World

Two German backpackers were allegedly kidnapped and raped by an Australian man at an isolated campsite.  One backpacker raised the alarm when she appeared naked and bleeding from the sand dunes while screaming to flag down a […]

The international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced French authorities for abusing their powers under the state of emergency imposed in France following the Paris attacks.  HRW’s report says that Police and the French […]

The French government has announced ‘war’ on the spreading of conspiracy theories in schools, saying that they believe conspiracies to give fuel to extremists who seek to radicalize young people.  Authorities in France are desperately […]

Shark attacks have increased worldwide according to a global tally. Sharks attacked people 98 times during 2015, setting a new record for unprovoked attacks from the hungry killing machines of the cold oceans on well-meaning human […]

While the world’s attention is focused on the Zika virus, a new UN report warns that a future global epidemic could result in millions of deaths and could be far worse than the recent Ebola […]

Rioters in Hong Kong clashed with police on Tuesday amid violent scenes during the three-day Chinese New Year holiday.  As rioters set fires and threw bricks at cops, police fired warning shots in the Mong […]

A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Somali passenger jet flying from Mogadishu to Djibouti and was subsequently sucked out and killed, was on board the wrong plane, according to […]

Riot police have detained around 10 people protesting outside the central bank in Moscow, who were asking for a better deal on their Forex mortgages after the recent decline of the Russian ruble. The Star […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed thousands of troops and hundreds of warplanes on Monday to southwest Russia for large-scale military drills, amid escalating tensions with the West and NATO.  Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said […]