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Migrant backlash as refugees turn on smugglers in spate of murders on Europe’s doorstep
DOZENS of migrants have been murdered this week in a orgy of violence and retribution between refugees and people smuggling gangs on Europe's doorstep. In the latest unrest, at least 13 Egyptian male migrants were murdered by gun-toting smugglers in lawless Libya following the earlier killing of three traffickers in a...
Syria conflict: Aleppo rocked by fresh fighting
Deadly fighting has resumed in Syria's divided second city of Aleppo, after a brief lull overnight. State media say rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing eight people. Rescue workers report that a clinic in rebel-held Marja was targeted in an air strike, the second medical facility...
Norway helicopter crash: 11 killed near Bergen
Eleven people have been found dead and two are missing after a helicopter crashed west of the Norwegian city of Bergen carrying 13, rescuers say. Eleven of those on board were Norwegian, one was British and one Italian. Photos from the scene show thick smoke coming from an area of rocky islets. The helicopter was "totally...
Up in smoke: Kenya to torch millions of dollars worth of ivory
Nairobi National Park, Kenya. It's an overpowering display of the sheer size of Africa's poaching crisis. For the past week, several dozen men have circled a site in Nairobi National Park, unloading elephant tusks from shipping containers — many of them so big it takes two men to carry one tusk — and...
SA Judge finds Jacob Zuma should face corruption charges
South Africa's President Zuma should face corruption charges over a 1999 arms deal, the High Court has ruled. The charges were dropped just weeks before the 2009 election which led to Jacob Zuma becoming president. Ruling on the case brought by the opposition Democratic Alliance, the judge said the decision to drop the...
One step closer to life on Mars: Real-life ‘Tony Stark’ planning Red Planet rocket by 2018
PRIVATE space exploration firm SpaceX has revealed that it will be aiming to get a rocket to Mars as early as 2018. The Elon Musk-backed firm will be working with space agency NASA in its mission to get an unmanned Dragon capsule to the Red Planet, the company announced on Twitter. The mission will essentially act as a stepping...
ISIS TERROR WARNING: Crazed jihadists ‘threaten to launch MAJOR ATTACK on Eurovision’
CRAZED Islamic State terrorists are feared to be planning a "major attack" on the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next month. Eight fanatics have recently entered Stockholm after fighting for ISIS, also known as Daesh, in Iraq and Syria, according to the Daily Star. One of the gang is said to have close links to Abu...
Why China’s airports are a nightmare
You've never truly been late until you've travelled China's unfriendly skies. And that's a problem for those doing business in the Middle Kingdom. Danny Armstrong is used to dealing with flight delays and cancellations. As general manager of China Banking at National Australia Bank, he travels for business...
BREXIT: Brussels chiefs want to carry out ‘divorce proceedings’ as QUICKLY as possible
"DIVORCE proceedings" with the European Union would last no longer than two years if Britain quits the bloc, it has been claimed. Top Brussels sources last night said that negotiations would be done "as quickly as possible" in the event of Brexit on June 23. The comments come as a blow to Remain campaigners,...
Now Islamic State is running FISH FARMS in desperate attempt to make money
DESPERATE Islamic State jihadis have resorted to running fish farms in an attempt to claw back money lost from obliterated oil fields. The crazed terror cult reportedly makes around £2billion every year with most of that coming from oil and gas sales from Iraq and Syria. But following US-led airstrikes on ISIS' cash...
Obama vows to let 10,000 refugees into US despite fears JIHADIS could slip through net
BARACK Obama has vowed to let in 10,000 Syrian refugees to the US by the end of the year despite widespread fears that jihadis could also sneak into the country. The US president last night promised to let in the desperate refugees in a bid to tackle the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. He said he is "going...
Simon Yates: British cyclist fails drug test ‘after asthma inhaler error’
British cyclist Simon Yates has failed an in-competition drugs test — with his team blaming an "administrative error" over an asthma inhaler. Orica-GreenEdge said they took "full responsibility for the mistake" and there was "no wrongdoing" by Yates. He tested positive for banned substance...