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, 28, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisThe popularity of food trucks has exploded in recent years—and so have the prices. Here's why.
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June, 27, 2014 from Channel 4 News World FeedThe acquittals of Rebekah Brooks and five other defendants at the phone hacking trial was good news for Rupert Murdoch. But what, asks Peter Hickman, is the longer-term outlook for his global empire?
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June, 27, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comHuman Rights Watch says Iraqi militants killed at least 160 captives this month; Russian official warns of terrorist state in swath from Syria to Baghdad
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA tribunal in the Vatican convicts the Church's former envoy to the Dominican Republic of sex abuse and defrocks him.
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June, 27, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Victims described by sources as two members of armed faction who were travelling in a car near a beach refugee camp.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldBBC News visits 'the Sandhurst of the Sands' - the Afghan army academy training troops in preparation for the withdrawal of international forces.
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June, 27, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comHuman Rights Watch says it has identified the sites of mass executions earlier this month after comparing satellite images to photos released by Isis militants. Analysis shows the executions of between 160 and 190 men took place in a fie...
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldBulgaria's central bank says there has been a systematic attempt to destabilise the country through attacks on the banking system.
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June, 27, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesAsian Americans have the lowest HIV testing rates in America. For National HIV Testing Day, one Filipino American shares the story of his first test.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldIn the final stage of a long decline, Hindustan Motors announced in May that it would suspend production of the Ambassador, a car that was once synonymous with style and status.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldOfficials said that more than 500,000 refugees had arrived in Bannu, Waziristan, by Thursday morning.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldSouthampton defender Luke Shaw signs for Manchester United for £27m after completing a medical at the club.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldGermany's World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer has his 90-day ban from football activity lifted by governing body Fifa.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldHundreds of lawyers marched in Hong Kong to demonstrate their concern that a recent policy paper issued by Beijing poses a threat to the rule of law in the city.
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June, 27, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisThe Ukrainian President has told CNBC his country will 'defend itself' against Russia if it fails to de-escalate tensions in east Ukraine by Monday.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldA spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sustani also called for Iraq to remain united, even as a Kurdish leader claimed more territory.
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June, 27, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalRussia warns it could limit supplies to European customers who would pump gas back to Ukraine
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June, 27, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalJapan's ruling parties near agreement on major shift in military policy
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA psychiatrist who evaluated Oscar Pistorius has suffered a heart attack, days before the Olympic athlete's murder trial resumes.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldPresident Vladimir V. Putin demanded an explanation for the decision to abandon the long-awaited inaugural mission of the Angara rocket.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldInvestors worldwide have flocked to Kenya’s debut Eurobond, even as terrorism damages the country’s tourism and hundreds of thousands remain jobless.
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June, 27, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPutting toys in boys' and girls' aisles may discourage girls from science and engineering careers, says Jenny Wilmott Continue reading...
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldMembers of the GMB union will join a day of action in July that could see more than one million workers on strike in total.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldNewborns whose mothers are unable to breastfeed are given stored breast milk to protect them from potentially life-threatening infection.
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June, 27, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesWe think of screens as rectangular, and they are — for good reason. But the rules are changing.
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June, 27, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalSudanese Christian woman inside US embassy seeking 'safety'
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June, 27, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPeter Rodger, whose son Elliott killed six people in California last month, speaks publicly about shootings for the first time Continue reading...
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June, 27, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comA vast wetland in Botswana, a prehistoric cave in France and an Inca road crossing six countries are among a host of new sites that have been added to the Unesco world heritage list over the past few days, pushing the total number to 1,0...
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June, 27, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesDr. Paolo Macchiarini is pushing boundaries of the emerging field of regenerative medicine, using a patient's own cells to rebuild tissues and organs.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldDozens of police officers are involved in an armed manhunt in Cornwall for a man who they fear might be carrying a gun.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldPoland's honorary consul in Monaco has admitted a role in the murder of heiress Helene Pastor, his mother-in-law, French prosecutors say.
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comMeet Teta Isibo, founder of Inzuki Designs, a Rwandan fashion brand fusing traditional craftsmanship with contemporary style.
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June, 27, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesAmanda Longacre, 24, joins TODAY to discuss being stripped of her Miss Delaware 2014 title after officials said she's too old. “It’s like they’re trying to erase me," she said.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldMore than 1,000 Chinese workers at a power plant north of Baghdad were evacuated to the capital city after previous attempts to move them to safety had failed, reports say.
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comSympathy for biting footballer Luis Suarez has been in short supply, but Friday the Uruguayan found support from an unlikely candidate -- his latest victim.
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June, 27, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisHewlett-Packard has won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing the computer maker of securities fraud.
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June, 27, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPetro Poroshenko says pro-Russia separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk are under control of Vladimir Putin's Kremlin Continue reading...
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA Sudanese woman whose death sentence for marrying a Christian was overturned has been released from detention and has taken refuge in the US Embassy in Khartoum.
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June, 27, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalSyrian troops capture areas near Lebanon border, cutting rebel supply lines
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comA Sudanese Christian woman who initially faced a death sentence after refusing to renounce her faith is now at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum with her family, her husband told CNN on Friday.
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comPetro Poroshenko signs an economic cooperation agreement with the EU, the same deal whose reversal set off a crisis in the nation.
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June, 27, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalGerman court rejects Chile's request to extradite alleged ex-guerrilla
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June, 27, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Army helicopters land in rebel-held city as locals complain that government forces were firing indiscriminately.
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comGraves believed to contain bodies of Iraqi soldiers, police and civilians killed by ISIS fighters are found in Tikrit, a rights group says.
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comThe United States will phase out its stockpiles of landmines designed specifically to target people, moving it closer to joining a global ban on a weapon that kills more than 15,000 people a year -- most of them civilians.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe father of a British-born student who shot dead six people in California last month before taking his own life, has told US television of the horror of living with what his son Elliot had done.
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June, 27, 2014 from CNN.comActor Shia LeBeouf has literally made an art of apologizing for a chain of ill deeds. He added a link to that chain late Thursday, when police said he lit up a cigarette in a Broadway theater.
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June, 27, 2014 from NYT > WorldMoscow warned of “serious consequences” after Kiev finalized the sweeping economic pact, which had set off protests and fighting in Ukraine.
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June, 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: WorldThe call Friday by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani came as Human Rights Watch said ISIS militants likely executed at least 160 unarmed men when they took the city of Tikrit.
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June, 27, 2014 from BBC News - WorldUkraine, Georgia and Moldova sign partnership agreements with the European Union, a move Russia says will have serious consequences.