Pula - Pula's rare Mediterranean monk seal is once more disturbed by a tourist, as the town calls once again for education to protect the rare mammal.

San Francisco - Google told European officials that forgetting isn't easy, especially when details are few and guidelines are murky regarding when personal privacy trumps public interest.

Shakht - International experts will attempt Friday to begin a stalled investigation at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as Ukrainian forces threaten to resume their offensive against pro-Russian rebels after a one-day halt.

Conakry - West Africa's Ebola-hit nations imposed stringent new rules to tackle the world's worst ever outbreak of the tropical virus ahead of a special regional summit Friday to launch an emergency response plan.

Seoul - The family of Kenneth Bae, a US citizen detained in North Korea for nearly two years, voiced anguish Friday after Bae said he felt "abandoned" by the US authorities.

Gaza - Israel and Hamas agreed to begin a 72-hour ceasefire from 0500 GMT Friday, alongside a diplomatic push for a more durable end to the bloodshed after almost four weeks of fighting.

When visiting the Capital FM studios, Ed Sheeran decided to take on and add his own spin to 5 Seconds of Summer's breakout single, "She Looks So Perfect."

New Delhi - US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time on Friday, hoping to break the ice with a leader once shunned by Washington.

Washington - In a last-ditch effort to schedule a vote dealing with a influx of undocumented Central American children, the US House of Representatives postponed its summer recess.

New York - In 2010, construction crews working at the One World Trade Center site made a startling discover while digging beneath the streets of New York:

New York - The key Dow Jones index fell more than 300 points today wiping out all its gains for 2014. The Standard and Poor 500 also experienced its sharpest decline since April.

In a blow to the Republican drive to impeach president Barack Obama for alleged abuse of the executive order, Republicans in the House of Representatives have failed to pass vital legislation and are calling for Obama to use the...executive order.

FUNimation has streamed the first preview clip for its upcoming limited theatrical release to the anime movie "Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods."

Khan Yunis - An unborn Palestinian baby saved from her mother's womb after the woman was killed by Israeli forces has died in a Gaza intensive care unit.

San Francisco - An author on traffic flow studies recently stated that drivers good behavior and best intentions may cause traffic jams to be worse, among other factors.

Albuquerque - A disgruntled Comcast customer complains to a technician about the fees, steals the technicians tools, and pulls out a gun telling him to leave the property.

The scaly anteater, or Pangolin is an oddity in the animal world because it is the only mammal sporting scales. With eight different species, four of them found in Africa, and four found in Asia, they all share something else. They are disappearing.

Kaohsiung - A series of powerful gas blasts killed at least 24 people and injured up to 271 in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, overturning cars and ripping up roads, officials said Friday.

D3 Publisher has streamed the first trailer for "Onechanbara Z2: Chaos" which is going to hit the Playstation 4 in Japan on October 30.

Two new trailers for "Persona 4: Arena Ultimax," showing Akihito Sanada & Aegis, have been streamed by ATLUS. The game hits North America in September.