‘Stop war crimes’: London, Paris protest against Israeli treatment of pro-Palestine demonstrators
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of European capitals to voice their support for Palestinians and express their anger against Israel and its use of force against demonstrators and biased media coverage of recent Israeli-Palestinian tensions. The activists marched from Oxford Circus to BBC headquarters in London...
Obama calls on Russia to fight against Islamic State, not moderate opposition
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone on Friday with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and they agreed that Russia's military operations in Syria should focus on Islamic State, not moderate Syrian opposition groups, BBC Russian news service reported referring to the White House. Obama and Al...
Real life Winnie-the-Pooh: Bear gets stuck in house after eating too much (VIDEO)
It seems as though Winnie-the-Pooh wasn’t just a fairy-tale, as a bear in Russia’s Far East has been repeating some of the antics portrayed by the cartoon favorite. The bear cub got stuck in a window after having had a little too much to eat. While animals getting their heads stuck in jars is nothing new, bears...
Aerial reconnaissance spots Russian military equipment on border with occupied Crimea
Aerial reconnaissance of the regiment Dnipro-1 has spotted Russian military equipment on the border with the temporarily occupied Crimea, the regiment's press service reported on Facebook. It is noted that the aerial reconnaissance began patrolling the territory of the occupied peninsula. "Large numbers of equipment...
Dutch investigators accuse militants of Malaysia Airlines Boeing downing based on unpublished maps
Dutch Safety Board's Chief Tjibbe Joustra has accused militants in eastern Ukraine of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 relying on the maps which were not published in the final report. Official representative of the Dutch Safety Board, Sarah Fern, stated that, although the borders were unstable, the Dutch...
Al-Qaeda commander killed in airstrike in Syria
An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaeda commander, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition or Russian warplanes, a national American daily newspaper USA Today reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Abdul Mohsen Abdallah...
The Largest Model in the World Shocked by her candid photo
Plus-size body activist Tess Holliday has revealed that she is fine with being called fat saying that it is 'just a word'. The size 26 (US size 22) pin-up told The Guardian that she was taunted about her weight as a child by her now estranged father and has had to learn to deal with criticism. The...
How to teach people not to litter (VIDEO)
A small piece of litter you have in your hand today could amount to billions of litters at the end of the year. Billions of money is spent just to clean up the litter that many people have thoughtlessly tossed out on the streets and other public spaces. But if each of us try a bit more of discipline and application of...
Thrill-seeker balances over pool of hungry alligators as they watch his every move (VIDEO)
To the dismay of the alligators, Beaudoin safely made it to land. The predators had to suffice with slabs of meat thrown at them by Josh’s partner in crime. He later took to the internet to describe what he felt at the time and also warn others from following in his steps. “Wow, all I can say is I made...
‘Alien civilizations’ may be found on ‘megastructures’ near Milky Way star, scientists say
A crazy “swarm of megastructures” around a distant star in the Milky Way galaxy may be home to alien civilizations, according to scientists. “We’d never seen anything like this star,” Tabetha Boyajian, a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University, told The Atlantic. “It was really weird. We...
Huge blaze at construction market in Moscow suburb (PHOTOS)
A huge fire has broken out at a big construction market in a Moscow suburb, emergency services said, adding that helicopters will be deployed to extinguish the blaze. The incident took place in a town of Nemchinovka, just outside the Russian capital. Now at least five pavilions are on fire and the area of the blaze has already...