Turkish authorities find bodies of 34 refugees, search for survivors
Istanbul: Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 34 migrants, at least three of them children, at two locations on the Aegean coast on Tuesday after they apparently tried to cross to the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina pastor disarms man with semi-automatic rifle who walked into...
North Carolina Pastor Larry Wright Disarms Gunman During Sermon on Violence https://t.co/8Nf48xcQvD pic.twitter.com/JJ6qx4tUSQ— Good Black News (@goodblacknews) January 4, 2016 I came down and prayed...
View ArticleBodies found at missing ex-Eastenders star Sian Blake's home
Police searching for a former EastEnders actress and her two children say they have found three bodies at their London home. Sian Blake, 43, and her sons Zachary, 8, and Amon, 4, were last seen on...
View ArticleBarack Obama's soaring rhetoric on gun violence matched by timidity of his...
Washington: The power of Barack Obama's rhetoric on the scourge of gun violence on Tuesday was matched only by the timidity of his actual announcements - and further by the mindless reactive response...
View ArticleMatthew DeRemer's inspiring last words shared after he dies in motorbike crash
On New Year's Eve, Iraq War veteran Matthew DeRemer was excited about the year ahead. The 31-year-old surgical technologist, from the US state of Florida, took to Facebook at 10.06am to talk about the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia-Iran dispute: where countries stand
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which began with the kingdom's execution of a Shiite cleric and escalated with attacks on Saudi diplomatic posts in the Islamic Republic, have countries around...
View ArticleAustralian scientist Jane Taupin questions Koh Tao death penalty evidence
Bangkok: An Australian forensic scientist has questioned key DNA evidence that led to two migrant workers being sentenced to death for the gruesome murders of two British backpackers on an idyllic Thai...
View ArticleAmericans asked to help close 18-minute gap in San Bernardino probe
San Bernardino: US federal and local law enforcement officials have asked for the public's help in piecing together the movements of a married couple in the hours after they killed 14 people and...
View ArticleUS soldier killed in Taliban offensive in Afghanistan
Kabul: An American soldier has been killed and two others were wounded in fighting at the heart of a Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan, the US military said. The death on Tuesday was in Marjah,...
View ArticleIndonesian airlines rank lowest in world for safety
Jakarta: Indonesia's accident-plagued aviation industry has more airlines with the lowest safety ranking than any other country in the world according to an annual survey. The plane safety rating...
View ArticleNuclear option: Was North Korea's hydrogen bomb test a deliberate distraction?
Last time, North Korea launched a "dishwasher wrapped in tinfoil" strapped to the top of a rocket that was supposed to splash down in the ocean somewhere north of Australia. But there won't be many...
View ArticleAnonymous hacks Thai police websites to protest Myanmar workers' death penalties
Bangkok: Hackers have attacked Thai police websites in protest the trial of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death last month for the murders of two British tourists. The international hacking...
View ArticleSouth Korea doubts North's hydrogen bomb claim, saying explosion is too small
Seoul: Officials and analysts in South Korea have cast doubt on the North's claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time, saying seismological data from the impact was more in keeping...
View ArticleUNESCO and European Union launch a new project to build trust in media in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'This project is a direct follow-up of the previous successful project, Media Accountability in South East Europe and...
View ArticleCologne mayor blasted for advice to women after assaults
Berlin: The mayor of Cologne has come under fire after suggesting a code of conduct for women in response to a wave of sexual assaults likely committed by men of North African descent inflamed...
View ArticleIgor Sergun, chief of Russian military intelligence, dies at 58
Moscow: Colonel-General Igor Sergun, who oversaw covert military operations for Russia as the director of its military intelligence service, died on Monday. He was 58. The Defence Ministry, which...
View ArticleNorth Korea hydrogen bomb test: Kim Jong Un - funny until he's not
Washington: Just weeks ago, news organisations were turning to zany North Korea for the kind of story that dependably blossoms in the Hermit Kingdom: the wacky, wild tale of an isolated nation's...
View Article'They touched us everywhere'. Victims of mass sex assault in Cologne describe...
One of the victims of a mass sexual attack in the German city of Cologne has described the terrifying moment a mob of more than 30 angry men surrounded her and her friends and groped and robbed them...
View ArticleHundreds protest outside Saudi Arabian embassy in Canberra
Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Canberra angered by the execution of cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, who was critical of the kingdom's treatment of its Shiite...
View ArticleFinal tally: US police shot and killed 984 people in 2015
Washington: On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Las Vegas police cornered Keith Childress Jr, who was wanted for a number of violent felonies. They opened fire on the 23-year-old after he refused to...
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