No grounds to blame human error for Egypt crash
All 224 people on board are said to have died when the plane went down in a mountainous part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Six-year-old girl beats the odds after being born with her heart outside her chest
“When I was pregnant, the doctor said she will not survive, that she is going to die,” Dari Borun, the girl’s mother, said.The remarkable girl defied the odds set against her and lives, for the most part, like any other girl.
"I like to draw Jesus, ponies and angels,” Virsaviya said. “I don't go to the school and I don't go to the ballet but I want to do it at home."
Friday, October 30, 2015
Missiles kill more than 40 in Syrian market
More than 40 people were killed and about 100 wounded when Syrian government forces fired missiles into a marketplace in a town near Damascus, a conflict monitor and a local rescue group said on Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war through a network of sources on the ground, said government forces fired 12 missiles at Douma, 15km northeast of Damascus.
17 children die as migrants brave stormy seas
At least 17 children drowned when three boats sank en route from
Turkey to Greece, officials said on Friday, the latest tragedy to strike
migrants braving wintry seas to seek asylum in Europe.Nine adults also lost their lives when the boats went down, with the drownings once again highlighting the human cost as Europe struggles with its worst migrant crisis since World War II.
Although rescue officials in Greece and Turkey managed to pull another 157 people from the water, such drownings have become an almost daily occurrence as thousands of people brave high seas and wintry weather to make the crossing on flimsy, overloaded boats.
Fleeing war
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed "shame" over Europe's failure to prevent yet another "humanitarian tragedy" and said it was crucial to
US to deploy special forces to Syria
The number of special operations troops in Syria would be fewer than 50, said a senior administration official. Another said the number was likely to be in the range of 20 to 30 but could not provide details.
The decision by Obama, deeply averse to committing troops to unpopular wars in the Middle East, would mark the first sustained US troop presence in Syria and raise the risk of American casualties, although US officials stressed the forces were not meant to engage in front-line combat.
Programme to train
The Obama administration is under pressure to
Tyga and Kylie Jenner jet into LA looking quite stylish
German rapper who fought for ISIS terror group killed in an airstrike
The former German rapper who joined ISIS in 2012 and had publicly threatened
President Obama has been killed in an airstrike, the Pentagon confirmed
on Friday, October 30.
Denis Cuspert, who went by his hip-hop name "Deso Dogg," died in an
Oct. 16 attack near Raqqa, Syria, according to Department of Defense
spokeswoman Elissa Smith.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Beyonce writes an ode to Nicki Minaj crowning her the Queen of Rap
"I met this girl named Nicki, I guess you could say she was the rap queen / I met her in the studio lobby but her booty
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 14 civilians in Niger
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 14 people in an
overnight attack on a village in south-eastern Niger, security sources
said on Wednesday."They executed at least 14 civilians," said one
of the sources, referring to the village of Ala in the Diffa region
near the Nigerian border.
US probes cop after he drags black student out of class
US federal authorities said on Tuesday they are investigating whether a deputy's arrest of a student who refused to leave her high school math class violated federal civil rights laws. In recorded images posted on social media, the deputy can be seen flipping the girl backward in her desk and tossing her across the classroom floor.Federal help was sought by Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, who placed Senior Deputy Ben Fields on leave after the confrontation at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina.
Officials confirmed that Fields is white and the students are black, but told The Associated Press in an email to "keep in mind this is not a race issue".
South Carolina's National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People president, Lonnie Randolph Jr, denied that, saying "race is indeed a factor".
Israel faces threats ranging from rockets to nuclear -defense minister
Israel faces a wide variety of threats ranging from Islamic militants
wielding missiles and rockets to nuclear attack, Israeli Defence
Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday during a visit to the United
States.Yaalon was speaking with US Defence Secretary Ash Carter at the National Defence University in Washington. Carter emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Israeli security relationship and the United States' commitment to maintaining close ties.
Carter and Yaalon are due to visit the Naval Air Station in Maryland on Wednesday for a demonstration of the F-35 joint strike fighter. The United States has said it will deliver the F-35 to Israel next year, making it the only country in the Middle East to have the top-flight aircraft.
Yaalon ticked off a number of threats that he said Israel has faced, including from Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Assad's Syria, and Iran.
