Syria conflict: Aleppo rocked by fresh fighting
Deadly fighting has resumed in Syria's divided second city of Aleppo, after a brief lull overnight. State media say rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing eight people. Rescue workers report that a clinic in rebel-held Marja was targeted in an air strike, the second medical facility...
Norway helicopter crash: 11 killed near Bergen
Eleven people have been found dead and two are missing after a helicopter crashed west of the Norwegian city of Bergen carrying 13, rescuers say. Eleven of those on board were Norwegian, one was British and one Italian. Photos from the scene show thick smoke coming from an area of rocky islets. The helicopter was "totally...
Up in smoke: Kenya to torch millions of dollars worth of ivory
Nairobi National Park, Kenya. It's an overpowering display of the sheer size of Africa's poaching crisis. For the past week, several dozen men have circled a site in Nairobi National Park, unloading elephant tusks from shipping containers — many of them so big it takes two men to carry one tusk — and...
SA Judge finds Jacob Zuma should face corruption charges
South Africa's President Zuma should face corruption charges over a 1999 arms deal, the High Court has ruled. The charges were dropped just weeks before the 2009 election which led to Jacob Zuma becoming president. Ruling on the case brought by the opposition Democratic Alliance, the judge said the decision to drop the...
One step closer to life on Mars: Real-life ‘Tony Stark’ planning Red Planet rocket by 2018
PRIVATE space exploration firm SpaceX has revealed that it will be aiming to get a rocket to Mars as early as 2018. The Elon Musk-backed firm will be working with space agency NASA in its mission to get an unmanned Dragon capsule to the Red Planet, the company announced on Twitter. The mission will essentially act as a stepping...
‘Scary’ Skinny Angelina Jolie Only Weighs 79 Pounds, Claim Experts: Can Brad Pitt Get Her Help Before It Is Too Late?
Angelina Jolie continues to struggle with her weight loss. After months of speculation, recent photos show that Jolie’s weight has dropped to a frightening new low. Will Brad Pitt be able to intervene before it is too late? Photos released by OK! Magazine feature the Maleficent star on a recent outing in London. Jolie...
ISIS TERROR WARNING: Crazed jihadists ‘threaten to launch MAJOR ATTACK on Eurovision’
CRAZED Islamic State terrorists are feared to be planning a "major attack" on the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next month. Eight fanatics have recently entered Stockholm after fighting for ISIS, also known as Daesh, in Iraq and Syria, according to the Daily Star. One of the gang is said to have close links to Abu...
Why China’s airports are a nightmare
You've never truly been late until you've travelled China's unfriendly skies. And that's a problem for those doing business in the Middle Kingdom. Danny Armstrong is used to dealing with flight delays and cancellations. As general manager of China Banking at National Australia Bank, he travels for business...
BREXIT: Brussels chiefs want to carry out ‘divorce proceedings’ as QUICKLY as possible
"DIVORCE proceedings" with the European Union would last no longer than two years if Britain quits the bloc, it has been claimed. Top Brussels sources last night said that negotiations would be done "as quickly as possible" in the event of Brexit on June 23. The comments come as a blow to Remain campaigners,...
US man Kim Dong-chul jailed for spying in North Korea
North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying. Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalised US citizen born in South Korea, was arrested last October. Kim had made an apparent confession in Pyongyang last month in front of reporters, saying he was paid by South Korean intelligence officers. The US has...
Now Islamic State is running FISH FARMS in desperate attempt to make money
DESPERATE Islamic State jihadis have resorted to running fish farms in an attempt to claw back money lost from obliterated oil fields. The crazed terror cult reportedly makes around £2billion every year with most of that coming from oil and gas sales from Iraq and Syria. But following US-led airstrikes on ISIS' cash...
Obama vows to let 10,000 refugees into US despite fears JIHADIS could slip through net
BARACK Obama has vowed to let in 10,000 Syrian refugees to the US by the end of the year despite widespread fears that jihadis could also sneak into the country. The US president last night promised to let in the desperate refugees in a bid to tackle the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. He said he is "going...