Citing security concerns after threats from an ultra-nationalist group, Istanbul's governor had banned the event. Turkish police fired rubber bullets in an attempt to break up a gay pride parade in Istanbul on Sunday, witnesses said. The march had been banned by Istanbul's governor, who cited security concerns after threats from an ultra-nationalist group.

"This is bigotry, this is all about being a fanatic. How are they going to teach biology now? How are they going to talk about science?" On an online forum about the government's decision to exclude the theory of evolution from the national curriculum, a passionate discussion is under way. "Evolutionary theory is one of the most powerful and fundamental theories in modern science. To describe it as 'controversial' is unbelievable," says one commenter.

The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful attempt to alter voter information, and the theft of thousands of voter records that contain private information like partial Social Security numbers, current and former officials tell TIME.

We are thrilled to return to Arc with a massive update to Gigantic! Our June 2017 release marks the last major release of the Open Beta, and kicks off the final month leading up to the official drop of the game on July 20th, 2017 by launching on Steam. We’re excited to welcome back everyone who has been waiting to join the Open Beta on the Windows 7, 8, 10 and Xbox One platforms, and have a lot in store for you in the days leading up to launch.

A leader in the Russian Orthodox Church is urging men to keep their beards to “protect themselves from homosexuality.” Metropolitan Kornily, primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (RPSC), claims that shaving is more likely to make a man become “corrupted” by same-sex attraction.

Philippine troops pounded Islamist militants holding parts of southern Marawi city with air strikes and artillery Saturday as more soldiers were deployed and the death toll rose to more than 300 after nearly a month of fighting.

In an effort to better cater to newcomers, Twitter once again is redesigning its app across mobile, desktop and the web.

Vladimir Putin has referred to "the territories which now belong to Ukraine" in ominous comments during his annual phone-in. The Russian President made several remarks about Ukraine, recent anti-government protests and his country's relations with the United States, during A Direct Line With Putin. "I hope at some time this period in the life and history of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people will come to an end," ​Mr Putin said. 

Everyone knows that the US lags far behind most other countries in terms of rail travel offerings, and for many decades, the answer to increased travel demand has been to widen highways or increase flight frequencies. However, a privately funded rail company now aims to grab a piece of the pie when it comes to intra-Texas travel, which could affect the three US airlines that have a huge presence in the state.

In 1979, psychologist Ellen Langer and her students carefully refurbished an old monastery in Peterborough, New Hampshire, to resemble a place that would have existed two decades earlier.

Coroner calls for changes in how schools treat cases of absent children following tragic death of Chadrack Mulo.

After facing political criticism and leaving Facebook, Palmer Luckey is working on another start-up. Its military interest will go nicely with his helicopters and abandoned missile silos.

31 years after Lucasafilm Games launched a beta version of its groundbreaking massively-multiplayer online game Habitat, the game is being brought back online by the folks at the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE) in Oakland, California. This is a big deal because when Lucasfilm launched it on the Commodore 64 in 1986, Habitat (seen below) was basically the world's first commercial graphical MMORPG.

A woman whose life is threatened by heart and lung complications was left permanently disabled after her parents rejected medical treatment and prayed for her recovery instead. Mariah Walton was born with a small hole in her heart, which could have been repaired in early life, but is now in and out of hospital for her condition, which has become life-threatening.

The computer system failure that grounded thousands of British Airways flights over the weekend could cost the airline more than $100 million. British Airways canceled all Saturday flights from London's two biggest airports following the tech meltdown. The outage was caused by a power surge that affected messaging across the airline's system, and there was no evidence that hackers were to blame, it said.

"Following the major IT system failure experienced earlier today, with regret we have had to cancel all flights leaving from Heathrow and Gatwick for the rest of today, Saturday, May 27. "The system outage has also affected our call centres and our website but we will update customers as soon as we are able to.

Amnesty International urges the US and other countries to stop arms transfers that could fuel atrocities. The US army has failed to monitor over $1bn worth of arms and other military equipment transfers to Kuwait and Iraq, Amnesty International says in a report citing a 2016 US government audit. The now-declassified document by the US Department of Defence (DoD) audit, was obtained by the rights group following Freedom of Information requests.