News Headlines - 27 July 2014
▽Israel-Gaza conflict: Obama and Pope call for peace as child death toll rises - Telegraph
President Barack Obama has urged Israel to halt the Gaza offensive immediately, as new figures showed that 218 Palestinian children have been killed in the conflict so far.
▽Islamist militants kidnap wife of Cameroonian official - LA Times
Islamist militants believed to be associated with the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram kidnapped the wife of a Cameroonian vice prime minister Sunday, in a worrying sign that the violence in northeastern Nigeria is spreading beyond its borders.
Vladimir Putin is facing a multi-million dollar legal action for his alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.
▽Shinzo Abe faces rising disenchantment in Japan - FT.com
Shinzo Abe has spent much of his premiership trumpeting his achievements to foreigners, particularly those of Abenomics, his programme to kick-start the Japanese economy. But discontent is stirring at home.
▽Schoolgirl 'Beheads' Classmate In Japan
A 15-year-old Japanese schoolgirl is being held in police custody after she admitted murdering her classmate and dismembering her body.
The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was arrested on Sunday after the body of 15-year-old Aiwa Matsuo was discovered in the city of Sasebo, in Japan's southwestern Nagasaki Prefecture.
