Egypt’s President Sisi defends sweeping security laws
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has defended Egypt's sweeping security laws, insisting he is still taking the country on a path to democracy, according to the BBC. Ahead of a visit to the UK, Sisi told the BBC that Egypt was threatened by extremist groups and feared the collapses suffered by its neighbors. He underlined that...
Probe in Odesa fire in May 2014 not in line with European Human Right Convention
The International Advisory Panel on November 4 published the review of investigations into the tragic events in Odesa of May 2014, reporting it has found that the investigations have failed to satisfy the requirements of the European Convention of Human Rights. The clashes in the center of Odesa and the fire in the Trade Union...
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Milley: I see Russia as aggressive
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley says that the situation with Russia is becoming more serious and sees Russia as aggressive. "The situation with Russia is, in my mind, serious and growing more serious. I see Russia as aggressive, not just assertive. They attacked Georgia, they illegally seized the Crimea, they...
Russian plane crash: Was there an explosion?
The clues emerging so far about the final moments of Metrojet Flight 9268 don't paint a clear picture of what happened to the doomed passenger jet. Was a midair heat flash that a U.S. satellite detected over the Sinai Peninsula when the flight went down a sign of an explosion aboard the plane? And if that was the case, why...
Overcrowded bus tilts, plunges down a hill in Nepal; at least 30 killed
An overcrowded bus skidded off a road Tuesday in Nepal and plunged down a hill, killing at least 30 people and injuring 35 more, a government official said. People were riding on the roof of the packed bus when it tilted over — apparently because of the excess number of passengers — on a gravel road, said Shiva Ram...
When shoes are greater than head: new photos of Anastasia Volochkova
Anastasia Volochkova once surprised subscribers of Instagram stretching and heels alarming heights again. Anastasia does not get tired to please fans with new photos and unexpected steps. More recently, former ballerina with string broke a chandelier in the restaurant and made a gymnastic stunt on a horse, and now she used...
New photo shows the expansive dunes of Saturn’s strange, hazy moon Titan
Saturn's largest moon Titan is a hazy, cold and complicated world complete with lakes of liquid methane and ethane, a nitrogen-rich atmosphere and even hydrocarbon dunes. Titan's fields of dunes cover an area about the size of the United States, according to NASA. An image taken in July 2015 by the Cassini spacecraft...
Russian proxies attack gov’t roadblock, three Ukrainian troops wounded
At 15:00 Kyiv time the militants shelled a government-controlled roadblock outside Triokhizbenka from an automatic grenade launcher, wounding three soldiers from the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, according to the press service of the Luhansk regional military-civilian administration. Two of the wounded troops received...
Syrian oppo starts cooperating with Russia
Russia’s Defense Ministry and the leaders of the Syrian opposition set up coordinating group for joint cooperation against the Islamic State terrorists in Syria, Col.-Gen. Andrey Kartapolov, chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, said on Tuesday, according to RIA Novosti. "We have set up...
This Bearded Bride Will Change the Way You Perceive Beauty (PHOTO)
Harnaam Kaur is changing what it means to be beautiful, and it's not because she has #eyebrownsonfleek and creative nail art. It's because of her empowering words (and her beard) that the 24-year-old is making waves across social media. Born with polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal disorder that causes a woman to have...
15 Example of How Not to do In a Nightclub (Photos)
Reality has it that many people do not know how to behave in nightclubs, especially guys. Problems at nightclubs are almost inevitably caused by men. Armed with this idea, this article is meant to school you on some of the DO’s and DON’T’s of this ever-thrilling...
Syrian rebels use caged captives as ‘human shields’
Prisoners believed to be regime officers used as shield near Damascus as Assad forces intensify bombing of rebel areas. Syrian rebel groups have locked people in cages and driven them to areas near Damascus to use as human shields against heavy government air raids. A video posted online by the Shaam News Network, an...