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The American University of Afghanistan in Kabul is under attack, with hundreds of students and foreign staff trapped inside. Suspected militants attacked the campus with explosives and guns on Wednesday evening. Zero Hedge reports: The […]

Matteo Renzi, Francois Hollande, and Angela Merkel met on a volcanic island near Naples this week in a symbolic attempt to prevent the European project from erupting.  Their meeting marks a joint resolve to keep […]

A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks has shaken central Italy. The quake struck at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome, where strong tremors were felt. Several small towns […]

Is nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? Is above average creativity a disease? According to the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) these traits are all symptoms of ill and diseased minds. And […]

Japan has warned North Korea to stop provoking World War 3, following a series of missile launches and threats from Kim Jong-un of nuclear war in response to US-South Korean military drills.  Japanese senior official […]

German interior minister Ralf Jäger has warned that if a French-style Burqa ban is enacted in Germany, then the country will have to also ban Santa Claus in the interests of “fairness”.  Ralf Jäger, interior minister […]

Baron Eric de Rothschild has urged that Bulgarian communist operative Irina Bokova become the new United Nations (UN) chief.  The move represents an explicit endorsement by the establishment for Bokova’s campaign, which has been sinking amid growing […]

A rare Pokemon has caused a stampede on the streets of the Taiwanese capital Taipei. A mob was seen racing through the streets of the capital chasing after an elusive creature called ‘Snorlax’ who exists in the […]