Our roundup of the latest and breaking news, headlines and top stories from the world's most trusted news sources.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldEx-BBC DJ Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted victims aged five to 75 in NHS hospitals over decades of unrestricted access, investigators find.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe world's newest country, South Sudan, tops the list of fragile states in this year's index released by a leading US-based research institute.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldIraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki tells the BBC he supports an air strike on Islamist militants at a border crossing between Iraq and Syria.
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comThomas Schlich says the mutilation -- and survival -- of soldiers in WWI led to major gains in the technology of prosthetic limbs, producing the forerunners of our modern prosthetic designs.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldUK PM David Cameron's bid to stop ex-Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker becoming the next European Commission president suffers another blow.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldJean-Claude Juncker should become the next president of the European Commission - even if there is no unanimity over the issue, German chancellor Angela Merkel says.
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June, 26, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisThe New York State Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that New York City's ban on big sodas, which was blocked by lower courts, is illegal.
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June, 26, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Iraqi PM tells BBC of air raids on Syrian side of border as UK foreign minister arrives in Baghdad for talks on crisis.
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June, 26, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalEuropean Union leaders meeting in Ypres to mark 100th anniversary of start of World War I
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June, 26, 2014 from World News & AnalysisGoogle has started removing search results in Europe to comply with new rules on the "right to be forgotten".
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June, 26, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)World Health Organization "gravely concerned" about transmission of deadly virus and potential for international spread.
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June, 26, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comHague visits Baghdad to call for unity government Maliki confirms Syrian cross border air strikes Moqtada al-Sadr issues warning to Sunni militants Iraq starts the process of forming new government Syrian insurgent group pledges loyalty ...
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has said its members will down tools on 1 July, days after platinum workers returned to work after a five-month stand off.
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June, 26, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's vice president called on parliament to convene on Tuesday, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency while Britain's top diplomat st...
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldNepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, who vowed to draft a new constitution this year, is diagnosed with lung cancer.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldUS Secretary of State John Kerry calls on Russia to show "within hours" it is working to disarm separatist militants in eastern Ukraine.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldTop seed Serena Williams eases into the third round at Wimbledon after beating Chanelle Scheepers in straight sets.
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June, 26, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comGENEVA (AP) — There's a strong chance an El Nino weather event will reappear before the end of the year and shake up climate patterns worldwide, the U.N. weather agency said Thursday. The El Nino, a flow of unusually warm surface waters ...
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June, 26, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisHere's how getting photos developed of one's own child can escalate into arrest, and loss of custody, NBC News reports.
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldEighth seed Milos Raonic and 10th seed Kei Nishikori make it into the men's singles third round at Wimbledon.
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June, 26, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comIn news that was bound to happen, a city in Japan is planning what seems to be an ambitious arts festival, with a twist. Oita, a midsize manufacturing city, hopes to "make its mark" by hosting the world's first ever "Toilenniale" next su...
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comA zoo in Switzerland is the latest to be embroiled in controversy, after it not only killed a healthy bear cub but will now stuff and display it to teach children that "nature can be cruel."
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June, 26, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comLawyer says woman whose death sentence for apostasy was overturned has been released after pressure from diplomats Continue reading...
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June, 26, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalAl-Qaida militants attack airport in southern Yemen, 11 killed
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June, 26, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesMeriam Ibrahim had been trying to fly to the United States with her family after their were stopped at the airport.
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June, 26, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPresident Petro Poroshenko hints that government ceasefire, which ends at 10am on Friday, will not be extended Continue reading...
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldRadical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada is found not guilty of terrorism offences by a court in Jordan, over an alleged plot in 1998.
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comGhana's World Cup challenge is in danger of imploding after two of its star players were thrown out of their squad following allegations of physical and verbal attacks within the team's camp.
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June, 26, 2014 from NYT > WorldIn the book “Can China Lead?”, three business school professors looked at the motors for and the constraints against greatness that China is experiencing. One of the authors, William C. Kirby, explains what they found.
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June, 26, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comThe London-based animation studio Beakus has created the ultimate dystopian future. The world of "Last Breath" -- the film posted above, directed by Mak Ying-Ping -- has a lot wrong with it. Chief among the difficulties of living there i...
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June, 26, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisGoPro's big "ah-ah" moment was allowing users to turn the video camera on themselves, the founder says ahead of Thursday's IPO.
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June, 26, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesThe path of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 suggests the crew may have become incapacitated, officials said Thursday.
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comJurgen Klinsmann gives World Cup watchers letter to give to bosses, urging "take the day off."
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June, 26, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisA consumer advocacy group argues that caffeine-charged beverages have been linked to 17 deaths since 2012.
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June, 26, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's vice president called on parliament to convene on Tuesday, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency while Britain's top diplomat st...
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June, 26, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's vice president called on parliament to convene on Tuesday, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency while Britain's top diplomat st...
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June, 26, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA senior Thai general has told the BBC that last month's military coup had not been planned in advance.
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comItalian designer Michele Anoe has won the 3D Printed Car Design Challenge. His winning concept will be brought to life with a 3D printer at the International Manufacturing Technology show held in Chicago this September.
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June, 26, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesThe Mississippi River, bloated by record amounts of rainfall, is at its highest level in almost 15 years — and the worst may be yet to come.
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June, 26, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesCharlie Bothuell disappeared on June 14. His father, Charles Botheull IV, had appeared on Nancy Grace to appeal for help finding the boy.
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comDozens of civilians die in what local officials say was a Syrian air raid into Iraq, and now a U.S. official says Iran is flying drones over Iraq.
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June, 26, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUK investigations say late celebrity Jimmy Savile abused children, patients in many hospitals
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June, 26, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUN report says global drug use stagble but rising Afghan opium production cause for concern
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June, 26, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostBAGHDAD — Iraq’s presidency announced Thursday that the first session of the country’s newly elected parliament will be held July 1, starting the difficult process of forming a new Iraqi government in the midst of a raging insurgency tha...
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June, 26, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisForget the Supreme Court. The premise that Aereo is a disruptive innovation that could kill pay television is false.
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June, 26, 2014 from CNN.comMore than 140 kidnapped Kurdish boys are indoctrinated daily, says group.
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June, 26, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPlane on 'autopilot before crash', with course pointing to likely depressurisation and hypoxia rendering crew unconscious Continue reading...
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June, 26, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalSlovak court: Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis was not a communist-era secret police agent
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June, 26, 2014 from World News & AnalysisMilitants took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gas fields on Thursday, another gain by Sunni insurgents.
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June, 26, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesThe USA are on the cusp of one of their greatest-ever achievements in the World Cup. Only one problem: European powerhouse Germany stand in their way.
