A charity rescue ship with 82 migrants aboard received permission yesterday to sail to a tiny southern Italian island, but Italy's foreign minister cautioned against interpreting the OK as a sign the new government is easing its crackdown on such vessels.
Actress Felicity Huffman has been accused of benefiting from "white privilege" after getting a two-week jail sentence over paying to inflate her daughter's exam results.
The United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified details of its secret Cold War spy pigeon missions, revealing how pigeons were trained for clandestine operations photographing sensitive sites inside the Soviet Union and dolphins for underwater missions.
Police in the UK are searching for a solid gold toilet stolen from the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Every time Aryeh Deri spoke of the dangers ahead for Israel's most religious Jews, the sea of wide-brimmed black hats in front of him rippled with nods of agreement.
The leader of Gibraltar has attempted to de-escalate the crisis with Iran over the fate of a supertanker, saying it was "difficult to see" if Tehran had breached an agreement not to sell its oil to Syria.
Apple is banking on selling quality over quantity, compared to bulk with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. To woo people, it's giving away service for 1 year.
