Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of burning spree
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Rangers top Lighting 3-2 for commanding lead in NHL East final
The New York Rangers beat the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Friday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven NHL Eastern Conference final.
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Queen's jubilee goes pop with a party
Some 22,000 people and millions more at home were on Saturday expected at a musical celebration for Queen Elizabeth II's historic Platinum Jubilee.
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Japanese man becomes world's oldest to sail solo across Pacific
An 83-year-old yachtsman arrived in Japan early Saturday morning after a solo, non-stop trip across the Pacific, becoming the oldest person ever to achieve the feat.
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Bomb kills two peacekeepers in Mali: UN
Two UN peacekeepers were killed and one wounded on Friday after an improvised bomb exploded in central Mali, a spokesman for the MINUSMA mission tweeted.
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Haney blasts Kambosos as 'not a true champion' after missing weight
George Kambosos was slammed Saturday as not "a true champion" after initially failing to make the weight for his clash with Devin Haney to become the unified and undisputed lightweight world champion.
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Real Madrid's Benzema drops appeal over 'sex tape' sentence
Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped an appeal against a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail former France teammate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, his lawyer said Saturday.
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China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary
There was heightened security around Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday, the anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown, while police in Hong Kong warned people not to gather as China strives to remove all reminders of the events of June 4.
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Why US gun violence spikes in warm weather
From the Texas school massacre to a Tulsa hospital shooting and many less-reported incidents, a recent spate of gun violence across America bears out a trend police departments have long sworn by: murders go up in warmer weather.
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Brazil gets hot and bothered over erotic pastry shops
At a Rio de Janeiro pastry shop, customers are waiting in line to buy waffles -- but the chocolate-covered treats come with a twist that is causing controversy in Brazil: they are shaped like penises.
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