PlayStation update freezing consoles by BBC on 01:26 PM

A system software update has rendered some PlayStation 3 consoles unusable, manufacturer Sony confirms.

Exploding sidewalks menace Londoners by CNN on 01:26 PM

There's a new menace lurking in the streets of London -- exploding sidewalks. (...)

Budgets pass in all six school districts holding revotes by Newsday on 01:13 PM

Voters in six school districts -- Manhasset, North Babylon, Baldwin, East Quogue, Sachem and South Country -- passed their school budgets a month after rejecting proposals to override the state c(...)

In Turkey, protesters try a new approach: Standing still by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s demonstrations took a new twist on Tuesday, as plazas, malls and public spaces across the country filled with people trying a new form of protest: doing nothing. Protester(...)

Explaining Brazil's protest movement with photos and tweets by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

Brazil is experiencing its largest protests in more than 20 years, as more than 200,000 demonstrators take to the streets of Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and four other major cities to ral(...)

NATO transfers full responsibility for security to Afghan forces by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

KABUL — Afghanistan’s military assumed the leadership role on security matters for every part of the country Tuesday, leaving the U.S.-led coalition even more firmly on the sidelines but rais(...)

Egypt appoints member of terror group that once massacred tourists to run tourism region by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

It was only 16 years ago, in 1997, that members of an Egyptian militant group called Gamaa Islamiya stormed the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, a tourism magnet, and massacred 62 tourists (...)

Amazing point-of-view video shows what it feels like in the middle of Rio's massive protest by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

Protests across Brazil, which began as a movement against rising bus fares, have since escalated into mass demonstrations challenging the rising cost of living and what is seen as the government'(...)

Indian court rules that any couple who sleeps together is considered married by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

NEW DELHI It is a bit of a cliche to say that Indian society is in the throes of change these days. But it appears that the more things change, the more they remain the same. A court verdict in t(...)

Israeli politicians form new caucus to track the U.S. relationship by The Washington Post on 01:13 PM

JERUSALEM As the United States' position toward Israel and the Middle East continues to evolve, lawmakers in Israel have established, for the first time, a parliamentary caucus aimed at tracking (...)