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Shock map shows Schengen FAILURE as army tanks scramble to migrant borders
THIS map shows how the Schengen is falling to pieces as Austria and Switzerland seal themselves off from Europe in an attempt to avoid the migrant crisis. Austria has hammered the latest nail in the coffin to the ailing ‘free movement’ Schengen by installing huge fences at four border crossings as well as border...
Man arrested for ‘covering mosque with pig’s blood and swastikas’ after Brussels bombings
Man arrested for ‘covering mosque with pig’s blood and swastikas’ after Brussels bombings The Spanish national, aged 29, allegedly confessed to the vandalism after being caught on security cameras in Madrid. It is believed that several people witnessed the attack on the Parla Attauba mosque in the Spanish...
France bullying case: Creteil girls ‘tortured 12-year-old’
French police are questioning three schoolgirls in a Paris suburb suspected of torturing a younger girl, in a bullying ordeal that lasted months. The victim's father told Europe 1 radio the attackers had stubbed out cigarettes on the 12-year-old's face and arms, dislocated her jaw, slashed her with a knife and urinated...
Japan city struck by powerful new earthquakes
Two powerful earthquakes have struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least nine people. The quakes — a magnitude 7.1 (4.4 miles) at a depth of 7km and a 7.4 at a depth of 40km (25 miles) — came in quick succession, officials said. A tsunami warning has been issued....
Police siege as man ‘kidnaps woman and child and threatens to set fire to himself’
A SEVEN-hour stand-off has left one man in hospital after armed police swarmed a home amid reports a man took a woman and child hostage. Terrified witnesses claimed the man has threatened to cover himself in petrol and set himself alight in Glasgow. Other onlookers have claimed a man was seen brandishing a knife in the middle...
£1 billion bill as Edinburgh schools remain closed
THE local authority at the centre of Scotland's unsafe schools scandal still owes more than £1bn under the controversial construction contracts. City of Edinburgh Council has refused to pay the latest private finance initiative (PFI) charges for the 17 schools shut down last Friday because of safety fears. As more...
Powerful earthquake in Japan leaves 9 dead, hundreds injured
TOKYO – Rescuers went house to house Friday looking for victims of a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan late Thursday. At least nine people were killed and more than 700 injured in the magnitude 6.5 quake that centered on the island of Kyushu, one of Japan’s four main islands, according to local news...
Cassowary’s surprise visit spooks Australian family
When an enormous and dangerous bird that you've known for years decides to take your relationship to the next level, how do you politely decline? That's the problem that confronted Australian couple Sue and Peter Leach on Monday when Peanut the cassowary unexpectedly entered their home. Peanut has been visiting the...
Ohio woman accused of livestreaming alleged rape of teen friend
An 18-year-old Ohio woman is accused of using a social media app to film the alleged rape of her 17-year-old friend. Marina Lonina and Raymond Gates, 29, were charged Wednesday with rape, kidnapping, sexual battery and pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor. The indictment said the alleged rape involved...
‘Affluenza’ Teen’s Parents Paid for Fraction of One Rehab Program, Documents Show
Court documents indicate that "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch's parents were unable to pay for much of one of his court-ordered rehab programs, leaving most of the massive bill to be paid for by someone else. This came after a psychologist that his defense team had hired testified during his trial that Couch was...
Chibok’s girls: A glimpse of the stolen
They were stolen from their beds in a school dormitory — hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped by gunmen. A few dozen escaped to tell of the night that Boko Haram militants brought terror to a Nigerian girls' school. From the rest, silence. No sign of where they had been taken or what could have happened to them for...
EXCLUSIVE: ISIS now calls for jihadists to slaughter British Muslim IMAMS
ISLAMIC State (ISIS) extremists are calling for the deaths of Muslim leaders who criticise their murderous regime. In the latest issue of its propaganda magazine Dabiq, ISIS calls on its jihadi followers to arm themselves with “knives, guns and explosives” and kill anyone who disagrees with them – including...