Twelve Israeli teens arrested for gang-raping and filming 19-year-old British tourists

Twelve Israeli teenagers accused of gang-raping a 19-year-old British woman in Cyprus have appeared in court. The boys,  between age 16 and 18, allegedly attacked the British woman around 12.30a…

Pope Francis Appoints New Vatican Spokesman

Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new Vatican spokesman, one of the most demanding PR jobs in the world, charged with grappling with a whirlwind papal schedule and the profound repercussions of th…

Trump to send 2,100 more troops to U.S. border with Mexico

The Trump administration will deploy some 2,100 more troops to help “secure the southern land border of the United States,” the defense department said in a statement on Wednesday night. Up to 1,000 …

Druglord ‘El Chapo’ Sentenced To Life In Prison Plus 30 Years

Druglord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. A US court sentenced him on Wednesday, ordering the former mob boss to pay back $12.6 billion of the proceeds of his cr…

US House votes to condemn Donald Trump for ‘racist comments’

The U.S. House of Representatives voted  to condemn President Donald Trump for “racist comments” against four minority Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic measure aimed at shaming Trump and his…

IMF boss, Lagarde resigns

The Managing Director of the International Monitory Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde has resigned. Ms. Lagarde made her resignation notice known in a statement she released on Tuesday on the officia…

Trump to shut down asylum at southern border

The Trump administration is seeking to effectively halt migrants from seeking asylum protections at the United States’ southern border, going against decades of U.S. policy.     &…

Skydiving Plane Crashes In Sweden, 9 Killed

Nine people died Sunday when a small aircraft being used for tourism crashed in northwest Sweden, the regional authority said. The nine people on board are dead,” Gabriella Bandling, spokeswoman for …

14 Killed In India Building Collapse

Fourteen people were killed when a building collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rain which has left more than 100 dead across South Asia, officials said Monday.    &nbs…

Huawei In Preparation To Lay Off Hundreds Of US Workers

Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei is reportedly preparing to lay off hundreds of workers in the United States, reports The Wall Street Journal. The company has struggled in recent months after t…

Hong Kong: Police fight protesters amid rising tensions

Police in Hong Kong fought with protesters on Sunday as they broke up a demonstration by thousands of people demanding the resignation of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s chief executive and a…

Nuclear deal: Iran ready to talk if US lifts sanctions

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on…

Power restored after massive outage in New York

More than 70,000 people were affected by a massive power outage in parts of New York City on Saturday evening which saw the screens at Times Square go black and left cinema-goers sitting in pitch-bla…

Merkel Sits Through Anthems After Shaking Spells

Angela Merkel remained seated during national anthems at an official ceremony on Thursday, as the German chancellor apparently sought to prevent a repeat of uncontrollable shaking with a rare change …

Dozens injured as turbulence hits Air Canada flight

An Air Canada flight was forced to divert to Honolulu on Thursday, after suffering turbulence, and dozens of people were injured in the incident, local media reported.      &…

Major Fire Erupts At Power Station In Moscow Region

A major fire broke out at a power station in the Moscow region on Thursday, injuring six to nine people, the energy ministry and Russian media reports said. Huge flames could be seen leaping into the…

Iranian boats harass British tanker, warship steps in

Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a British wa…

Microsoft to open retail store in central London

Microsoft will open a flagship shop in central London on Thursday in a move that aims to reconnect the software giant to its customers (both consumers and businesses).      &…

There Is No Need To Worry, Merkel Says After Health Scare

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted she was “very well”, despite suffering her third trembling spell in less than a month on Wednesday that revived questions about her health.    …

China wants U.S.A to cancel sale of tanks and missiles to Taiwan

China is demanding that the United States scrap a plan to sell more than 2 billion dollars worth of military hardware, including M1A2 Abrams tanks and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, to Taiwan. Such …