North Korea claims it detonated a hydrogen bomb, but experts question the force of the blast North Korea's announcement that it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb this week has provoked outrage virtually everywhere else in the world, but there's also considerable doubt as to whether the claims are legitimate. The...
Tarek Belgacem, a Tunisian in his 30s, was a refugee who had been living in Germany This is the first picture of the ISIS terrorist shot dead in Paris last week as he stormed a police station was an asylum seeker. Tarek Belgacem, a Tunisian in his 30s, was a refugee who had been living in Germany. He was killed while wearing a...
My name is Pierre, I’m a 19-year-old Frenchman and a history hunter. Not only because I’m an archaeology student, but also because I wander around my city of Dijon, former capital of the Dukes of Burgundy, re-shooting WW2 pictures I found last year on the Web from the same spot and angle. I originally wanted to show...
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a hospital in central Yemen on Monday, a state news agency reported. The alleged incident comes a day after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a missile killed four people at one of its clinics in the country. The clinic which came under fire is in the Swadi district of...
In a spectacular collaboration between man and machine, technology company Intel has floated into the official Guinness World Records book by flying the most drones simultaneously. Reminiscent of the Steven Spielberg movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 100 UAVs ‘performed’ an orchestral light and flight show...
A body has been discovered by tourists at the infamous Dyatlov Pass in Russia’s Ural Mountains where nine hikers mysteriously died in 1959. Emergency services have reportedly momentarily lost contact with the group. An unidentified body has been discovered by tourist-hikers at the infamous Dyatlov pass in Sverdlovskaya...
Detroit is the most dangerous city with a population over 200,000 for a third year in a row. Although Detroit remains at the top of the list, its violent crime decreased by about 4 percent. Indianapolis, Indiana also makes its first appearance on the list this year at number 10. All statistics are based on 2014 data from the...
The Revenant has triumphed at this year's Golden Globes, winning the night's most coveted prize for best dramatic film. Leading man Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor in a drama, while Alejandro G Inarritu won for its direction. Ridley Scott hit The Martian was named best comedy or musical film, winning a further Globe...
DIY or “Fix It Yourself” are not for everybody, but if you really need to fix something and don’t have the proper tools handy you will need to come up with something really brilliant, and this is exactly what these 22 people tried to do. Some of them succeeded in the most hilarious way, but most of them failed...
A mountain lion with a bizarre deformity has left Idaho wildlife officials baffled. The cougar, who was legally shot last week, had a set of fully-formed teeth and what appeared to be whiskers, growing out of the left side of its forehead. On Friday, Idaho Fish and Game said the abnormality may possibly be a result of a...
Ever wonder what winds up at the bottom of a canal after 15 years? For the first time since 2001, the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris was drained so it could be cleaned, and the photos of the operation do a pretty neat job of answering that question. The project began on Monday, Jan. 4, and is expected to continue for the next...
In a massive protest against controversial airport construction outside the western French city of Nantes, up to 20,000 demonstrators blocked roads, demanding the reversal of the city’s plan to expand the air hub by forcefully evicting locals. Halting traffic on the Nantes ring road using dozens of tractors and blocking...