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World ‘gave Russia green light to kill’
Under Russian air cover, regime troops are not only advancing in northern Syria, they have been making gains in the south too. After weeks of raging battles, late last month, rebel fighters were forced to withdraw from Al Sheikh Maskin, a small but strategic town in the Daraa province. Regime troops now control the crucial...
5 of the most horrible places in Russia (5 photos)
Anomalous zones of Russia The most famous: 1. The Devil's Cemetery As some SCPs are based off of (Or I assume they are based off of) real unexplained events (As in SCP-076 having a connection to the Vela Incident, or SCP-2516 being based off of, well as it says The Man from Taured) and I'm wondering if there are any...
UK: Fury as ‘travellers’ block busy road and leave motorists in freezing cold for FIVE hours
PROTESTERS demonstrating against the road death of a 13-year-old boy have left motorists stranded in near-freezing conditions for almost five hours after blocking a main road. Demonstrators blocked the A127 near Basildon, Essex, by parking cars across two lanes of the busy major route into London. The group staged the protest...
Japanese actor killed by prop samurai sword
A Japanese play rehearsal took a tragic turn Monday, when an actor was stabbed in the stomach with a samurai sword. 33-year old Daigo Kashino was rushed to hospital where he later died. The actor was in a rehearsal session at a studio in Koto, Tokyo, when he was pierced in the abdomen "with a sword-like object" during...
Germany train crash: Human error to blame, says prosecutor
Human error by a train controller was to blame for a crash in Bavaria, Germany, last week that killed 11 people, prosecutors said. Dozens more were injured after two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch of railway. An area controller opened the track to the two trains and tried to warn the drivers, according to...
‘Agitated and restless’ leopard escapes Indian zoo week after capture on school ground
The wild leopard which terrorized the people of Bangalore, South India, is on the loose once more. The animal escaped from a zoo only a week after it was first caught in a lengthy and bloody operation. The leopard is believed to have squeezed between the bars are the Bannerghatta Biological Park late on Sunday. An official said...
Israel boycott ban: Shunning Israeli goods to become criminal offence for public bodies and student unions
Critics say move amounts to a 'gross attack on democratic freedoms' Local councils, public bodies and even some university student unions are to be banned by law from boycotting “unethical” companies, as part of a controversial crackdown being announced by the Government. Under the plan all publicly funded...
Four Americans arrested in Bahrain
Four Americans have been arrested in Bahrain for entering the country using false information and allegedly participating in "attacks on police," according to a police statement released Monday. Bahrain officials said some of the arrested Americans were members of the international media but "had not registered...
Syria Hospital strike ‘deliberate’
Seven people have died in an air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in northern Syria, the organisation said, calling it a "deliberate" attack. MSF blamed Syria's government or Russia for the raid in Maarat al-Numan. There has been no independent confirmation. A further eight people are missing from the...
South Korean army helicopter crash kills three
A South Korean army helicopter crashed during a test flight on Monday morning, killing three soldiers, the country's defense ministry said. All four crew members aboard were severely injured and three of them later died in hospital, a ministry official said. The crash of the Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter took place at...
Ex-Russian anti-doping chief Nikita Kamaev dies of heart attack two months after resigning following country’s athletics scandal
Further details of Nikita Kamaev's death remain unclear, and the cause is yet to be confirmed The former head of Russia's anti-doping agency, Nikita Kamaev, has died of a heart attack, it is reported. Kamaev, who resigned as executive director of Rusada just two months ago, passed away shortly after a skiing session....
Syria calls for UN action on Turkish attacks on Kurds
Syria has condemned Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and described it as a violation of its sovereignty. It called on the UN Security Council to take action. Turkey carried out a second day of shelling on Sunday of Kurdish forces advancing in northern Aleppo province. Ankara views the Kurdish...