A woman who brandished the severed head of a four-year-old girl in her care outside a Moscow metro station has said she beheaded the child to avenge Muslims killed in the Kremlin’s campaign of air strikes in Syria. In video posted online on Thursday and circulated by several prominent bloggers,[…]
Two female militants were killed by police when they fired shots and threw a grenade at a Turkish police bus in Istanbul on Thursday, local media and the Istanbul governor said. Two police officers were lightly wounded in the attack, Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters in televised comments. An investigation[…]
North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea in a show of defiance just hours after the United Nations adopted the toughest sanctions to date on Pyongyang over its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch. Limited displays of military firepower have become a routine response by North Korea to[…]
A hunk of suspected aircraft wreckage found off the east African coast will be sent to Australia where experts will examine whether it is a new piece in the puzzle of missing flight MH370, officials said The fragment was reportedly found near Mozambique and could provide clues in the huge[…]
Bangladesh could drop Islam as the country’s official religion following a string of extremist attacks against people of other faiths. The supreme court in the South Asia nation has began to hear arguments which challenge Islam’s status as the official state religion. It comes after a spate of attacks against[…]
The recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region is probably the worst in 900 years, according to a new NASA report. Scientists studied tree rings in the area, which includes Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, in order to reconstruct its drought history. “The[…]
Police say the teenager who was killed by a female motorist after he tried to rob her was a known criminal who once tried to stab a cop. Siphesihle Mkunqwana, 16, was shot and killed along Jakes Gerwel Drive and Bluegum Avenue in Bonteheuwel on Monday afternoon when he and[…]
A father and his five-year-old son are lucky to be alive after escaping a fiery death. The two were almost burned to death in their car after it caught alight and burst into flames. Leon Ronnie, 45, said his BMW may be gone, but he is grateful their lives have[…]
A poisoning incident caused by poachers has left scores of animals dead, including an elephant and two lions, in the Kruger National Park. The incident was outlined by SANParks on Wednesday. “Kruger National Park (KNP) discovered an elephant carcass, 110 dead white back vultures, two male lions and two black[…]
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan‚ through his legal team‚ on Wednesday sent a letter demanding answers from the Hawks over its investigation into the so-called rogue unit at the SA Revenue Service when he was national commissioner. The unit is alleged to have spied on people. Gordhan misses Hawks’ 27 questions[…]
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