2 of Australia's most wanted men caught - father and son duo
Two of Australia's most wanted men, a father and son, were caught on
Wednesday after leading police on a near two-week chase that riveted the
nation, with a decomposed body found at their isolated hideout.The case of Gino and Mark Stocco, on the run for eight years has enthralled Australia's media since they opened fire on police during a car chase, with authorities launching a manhunt across three states for the men dubbed "modern day bushrangers".
Wanted for a string of property and violent crimes, they evaded capture despite multiple sightings until a tip-off led heavily armed police to a farm in Dunedoo, 345km northwest of Sydney.
No shots were fired. Both men suffered minor injuries as they resisted arrest.
New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Clint Pheeney said the body found after the arrests was believed to be that of a 68-year-old man
Blac Chyna - Future's bangin' other chicks ... and I'm cool with it
Blac Chyna doesn't care if Future's telling the world -- and chicks everywhere -- he's single ... 'cause she's just happy to be one of the women he's tapping.
Nigerian Troops kill 30 Boko Haram members, rescue captives in Sambisa
ISIS child militant killed in Russian airstrike Syria
World Bank - Abacha's loot is too huge for us to handle
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Libya cash chopper shot down
A helicopter carrying 16 people was shot down and crashed into the
sea near Libya's capital on Tuesday with at least nine passengers,
including a senior militiaman, confirmed dead, a military official said.The aircraft was hit by gunfire shortly before noon and went down near the Al-Maya area just west of Tripoli, Colonel Mustafa Sharkasi, a spokesperson for the air force of Libya's Tripoli-based government, told AFP.
"We have so far recovered nine bodies, including the body of Colonel Hussein Abu Diyya," a senior officer in the Fajr Libya militia that controls the capital, he said. "We think that all the passengers are dead."
Facebook sued over posts to urge attacks on Jews
An Israeli NGO said Tuesday it was suing Facebook for failing to
remove pages that encourage the killing of Jews, after a wave of attacks
by Palestinians left nine Israelis dead.Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of the Shurat HaDin organisation that filed the lawsuit in the New York State Court on Monday, said the claim holds the internet giant responsible for the presence of posts
What happens to you just before you die?
Slasher films are a lot of fun to watch. But what exactly would it feel like to get stuck in one?Scientists have explored many of the things that happen to the body and the mind as it approaches death — and while much of it still remains mysterious, the experience can be understood through the various chemical reactions and events that are happening in the brain.
Just in time for Halloween, a new video from the American Chemical Society explores exactly what would
How to get any job you want (even if you’re unqualified)
In an era of entrepreneurial spirit, when senior recruiters are less interested in your background than your potential, it may be possible to get any job you want, even if you’re unqualified.Candidates applying for jobs care far more about their own credentials than the companies they want to work for do, according to Raghav Haran, who worked for the stock photography, footage and music provider Shutterstock, the online
Teenager bailed over TalkTalk cyber Hack
Police arrested the 15-year-old at his family's home in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Monday. He was released on bail on Tuesday morning after being questioned by detectives overnight and will be required to report back to police next month.
The teenager, from Ballymena, County Antrim, was questioned overnight by officers from the
Russian soldier kills himself during deployment in Syria
A Russian soldier has killed himself while on deployment in Syria, the
first known death of a Russian serviceman in Syria since Moscow began
its airstrikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad last month.The relatives of Vadim Kostenko, a 19-year-old contractor in the Russian army, said that officers from a military airfield in Russia’s Krasnodar region had visited them with news that Kostenko had died on 24 October, activists from the open source investigative
Refugees stranded on Austrian border without food and water
Hundreds of refugees were left in no-man's-land on the
Austrian-Slovenian border on Tuesday after spending the night in the
open when Austria refused to let them enter.The refugees had been accompanied by Slovenia soldiers to the border and left there on Monday. They were without water and food and were lighting fires to keep warm.
There were many families with
Turkish police detain 71 in raids against Islamic State
Turkish police detained 71 people on Tuesday in raids against
suspected Islamic State militants in Istanbul and other cities, the
local news agency Dogan reported, while the army said it caught 17
militants attempting to cross into Syria.The sweep comes a day after police launched a series of operations against Islamic State groups, including a raid on more than a dozen houses in the southeastern
Christina Milian confirms she and Lil Wayne have broken up
"We are no longer together, but we actually still make music together. We have a song called ‘Do it’ that’s coming out actually… Well, we have chemistry. Let’s just say we will always have chemistry and I’m glad that it shows on camera and that everyone gets to see it. Love never goes away so, right now, we are enjoying our friendship.”
