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The entire population of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Canada, were forced to flee a raging wildfire engulfing their city. Dash-cam captures the experience of one driver having to flee with 80,000 other residents as […]

Land in Russia’s  far eastern wilderness is being offered for free to both Russians and non-Russian nationals wishing to settle in the region. The land will be handed over to Russians and foreigners who want […]

Two journalists working for the Cumhuriyet newspaper in Turkey have been sentenced to five years in prison, in the first ever case of its kind in Europe.  Can Dundar and Erdem Gul were convicted on […]

Since the start of the year, a tiny village in central India has seen an unprecedented eighty suicides While locals have blamed it on demon spirits, some researchers say that pesticides could be behind widespread […]

The appearance of an oil tanker, washed up and grounded on the shores of Liberia in west Africa with no crew or life boats, remains a mystery and a security concern. The Maritime Executive reports: […]

There has been outrage in France after police were caught on camera subjecting a disabled homeless man with no legs and one arm to a humiliating public strip-search on the Paris underground. The footage shot […]

An Algerian man accused of sexual assault against a woman during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne had his case thrown out by a German court on Friday after the victim failed to identify him. […]

Turkish opposition journalist Can Dündar narrowly escaped an assassination attempt outside a courthouse in Istanbul where he is on trial accused of revealing state secrets. The shooting happened during a break in the court proceedings where […]

French police will be staging a protest against the level of brutality they are receiving from members of the public. A major police union said that 300 officers have been hurt since the start of […]

Citizens in Switzerland are to vote on whether the country will become the first to guarantee a basic monthly income next month.  Swiss voters will decide whether every citizen and legal resident will earn $2,600 […]