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Charlie Hebdo Cartoons: French consulate worker stabbed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia police have arrested a man outside the French consulate in Jeddah for allegedly stabbing a guard in Jeddah on Thursday, October 29, state media and the French embassy said. The Saudi national used a “sharp tool” to injure the guard, who is receiving treatment in hospital, the Saudi Press...

Three people die in ‘terrorist’ knife attack during morning mass at a Catholic church in Nice, France

At least three people have been killed with two of them beheaded in a 'terrorist' knife attack at a catholic cathedral in Nice, France. According to reports, the attack began around 9 am just as mass at the Notre Dame basilica - the largest Roman Catholic church in Nice started. Among the...

President of Turkey Seen Lifting the Woman’s Burqa in Charlie Hebdo’s Cartoon, Sparked Anger in Turkey

Turkey has flared up once again on a new cartoon published by France’s popular magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cartoon published in Charlie Hebdo shows the Turkish President lifting the woman’s burqa to see her naked body. A teacher was strangled to death on 16 October in Paris because of...

France locks down, Germany closes down, as virus cases hit record

France announced a new month-long national lockdown and Germany imposed drastic new curbs on people’s daily lives as the EU’s biggest countries admitted that hospitals would soon be overwhelmed by patients suffering from coronavirus. The dramatic lockdown decision from French President Emmanuel Macron came after weeks of exponentially rising new...

Thailand’s Prime Minister refuses to resign O, after months of protests

Thai Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha has dismissed calls from opposition parties to resignduring a special two-day session of parliament, saying he will 'not run away from problems' . Prayuth instead called for a two day session to discuss months of protests demanding his departure and reforms to the powerful monarchy. “I...

World’s oldest husband dies at 110 years leaving behind 104-year-old widow

A man who together with his wife, achieved the Guinness World Record for the world's oldest married couple has died at the age of 110. Julio Cesar Mora Tapia died at his home in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, at around 11pm on October 22, leaving behind his 104-year-old wife who he...

France urges Arab nations to stop boycotts of French products over Macron’s defence of prophet cartoons

France on Sunday urged Arab countries to stop calls for boycott of French products. “These calls for boycotts and attacks on our country pushed by a radical minority are baseless and must be stopped immediately,” French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll said in a statement. Earlier, several Arab trade...

France: Teacher beheaded, suspect shot dead by police

A French teacher, who had recently shown students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed, was beheaded outside his school on Friday. The man suspected of the beheading was an 18-year-old born in Moscow and originating from Russia’s southern region of Chechnya, a judicial source said on Saturday. Five more people have been...

“Hacktivist” group, Anonymous hacks National Broadcasting Commission’s Twitter account, CBN and Police Websites #EndSARS campaign

International hacktivist" group, Anonymous have hacked the Twitter account of the National Broadcasting Commission in support of the ongoing #EndSARS EndSWAT protests against police brutality in Nigeria. CBN Website: "We #Anonymous have taken over all the NG Official Twitter's Account to support #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, ” the hackers said in a message posted...

Beirut rocked by second ‘explosion’ leaving two dead and multiple injured (photos/video)

A reported gas tank explosion has rocked the city of Beirut, Lebanon, with two confirmed dead and several injured. Military and emergency services arrived at the Tawik Jdide area of Beirut, Lebanon, following reports of an explosion on Friday evening, October 9. The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Red Cross, George Kittana, confirmed...

Vietnam: Conjoined twins discharged from hospital

A pair of formerly conjoined twins were discharged from HCMC Children's Hospital in Vietnam on Wednesday morning, 7 October, 85 days after their separation. 16 months old Hoang Truc Nhi and Hoang Dieu Nhi were decked in matching pink alongside their parents during the farewell ceremony held in the hospital. Truc Nhi...

Derek Chauvin, the officer charged in George Floyd’s death, has been released

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, has been released from prison after posting $1 million bond.  The 44-year-old is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death after he was captured in a video with his knee...

EU launches legal action against UK for breaching Brexit deal

The European Union (EU) has announced it has launched legal proceedings against the United Kingdom (UK) after the UK failed to withdraw legislation that would break international law by breaching the Brexit deal both sides signed last year. The announcement by the EU comes after weeks of controversy since the...

Chinese property mogul, a critic of President Xi is jailed for 18 years

A Chinese property mogul and critic of President Xi Jinping, has been jailed for corruption after calling the president a clown. Ren Zhiqiang, the former chairman of Huayuan, a state-owned real estate group, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption, bribery, and embezzlement of public funds. He was also...

Letter containing lethal poison was sent to Donald Trump at White House

A package containing ricin poison that was addressed to US President Donald Trump was reportedly intercepted by law enforcement this week.  The letter was discovered at a screening facility for White House mail earlier this week, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said on Saturday, September 19.  The official said...

North Korea set to unveil submarine launched nuclear weapon

North Korea dictator, Kim Jong-un, is set to unveil new weapons including a submarine-launched ballistic nuclear missile in the coming weeks, according to military and weapons analysts. There have been fears within the US and ally South Korea that North Korean troops have been practising for a military parade to...