Young woman left paralyzed after a robbery attack shares her story
30-year-old Jane Nwangi was walking home from a church service on the evening of
May 28, 2015, when she was attacked by a thug. The experience has turned her whole
life upside down. Jane shares her story with The Star, Kenya:
"I live with my parents in Civil Servants Estate in Kariobangi South. The area is not very safe and has seen many incidents of mugging and shooting. It was worsened
"Some Africans are lazy fools only good at eating, lovemaking and stealing" – Donald Trump
"I hear they abuse me in their blogs but I don’t care because even the internet they are
Heartbreaking story of a 12-year-old girl forced into prostitution
Article written by Nicholas Kristoff for The New York Times. Quite interesting! Read below...
When readers hear about 'modern slavery', they may roll their eyes & assume that’s an exaggeration. Slavery? Really? Modern slavery?. If you’re one of the doubters, then listen to Poonam Thapa, a teenage girl I met here in Nepal, where she is putting
Monday, October 26, 2015
Teen hacks TalkTalk
Police arrested a 15-year-old boy over a cyber attack on telephone
and internet provider TalkTalk, feared to have breached the data of
millions of Britons, Scotland Yard said on Monday.The teenager was arrested and held for questioning in Northern Ireland, on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences, according to the Metropolitan Police.
"An arrest has been made in connection with the investigation into alleged data theft from the TalkTalk website," a spokesperson for Britain's Metropolitan Police said.
The boy was apprehended during a raid in County Antrim by Northern Ireland police officers working with Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit detectives.
"At the address, a 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences," the spokesperson added.
13-year-old rape victim kidnaps and beheads alleged attacker's son in India
Cancer survivor share treatment photos
Jose Mourinho charge Chelsea manager with misconduct after beahviour at half-time of West Ham defeat
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct by the
Football Association for his behaviour during the defeat at West Ham.The Portuguese manager allegedly attempted to enter referee Jonathan Moss' dressing room at half-time at Upton Park and was banisehd from the touchline in the second half - he had to watch Chelsea lose 2-1 from the Directors' Box.
Mourinho refused to speak to the media after the defeat, instead heading straight for the exit and the
Death toll rises to more than 200 as 7.5 magnitude quake hits northern Afghanistan
A 7.5 magnitude-earthquake has killed more than 200 people across Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.Pakistani state television announced at least 165 people had been killed after the quake in northern Afghanistan, while Afghan officials said 57 people died and more than 200 were wounded.
The epicentre of the earthquake
Fighting ISIS a 'joint interest', German minister tells Iraq
Germany will continue to provide military aid to Iraq as that nation
tries to fight back against the Islamic State militant group, German
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen promised on Monday."It's in our joint interest to stop ISIS," she said after talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad.
She said German support for the Iraqi army should stay constant in 2016. Germany currently does not provide weapons, but its aid comes in the form of helmets, protective
Indian mass killer held after 20 years on the run
An alleged Indian crime boss wanted in his home country for up to 20
murders, has been arrested in Indonesia after two decades on the run,
police said on Monday.Acting on a tip-off from Australian police, Indonesian authorities detained Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje on Sunday as he arrived in the popular resort island of Bali from Sydney, Bali police spokesperson Heri Wiyanto told AFP.
Video: Powerful 7.7 earthquake rocks South Asia
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia.Strong tremors were felt in Kabul, New Delhi and Islamabad on Monday. In the Pakistani capital, walls swayed back and forth and people poured out of office buildings in a panic, reciting verses from the Quran.
Vineet Gahlot, the director of seismology at the Indian Meteorological Department, said the
7 killed in shootout between Turkish police and ISIS suspects
Five suspected Islamic State militants and two Turkish police
officers were killed on Monday in a shootout in Diyarbakir, the main
city in the Kurdish-majority southeast, security sources said.Tensions are running high in Turkey just six days ahead of elections following the country's worst ever bomb attack this month and a resurgence of the Kurdish conflict.
