Articles by Edmondo Burr

Men in Pakistan are encouraged to “lightly” beat their unruly wives by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII). A “light” beating is recommended if common sense does not prevail. The constitutional body has proposed a […]

A heartbroken husband has blamed himself for his wife’s death on Everest after leaving her alone on the mountain while he continued climbing the summit. ITV reports: Australian couple Robert Gropel and his wife Maria Strydom were […]

A former banker and Swiss insurance company CEO has been found dead in an apparent suicide at a holiday resort. It comes three years after a former chief financial officer of Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group […]

An elephant calf has been rescued after getting trapped in an uncovered drain in Sri Lanka. Local residents in the port of Hambantota joined forces with rescue workers and wildlife officials to free the stuck […]

A video from Nigeria shows an alleged adulterer being caned in public as punishment for having sex with a married woman. The man accused of adultery was beaten with a stick in front of a […]

Two Indian students have died after being electrocuted  when a live wire fell on their school bus in  India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu. The bus was full of students returning from a picnic on Sunday […]

A video showing the capabilities of a new German tank, the MBT Revolution, has appeared on the internet. The tank is a modular upgrade of an ex-German Leopard 2A4 main battle tank. The video shows […]

A gambling man from Uttar Pradesh, India, lost his wife after she was put at stake in an Indian Premier League (IPL) betting game. The matter came to light after the wife started getting harassed […]

The parents of a missing seven-year-old boy have admitted to police that the child was abandoned in bear infested mountains in northern Japan, as a “punishment.” The seven-year-old boy has been missing for two days. […]