Man arrested with handguns at Disneyland Paris
French police arrested a man carrying two handguns at the Disneyland Paris amusement park outside Paris on Thursday, an Interior Ministry official said. A police source said the 28-year-old man of European origin had been carrying the two guns, including an automatic handgun, concealed in a bag that also contained a copy of the...
Powerful blast outside presidential residence in Aden, Yemen
A powerful explosion has been reported outside the residence of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Rabbu Hadi in the southern city of Aden. The blast in Aden “targeted a security checkpoint that leads to the entrance of the presidential palace," the official told Reuters by telephone. Al Arabiya cited reports of six...
Monster mommy: Woman brutally beats 6yo in bank card rage, flings several feet away (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Social media is aghast over a recent video of a Russian woman brutally beating her little son after she checked her bank account. The mother throws the boy to the floor, then kicks him in the stomach. Outside, she hurls him into the snow. The shocking incident took place in the town of Labytnangi, in the northern Urals, in...
Up to 80,000 migrants to be expelled
AS Europe grapples with the wave of migrants, one country expects to expel up to 80,000 migrants whose asylum requests will likely be rejected. Sweden said it expects to expel up to 80,000 migrants as another dozen people including children drowned off Greece in a desperate bid to reach Europe. As the continent grapples with...
Doggie style: Aussie rugby league star Pearce probed for simulating sex with mutt
One of the biggest names in Australia’s National Rugby League is under investigation after he was filmed simulating sex with a dog while at a house party for Australia (aka Invasion) Day. Mitchell Pearce, co-captain of the Sydney Roosters — one of the highest-profile clubs in the country — appears intoxicated...
Mass grave found in Iraq
IRAQI forces have found more than 40 bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave in the city of Ramadi west of Baghdad, which they recently retook from Islamic State militants. Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan said the grave in central Ramadi contained the bodies of civilians as well as...
Sexual assault victim faces police fine in Denmark
A TEENAGER who was brutally sexually assaulted in Denmark will be prosecuted for using pepper spray to fight off her attacker. The 17-year-old told police that she was attacked near a migrant asylum centre in the coastal town of Sønderborg by an English-speaking man who knocked her to the ground, unbuttoned her pants and...
Is this the world’s most photogenic potato? Photo sells for $1.08m
What's more lucrative than Johnny Depp or Yoko Ono? A photogenic potato, at least for renowned celebrity photographer Kevin Abosch. His "Potato #345" — a simple portrait of an organic Irish spud — reportedly sold for €1 million ($1.08 million) last year to a European businessman, who saw it while...
The Antipode: Flying from New York to London in 11 minutes
Remember the Skreemr, a concept for a supersonic plane that could travel at Mach 10? Scratch that, there's now a design for a plane that could cruise from London to New York in 11 minutes, traveling at Mach 24 — that's 12 times faster than the Concorde! Charles Bombardier, the industrial designer who came up with...
These 29 Pictures Will Convince You That This Can Happen Only In India
India is a country that leaves one spellbound with its alluring contrasts and striking features. Here are some amazing pictures which will convince you that such things can happen only in India....
Locals and migrants across Europe tell their stories
Refugees are still striving to reach Europe. Young men, families, the elderly are trekking through snow, seeking shelter and local aid or perhaps beginning to think of a new, brighter future. But the Europe so many have reached is now fractured in its reaction — some as open and welcoming as at the height of compassion...
Zika virus could become ‘explosive pandemic’
US scientists have urged the World Health Organisation to take urgent action over the Zika virus, which they say has "explosive pandemic potential". Writing in a US medical journal, they called on the WHO to heed lessons from the Ebola outbreak and convene an emergency committee of disease experts. They said a vaccine...