The gun battle is the first with the jihadis on Turkish soil and follows the launch of Turkish air strikes on
45 in custody over 'Boko Haram plot' in Lagos
Nigeria's secret police have arrested and charged 45 suspects over an alleged Boko Haram plot to attack the country's financial hub, Lagos, sources with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Sunday."About 60 suspects were picked up from different locations in Lagos by the Department of State Services [DSS] acting on intelligence information they were planning to attack Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi last month," said one source.Both sources, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, said some of the suspects were released after preliminary investigations, while 45 others were taken to a magistrate court on Friday.
"They were arraigned on holding charges. The DSS urged the court to remand them in prison pending further investigation and their eventual arraignment before a high court," said one.
Dolphin Estate is a gated community on the upscale Ikoyi island, which is home to wealthy Nigerians as
US presidential candidate Carson wants to ban abortion
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson called on Sunday for a ban on abortion in nearly all cases, and likened those seeking to terminate their pregnancies to slave owners, in comments certain to spark controversy.Carson, 64, said it was illogical for mothers to believe they have the right to kill their unborn children.
"I'm a reasonable person, and if people can come up with a reasonable explanation of why they would like to kill a baby, I'll listen," Carson told "Meet the Press" on NBC television.
"In the ideal situation, the mother should not believe that the baby is her enemy and should not be looking to terminate the baby."
While opposed to abortions for pregnancies due to rape or incest, the retired neurosurgeon said he would allow mothers to terminate pregnancy if necessary to preserve their own life and health.
Justin Bieber offered $1 million to endorse dildo
In a cheesily worded letter to Bieber's listed commercial agent that was also sent to The Huffington Post, Clone-A-Willy wrote:
"Justin Bieber, he's popular, talented and now as the entire world knows ... quite well-endowed. You can only
Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill are reportedly buying a house together
According to TMZ, sources close to the couple said they put a bid on a 9 bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills but don't know if they'll get the house or not.
Nicki used to share a home with ex bf Safaree but didn't renew the lease after it ended in January.
If they get the house, Meek will have to move from Philly to LA.
I guess they are really serious about their relationship.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
6-month-old among 5 family members found dead in France
Three children and their parents have been found dead at their home near the northern French city of Lille, a local prosecutor said late on Wednesday.The bodies of a 6-month-old boy, his 4-year-old brother and 10-year-old sister along with their mother, 40, were found in their beds at the two-storey home in a residential neighbourhood, about 7km west of Lille.
Israeli soldier kills Jewish man mistaken for 'terrorist'
An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Jewish man he suspected was a
Palestinian "terrorist" in Jerusalem, police said on Thursday, in a
reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a spate of
near-daily Palestinian stabbing attacks.Police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said soldiers deployed in Jerusalem to reinforce police demanded
4-year-old girl killed in US road rage shooting
A 4-year-old girl was fatally shot in the head while riding in a car with her father in New Mexico in what authorities called a road rage attack, US media reported on Thursday.A suspect identified as Tony Torres, 32, has confessed to the shooting of Lilly Garcia on Tuesday afternoon in Albuquerque, ABC News reported.
An anonymous tip led to the arrest,
Police shoot masked man after attack on Swedish school
Swedish police say they have shot a masked man who attacked a school in southern Sweden, injuring at least one person.Students fled on Thursday morning from the Kronan school in Trollhattan, near Goteborg, Sweden's second-largest city. The school has 400 students, ranging from pre-school to high school.
Police in Trollhattan said the attack took place in the school's cafe area. They had no immediate report on
Plumber discovers Human foetus in blocked drainage pipe wrapped in Newspaper
Man charged for killing his two sisters and injuring their friend
Indonesia to use chemical castration to punish paedophiles
"It has been agreed that there will be additional punishment in order to make people think a thousand times before committing such crimes," Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo said late on Tuesday
Pregnant woman who was bathed with hot oil over puff puff loses pregnancy
25 year old woman, Chiwendu Nwobodo who was bathed with hot groundnut
oil by a neighbour in Surulere Lagos over puff puff supposedly worth
N900 has lost her two-month-old pregnancy.
According to PUNCH Metro, Her husband, Chigozie, said that
his wife had also developed complications as her left ear was now
oozing pus and that Iya Daniel has been re-arrested and detained at the
State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
Jaden Smith says he plans to disappear in 10 years, compares himself to Galileo
"People think you're crazy, I feel like it's an honor, actually, for people to think I'm crazy. Because they thought Galileo was crazy, too, you know what I'm saying?" the 17-year-old star explained to GQ staff writer, Zach Baron. "I don't think I'm as
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