A judge in southern Italy on Monday ordered Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis released from detention at his hotel while prosecutors decide whether or not to pursue allegations he had sex with a woman without her consent over two days, his lawyer said.
Even as Russia completes the capture of Lysychansk, Ukrainian soldiers say their own army is making modest gains elsewhere. A CBC crew visited the front near the Russian-held city of Izyum.
At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and officers are searching for a suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said Monday.
Scientists are warning that glaciers in Europe's Alps are becoming more unstable due to climate change, after a massive chunk of ice collapsed from a glacier and killed at least six people in northeastern Italy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the Eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province.
Some 17 people remain unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier broke off and slammed into hikers in northern Italy, officials say.
Danish police believe a shopping mall shooting that left three people dead and four others seriously wounded was not terror-related, and said Monday that the gunman acted alone and appears to have selected his victims at random.
