107 dead after crane collapses at world’s holiest mosque in Mecca (Video)
At least 107 people died and 238 more were injured when a crane collapsed at the Grand Mosque of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Friday. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES The Kingdom’s General Directorate of Civil Defense blamed the accident on severe storms, according to its...
Poroshenko comments on Russia’s «green men» in Syria
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko believes the active deployment of the Russian troops in Syria will provoke more violence across the region. These days, hundreds of Russian "green men" are being deployed in Syria, provoking increase in violence in the Middle East and a further increase in the number of refugees to...
Islamic State using chemical weapons in Iraq & Syria – report
A research group within Islamic State is alleged to have developed and used warfare poisonous agents in the areas under their control. Russia's Foreign Ministry says ISIS now has the scientific documentation necessary to produce chemical weapons. An anonymous US official cited by the BBC believes Islamic State (formerly...
Germany just dug up a 3 ton granite head of Vladimir Lenin
The statue was first unveiled in 1970 while East Germany was under communist rule and stood in East Berlin's Leninplatz, or Lenin Square, for two decades After German reunification in 1990 the statue was removed, chopped up into over 120 pieces and buried in woods on the city's southeastern edge. The plaza it once...
Hungarian police caught on video tossing food at refugees (video)
Hungarian police officers were caught on camera haphazardly throwing food at refugees gathered at a food bank in the Röszke refugee camp. In footage that emerged Thursday, officers can be seen tossing bags of food into a shouting crowd that included children waiting for aid to be distributed. The startling scene is the...
The Dad Throws Her Doll And Drives Away. When He Looks In The Rear-View Mirror My Heart Breaks
This story has a message that we all should be passing on and share. Only by touching peoples hearts we’ll be able to accomplish a real change. This video does just that. At first, it might seem like nothing’s gonna happen. But when I see the end my eyes are tearing up, and along comes a heavy insight. At...
Tsunami-like flood leaves Japan reeling: 3 dead, 26 missing as 3rd emergency issued (PHOTOS)
Heavy flooding from Tropical Typhoon Etau has killed three people and injured 27 others across Japan. Local officials issued a third emergency weather warning Friday as the torrential rains moved north. Twenty-six other individuals still remain missing, after hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to leave their homes....
Terrorist Pushylin’s party intends to take part in local elections. DOCUMENT
A list of political parties that have decided on their participation in 2015 local elections has been released on Central Election Commission's website. The list of political parties willing to participate in Ukraine's local elections includes under No. 138 a political party "My Maiemo Metu!" (We Have a Goal!...
New Pluto Images from NASA’s New Horizons: It’s Complicated (photos)
New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. “Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we’ve seen in the solar...
Mysterious ant ‘tribal dance’ around ringing iPhone (VIDEO)
A viral YouTube video featuring a troupe of ants running in circle around a ringing iPhone has incited an active discussion among viewers as to why insects behave in such a weird way. The video, uploaded August 30, initially shows nearly 300 black ants minding their own business and moving in a rather chaotic manner when all of...
1yr, 6,700 airstrikes & $4bn after USA vowed to ‘destroy’ ISIS, jihadists still on offensive
The US and its allies have carried out 6700 airstrikes at an expense of nearly $4 billion in the year since President Barack Obama ordered a campaign against Islamic State. On September 10, 2014, Obama announced a “comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy” to “degrade, and ultimately...
US to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016 — White House
The US will take at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, which begins in October, following criticism from EU that Washington doesn't do enough. The announcement was made by White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Fewer than 1,500 Syrian refugees have been resettled in the US so far as Europe is facing...