Even as the Republican establishment continued to call for Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri to drop out of his Senate race because of his comments on rape and abortion, Republicans approved platform language Tuesday calling for a constitutional amendment … Iran unveils upgraded missile as Israel turns to talk of attack plan - Fox News
Iran's president unveiled an upgraded version of one of its short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles Tuesday, amid a report that a top Israeli national security adviser met with a prominent rabbi hoping to persuade him in favor of an attack on … Rep. Todd Akin said today he will remain in the Missouri Senate race. - USA TODAY
The Missouri lawmaker announced his decision on former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's radio show, where he appeared yesterday to apologize for controversial statements about rape and abortion. "I said one word in one sentence on one day, … Tony Scott's death filmed by witnesses - and hawked to media outlets - The Guardian
Witnesses who filmed and photographed Tony Scott's fatal leap from a bridge into Los Angeles harbour are reportedly hawking the footage to media outlets. The material captures the British director crouching moments before he jumped an estimated 185ft … CSX train derails in Md., kills 2 college students - Fox News
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - A CSX train hauling coal derailed and fell from a bridge near Baltimore, killing two college students who were on the tracks and crushing vehicles in a parking lot, authorities said. Twenty-one of the train's 80 cars flipped over … Israeli archaeologist digs into Nazi death camp
When Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi decided to investigate his family's unknown Holocaust history, he turned to the skill he knew best: He began to dig. Dome now in place on North Korean nuclear plant: report
North Korea has put a dome on a light-water reactor it is building, a key step towards completing a plant that could be used to support its nuclear weapons programme, a leading defence journal said. Police identify body parts found in Toronto
TORONTO (Reuters) – The body parts found at opposite ends of Toronto over the last week belong to a 41-year-old woman named Guang Hua Liu who owned a spa in the eastern suburb of Scarborough, police said on Tuesday. The discovery on Wednesday of a foot with yellow-painted toenails floating in a river near Toronto triggered a police search that uncovered a severed head the next day and two hands on Friday, all in or along the Credit River in Mississauga. …
US: Iraqi linked to insurgent attacks on US troops to plead guilty in terrorism case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Federal prosecutors say an Iraqi man charged in Kentucky with supporting terrorism in his native country will plead guilty just hours after a judge was told the government can prove he worked with insurgents to kill U.S. troops.
3 men linked to Jordan's Paralympic squad arrested
Three men linked to Jordan’s Paralympic team were arrested in Northern Ireland following allegations of indecent assault, British media reported Tuesday. It was not clear if the men were athletes or supporting members of Jordan’s team.
SA defense minister says sorry for shot miners
South Africa's defense minister apologized Tuesday to angry miners who held up plastic packets of bullet casings, the first government official to beg forgiveness for the police shootings that killed 34 striking miners, wounded another 78 and shocked the nation. It was the most deadly display of state violence since apartheid ended in 1994. Egypt: Contaminated water causes illness, protests
Villagers briefly locked the Egyptian health minister and a provincial governor inside a hospital room Tuesday after allegedly contaminated water caused hundreds of residents to fall ill, officials said.
U.N. nuclear watchdog confirms new Iran talks this week
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday it would hold a new round of talks with Iran in Vienna later this week about a long-stalled investigation into suspected nuclear weapons research in the Islamic state. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a brief statement confirming the August 24 meeting after diplomats earlier on Tuesday told Reuters that they expected the meeting to take place on Friday in Vienna. (Reporting by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
Egypt deployment of armor in Sinai worries Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is concerned about the deployment of Egyptian armor in a push against militants in the neighboring Sinai desert, saying the vehicles’ entry wasn’t coordinated and is in violation of a 1979 peace treaty, an Israeli official said on Monday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not lodged any formal protest preferring to try and resolve the issue in quiet contacts including U.S. mediation, to avoid worsening ties with Cairo already strained since Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a popular revolt last year. …
Police chief fired over Afghan insider attack on NATO
An Afghan district police chief has been fired after one of his men killed a NATO soldier, marking the start of a crackdown on the increasing number of insider attacks, officials said Tuesday. 
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