Reuters

Anti-Semitic incidents soar in the UK

The number of recorded anti-Semitic incidents in Britain soared in the first six months of this year compared with 2014, probably due to a surge in reporting among fearful Jews, a report by a Jewish community body said on Thursday.
Turkey: Kurdish peace process in crisis after President launches air strikes

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of political maneuvering.
$Occult beliefs on the rise among China\'s communist leaders$
Occult beliefs on the rise among China's communist leaders

Underground belief in occult practices such as sorcery is spreading.
$Father of Colorado gunman pleads for his son\'s life in court$
Father of Colorado gunman pleads for his son's life in court

Bob Holmes said his son James was "a really excellent kid" who became mentally ill.
$Gaddafi\'s son sentenced to death by Libyan court$
Gaddafi's son sentenced to death by Libyan court

Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.
$Oklahoma\'s Ten Commandments monument must go, says court in blow to conservatives$
Oklahoma's Ten Commandments monument must go, says court in blow to conservatives

Its location violates the state constitution's ban on the use of state property for the benefit of religion.
Cocaine-snorting peer resigns from House of Lords after newspaper sting

Lord Sewel resigned as deputy speaker of the House of Lords two days ago.
Autopsy sheds no light on Bobbi Kristina Brown bathtub death

Brown, 22, had no previously unknown medical conditions that would have contributed to her death.
Turkey and US plan IS-free zone along Turkish border

Attacks will sweep Islamic State fighters from a strip of land along the Turkish border.
$Labour Party is \'frightened of its own shadow\', says Andy Burnham$
Labour Party is 'frightened of its own shadow', says Andy Burnham

The party lacks the courage and big ideas to win back lost voters, Burnham will say today.
US Scout movement lifts ban on gay leaders in face of church protests

The 105-year-old Texas-based organisation has been deeply divided over the policy.
Lord Sewel resigns amid cocaine scandal

A senior British lord quit his post on Sunday and will face a police investigation after a tabloid newspaper released a video alledgedly showing him semi-naked and snorting white powder through a banknote while partying with two women.