who attacked a leading museum

This Day in History | 2005 – Millions rock to Live 8 message

Bob Geldof said the day had been “full of hope and possibility and life”. In London Madonna, U2, Coldplay, Sir Elton John and Sting all performed. Almost all of the singers

Offbeat | Recent spike in shark attacks reported off Carolinas coast

Shark experts have a not-so-reassuring explanation for a recent spate of attacks along on the coast of the Carolinas: It’s mainly because so many people are getting in the water. Six

The Buzz | President admits fixing 5 Serie B matches

The president of Catania has admitted to fixing five Serie B matches aimed at preventing the Sicilian club from relegation to the third division. Antonino Pulvirenti also claimed to have

Transgender swimmer at Harvard believed to be a 1st

Schuyler Bailar was a star recruit for the women’s swimming team at Harvard University, a tough competitor with a shot at winning titles. But Bailar is opting to forgo such

World Briefs

CHINA’s ruling Communist Party recruited almost 15 percent fewer new members last year amid hopes that better-qualified candidates will expand its guiding role in Chinese society. CHINA-USA Chinese authorities have arrested

2 Uber executives ordered to stand trial in France

Two Uber France managers have been ordered to stand trial on behalf of the San Francisco-based company on charges including “deceptive commercial practices” and complicity in illegal activities linked to

France | Authorities link beheading, gas plant attack to Islamic State

French investigators have uncovered links between Islamic State militants and the man who hung his employer’s severed head at a gas plant he was attacking, a prosecutor said yesterday. The man,

Tunisia | President: New security system had been set for July 1

Thirty-eight tourists died in a gun attack just days before Tunisia planned to implement heightened security measures for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, but those plans had not anticipated

Greece | Crunch time as IMF debt looms and bailout ends

It’s crunch time for Greece, with the European part of its international bailout expiring yesterday and with it any possible access to the remaining rescue loans that it needs to

This Day in History | 1997 Hong Kong handed over to Chinese control

The flag was presented to Mr Patten who was then driven off in his official Rolls Royce, before the car was handed over to Tung Chee-hwa, the territory’s Chief Executive. In

Offbeat | Liberia quarantines community where corpse tested for Ebola

Deputy health minister and head of Liberia’s Ebola response team, Tolbert Nyenswah, told AP yesterday that the boy died at his home and was buried safely to avoid spread. He

World Views | China’s magic tricks can’t save its stock market

Chinese policy makers seem to have exhausted whatever magical powers they had been using to keep their economy aloft. Chinese stocks have been plunging even as Beijing has used every trick it

The Buzz | Spain, Portugal face heat wave

Spain and Portugal both issued weather alerts yesterday, advising residents to take extra care as temperatures soared above 40 C in some southern areas. The Iberian Peninsula was sweltering in

Las Vegas jails strained by billions in property tax giveaways

Even as Nevada’s real estate values climb back from their record plunge during the recession, a decade- old property tax cap that let casinos save billions of dollars has strained municipal

World Briefs

AFGHANISTAN An Afghan official says 11 soldiers were killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in a western province that borders Iran. SYRIA  Fewer than 100 Syrian rebels are currently being

Tunisia | attack UK’s Cameron promises wide, long-term response to terror

Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday pledged a wide response to extremism, describing Britain as being united in grief over the beach massacre in Tunisia. Fifteen Britons are confirmed dead, but officials have

Kuwait | Mosque bomber raised no red flags, transited Bahrain

The Saudi man who blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in Kuwait last week flew into the country after transiting through nearby Bahrain and had no background suggesting he

Iran | Inspections focus of talks amid reports of new Obama letter

Envoys negotiating a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program began a third day of talks in Vienna focused on the role of international monitors, as reports emerged of a new

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