The family of late Breonna Taylor shot by the police will be paid $12M

The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $12m to the family of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago.  Taylor's family sued the city after Louisville Metro Police officers broke down the door to Taylor's apartment and fatally shot the...

22 year girl recovers after jumping from 8-floor balcony

A 22 year old girl dancer, Georgia Brodrick, has miraculously recovered after she hurled herself off an eighth-storey balcony in a desperate attempt to escape her abusive boyfriend. According to the Daily Mail Australia, Brodrick called her dad on the morning of July 17 from her apartment in Melbourne, Australia, begging...

Yoshihide succeeds Shinzo as Japan’s next Prime Minister

Japan's governing party has elected Yoshihide Suga as its new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, paving the way for him to become the country's next prime minister. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) confirmed on Monday, September 14, that Suga easily won the internal vote to become the successor to Prime Minister Shinzo...

Trump nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize

US leader, Donald Trump has been nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize, for a historic deal between Serbia and Kosovo. Trump was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday September 9, for achieving a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Swedish Parliament member Magnus Jacobsson...

UK: Boris Johnson will place a ban on groups of more than 6 people

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson will place a ban on groups of more than six people gathering in homes, parks, pubs, and restaurants in England in a bid to stop COVID-19 spike. The 'rule of six' is a dramatic reduction on the limit of 30 which was first put in...

Massive fire erupts in Beirut port area (Photos)

A massive fire has broken out at Beirut port just one month after a huge explosion rocked Lebanon. There are no reports about what caused the fire yet, but the blaze erupted at a warehouse, which contained oil and tyres on Thursday afternoon, September 10. It is close to the epicentre...

Ukrainian church leader who blamed COVID-19 on gay marriage, tests positive for the virus

A prominent religious leader in Ukraine who blamed the Coronavirus pandemic on same-sex marriage has tested positive for the virus, his church announced. Patriarch Filaret, 91, the leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate, contracted COVID-19 and was subsequently hospitalized, the church confirmed a statement shared on its...

Charlie Hebdo 2015 attack trial, revisited today in Paris

A Paris court on Monday sat through a viewing of graphic images of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo newsroom attack scene, prompting horrified members of the audience to leave the room in tears. More than five years after the massacre at the satirical paper, the CCTV images and police pictures taken...

Covid-19: Morocco locks down Casablanca, shuts schools

Morocco imposed a lockdown on Casablanca and shut its schools Monday, the day pupils were due to return to classes, in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. The new measures, which include restrictions on movement and a night-time curfew, would be in place for two weeks in the...

COVID-19: France puts more departments on Covid high alert

French authorities have placed seven more departments covering major cities such as Lille, Strasbourg and Dijon on high alert as increases in Covid-19 infections accelerate, the government said Sunday. Of France's 101 mainland and overseas departments, 28 are now considered "red zones" where authorities will be able to impose exceptional...

US sanctions 24 Chinese companies

The United States has imposed sanctions on 24 Chinese companies for helping the Chinese government build structures in the South China Sea, an action that will surely increase tension between the US and China, who already have a damaged relationship. The sanction, is the first action of its kind by...

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe resigns, he had been vomiting blood

Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, 65, has announced his resignation after his eight-year stint in power due to ill health amid reports he had been vomiting blood.  Abe, 65, who made the announcement on Friday August 28, said he had suffered a relapse of a chronic bowel condition -saying he had...

Jacob Blake, who was shot by a police officer has been left paralyzed

The unarmed black father who was shot multiple times by a white police officer in front of his children in Wisconsin, has been left paralyzed from the waist down after the shooting. The shooting occurred at around 5pm on Sunday, August 23 in the city of Kenosha after Wisconsin cops...

Ex-Congo President Pascal Lissouba dies at 88

Former Congolese president, Pascal Lissouba, is dead. Lissouba died in Perpignan, France today Monday. August 24. A statement from his Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UADS) party said he died after a brief illness. “President Lissouba passed away after an illness,” the party's spokesman and MP Honore Sayi said Late Lissouba was president of...

TikTok sues U.S government over ban

TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government challenging the Trump administration’s plan to ban the company’s American operations. The suit, which was filed in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California on Monday, August 24, alleges that Trump’s order violates due process protections and offers no evidence to...

British DJ, Yuen spanked 24 times for drug offences in Singapore

A British DJ has been flogged naked in Singapore for drugs offences despite calls for leniency from Home Secretary Priti Patel and ex-foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt. Yuen Ye Ming, a London-born, Singapore-based drum and bass DJ was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane on two sets...

Brazil: Religious protesters try to stop a pregnant 10-year-old girl from having an abortion

A pregnant 10-year-old girl had to be protected by military police when angry religious protesters tried to block her from having an abortion at a hospital in Brazil. The child, from Sao Mateus, was allegedly raped by her uncle. She told medics her uncle had been raping her since the age...

Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert S. Trump dies aged 71

Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of US President Donald Trump, died on Saturday night, August 15, in Manhattan. He died at the New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in Lennox Hill. He was 71. His death was announced by The White House but they did not give a cause. Reacting to Robert's...

Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump hospitalized in New York

US President, Donald Trump's brother, Robert Trump is in a New York hospital with an undisclosed illness, the White House announced on Friday, August 14. According to the White House, Donald and his younger brother Robert are very close and the president is expected to visit his brother Friday in...

At least 13 injured as massive explosion erupts from gas station in Russia

At least 13 people are understood to be injured after a massive explosion erupted from a gas station in Russia The blast happened in Volgograd city in Russia. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, a propane tank caught fire at a gas station in Volgograd’s Traktorozavodsky district. Firefighters reached the site at 11.30am local...

Record Number Of Americans Reportedly Giving Up Their Citizenship…

Bambridge Accountants reports that 5,816 people gave up US citizenship in the first half of 2020 — a 1,210 per cent increase on the previous six months in which only 444 cases were recorded. The first two quarters of 2020 also rank as having the first and second highest numbers...

Lebanon’s Prime Minister and entire government step down in wake of Beirut blast

Lebanon's Prime Minister, Hassan Diab and his entire government have stepped down, in the wake of last week's Tuesday August 4 blast which decimated a large portion of the capital Beirut killing more than 160 people. Lebanon was already suffering through a bad economic crisis, coupled with rising Coronavirus rates. The...

Major gas explosion destroys homes in Baltimore (photos)

A major gas explosion has left one dead with several people injured in Baltimore, Maryland.  According to the Baltimore Firefighters Union IAFF Local 734, three-row houses in northwest Baltimore were completely destroyed and several people were injured on Monday morning, August 10. Multiple people, including children, had been trapped and rescued from...

Saudi man to sue wife for stealthily accessing his WhatsApp messages

A Saudi man is reportedly set to take legal action against his wife for stealthily accessing his WhatsApp messages and monitoring them for nine months. According to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, the man discovered that his wife, a school teacher, had managed to access his WhatsApp account and retrieved all the data...

Rescuers shaken by ‘blood and death’ of India jet disaster

Indian authorities had practised for years for a jet overshooting the "table-top" runway at Kozhikode airport, but local resident Fazal Puthiyakath was not prepared for the "blood and death" of the real thing. The 32-year-old businessman and his neighbours were first on the scene after an Air India Express...

Footage: Beirut sweeps across bride taking wedding photos (video)

Some viewers may find this footage upsetting. Lebanese rescue workers are continuing their search for survivors in the aftermath of a powerful explosion in Beirut on Wednesday which has left at least 135 people dead. The Lebanese prime minister on Tuesday night had blamed the explosion on 2,750-tonne store of ammonium...

Beirut: At least 50 killed and 2,500 injured after massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital

At least 50 people have been killed and over 2,500 injured after a massive explosion erupted in the Beirut port area, damaging buildings and vehicles in Lebanon. Lebanon's health minister, Hamad Hassan said that the figures were "preliminary estimates," while adding that the blasts had caused a 'very high number...

Egypt: 5 young women going to prison for posting “indecent” dance videos on TikTok

An Egyptian court has sentenced five young women to two years in prison for posting "indecent" dance videos on TikTok.   The prosecution statement named two of the defendants 20-year-old student Haneen Hossam and 22-year-old Mawada Eladhm and said the other three helped run their social media accounts. The women were also fined...

Moment Hurricane Hanna destroyed part of Donald Trump’s ‘indestructible’ wall

A viral video purportedly shows a part of the Trump's "indestructible" border wall collapsing under strong winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Hanna. The video posted to Twitter by journalist Yadith Valdez on Sunday, July 26, shows construction workers standing by and watching helplessly as fierce gusts knock down the steel structure...

Utah: 9-month-old baby, 2 others dead as plane crashes into home

Utah: 9-month-old baby, 2 others dead as plane crashes into home

The Satanic church is offering scholarship for September, 2020

The Satanic Temple wants to help high school graduates pursue higher education with its "Devil's Advocate Scholarship." The organization, which fights for a separation between religion and pubic affairs, will sift through submissions from 2020 graduates and award two winners $500 in scholarship money. Interested applicants are asked to submit...

Austria issues first intersex birth certificate after four-year battle

Austria has issued its first intersex birth certificate after a four-year battle. The European country issued its first intersex birth certificate on Thursday, July 16, as a growing number of countries offer identity documents with options other than male and female. Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites but this term is no longer used for...

British tourist plunged to his death and killed a local man on the ground..

A British tourist has plunged to his death, killing a local man on the ground after falling from the seventh floor of a Marbella hotel in Spain.  The double tragedy occurred at 1.45am this morning July 11th at the five-star Melia Don Pepe Hotel in Marbella. The tourist said to be...

Twins born in London face deportation to different countries

London-born twins who have never left the UK are facing deportation to different countries in the Caribbean after their jail terms for grievous bodily harm. 24-year-old Darrell Roberts has been issued with a deportation notice informing him that the Home Office plans to send him to the Dominican Republic following...

World’s ‘first’ gold-plated hotel opens in Vietnam (photos)

The world's first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel is now open for business in Vietnam.  The hotel which has 24-carat plating across lobbies, an infinity pool and rooms with even cutlery, cups, shower heads and toilet seats receiving the golden treatment, took about $200m and 11 years to build. Coffee is served in a...