Reporter lashes Trump twitter anti-Semitism

Tuesday morning, Dana Schwartz, a culture reporter for The New York Observer, sent a pitch to the paper's editor-in-chief taking him to task over tweets.

Where is the outpouring of grief?

In recent days, jihadis killed 41 people at Istanbul's bustling, shiny airport; 22 at a cafe in Bangladesh; and at least 250 celebrating the final days of Ramadan in Baghdad. 

Desperate teacher rips up Olympic tickets

Lia Timson 10:04 PM   A Brazilian teacher is so incensed at the dire conditions of schools in Rio de Janeiro, she ripped up her hard-gained Olympics tickets in protest.

Barcelona soccer star Messi sentenced to 21 months in prison

Emma Pinedo 11:58 PM   Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after a court in Barcelona found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a statement from the court said on Wednesday.

Chilcot report: Iraq invasion 'not justified', UK government report finds

Nick Miller 10:00 PM   The UK chose to invade Iraq in 2003 without proper justification and without proper authority, based on flawed intelligence that should have been challenged but wasn't, according to the long-awaited 'Chilcot report'.

'I will be with you whatever': Tony Blair's letter to George Bush

9:27 PM   UK Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote to US President George W Bush on July 21:

A timeline to war

Nick Miller 7:49 PM   Tracing the key events that led to the invasion of Iraq by the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland.

Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder

Marika Dobbin 7:41 PM   South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will spend the next six years in jail for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, bringing the curtain down on a trial that gripped the world.

Belgian court sentences 15 for harbinger of Paris attacks

Alissa Rubin 1:15 PM   The mastermind in a terror plot that Belgian police thwarted in 2015 was also the on-the-ground coordinator in the Paris attacks in November.

FBI 'no charge' recommendation for Hillary Clinton could be devastating

Paul McGeough 11:55 AM   This election just got so much harder for Hillary Clinton – to be cleared of criminal misconduct was good news that lasted for just a minute.

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Oscar Pistorius' nervous wait for murder sentence

Paul Burkhardt 11:02 AM   Oscar Pistorius may return to prison on Wednesday when a judge hands down his sentence for murdering his model girlfriend.

Swedish police investigate 47 reports of sexual assault at music festivals

Dan Bilefsky and Christina Anderson 10:59 AM   The Swedish police are investigating reports that dozens of young women and girls were sexually assaulted at two music festivals in Sweden last weekend.

Terrorists can move too freely in Europe, says French committee

David Chazan 10:50 AM   Potential terrorists can move too freely in the European Schengen open-borders area and member states should flag up suspects more systematically on a shared police database, a French parliamentary committee said on Tuesday.

Theresa May, the steely, steady woman who might lead Britain

Stephen Castle 10:31 AM   The front-runner to become Britain's next prime minister approaches her Type 1 diabetes like anything else in life.

Proud to be difficult: Twitter responds to criticism of Theresa May

10:21 AM   Women across the world are coming out as proud to be "difficult" in support of the UK's Theresa May, one of two women vying to become the next British Prime Minister. 

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EgyptAir voice recorder indicates attempt to put out fire before crash

8:03 AM   Audio from the flight deck voice recorder of EgyptAir MS804 indicates an attempt to put out a fire on board the jet before it crashed into the Mediterranean, sources on the investigation committee said on Tuesday.

Iraqi man who took a sledgehammer to Saddam Hussein's statue wants him back

Max Bearak 6:43 AM   It is an image seared in the minds of war-ready and war-weary Americans alike.

'Boris as prime minister is ridiculous': Tory MP caught on camera ridiculing colleagues

3:52 AM   "Theresa is a bloody difficult woman but you and I worked for Margaret Thatcher...," he said in the clip. It was not clear if he knew he was being filmed.

FBI chief: No grounds for criminal charges after Clinton email probe

Matt Zapotosky 1:42 AM   Mr Comey said there was evidence to suggest a disregard of standing security protocols, but said the FBI findings determined that "no reasonable prosecutor" would likely bring criminal charges