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Canadian man asked to leave Nepal after criticising government on Twitter
Nepal has ordered a Canadian man to leave the country, saying that messages he has posted on Twitter are threatening national unity. Robert Penner, who works as a computer programmer, was arrested on Monday and after being freed was told to leave Nepal within two days. He had criticised the government's handling of ethnic...
First Take: Ted Cruz ‘too strategic for his own good’
Less than a month ago, Ted Cruz was flush with confidence from a big win in Wisconsin and poised as the biggest threat to derail the runaway campaign of Donald Trump. Then, an awkward alliance with GOP rival John Kasich happened. And a more awkward naming of Carly Fiorina as his running mate, even though he trailed Trump in...
Loud sex finally too much for cancer-stricken neighbors
Some nights, before two of her daughters went to bed, Tanya Saylor would give them headphones. That would help block the noise — the music, the threats and the sex noises. The sounds were coming from the other side of a wall the room shared with a neighboring row home in Red Lion. Sometimes they lasted until 3 a.m....
Eurovision officials BAN Welsh and ISIS flags — but EU and LGBT are allowed
EUROVISION officials have BANNED the Welsh flag from the upcoming song contest to stop the competition becoming "political". Welsh singer Joe Woolford is due to represent Britain in next week's Eurovision Song Contest, but flags from his home country will fail to make the arena. Other banned flags on the list...
Migrant carries out shocking sex attack on woman at bus stop…and she breaks his nose
A WOMAN punched a migrant in the face when she was attacked at a bus stop. The Algerian sex attacker was arrested in hospital after his female victim hit back, leaving him with a broken nose. The 35-year-old had pounced on the young woman early in the morning as she waited for a bus in the Austrian city of Linz. But he had not...
German plot to keep EU army a SECRET till June 23 EXPOSED as plans drawn up in Berlin
BRITISH Brexit campaigners have been boosted with news from Berlin that Germany is once more pushing for an EU army encompassing all 28 member states with a joint HQ and shared military planning. Along with judicial, tax and immigration issues, a Euro army has for long been one of the main irritants of anti-EU campaigners....
‘Die you f***ing c***’ Pensioner, 79, killed when ‘stabbed 39 times in horrifying attack’
A MENTALLY ill man who stabbed a pensioner to death while shouting “die you f****** c***” was failed by NHS practitioners who ignored claims he would “hurt someone or worse”, a court heard today. Relatives of Matthew Daley, who brutally stabbed 79-year-old Donald Lock 39 times following a low-speed car...
Trump links Cruz’s father to Kennedy assassination
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has suggested that Rafael Cruz, his chief opponent's father, was connected to the man who killed President John F Kennedy. In an interview with Fox News, Mr Trump brought up a story that recently appeared in the National Enquirer. The tabloid published a photo that it says...
Rock legends to play US ‘mega-festival’
Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the line-up of a US "mega-festival" this October. Called Desert Trip, the three-day event will take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California — the site of the Coachella music festival. Tickets start at $200 (£137) per day,...
German couple tortured two women to death, police say
Police in Germany investigating the deaths of two women say they were the victims of a couple who held them hostage and tortured them. They say a man and his ex-wife placed dating advertisements to lure the women to their home. The suspects — Wilfried W, 46, and Angelika B, 47 — were arrested last Wednesday and...
EU tensions as Turkey set to get visa waiver
If the European Commission makes the recommendation this Wednesday that Turks be granted visa-free travel in Europe's Schengen area as whispers from well-placed EU sources suggest, then it will do so holding its nose and its breath. The freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial and revising terrorism legislation to...
Syria conflict: Russia hopes to extend truce to Aleppo
Russia's foreign minister says a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to the city of Aleppo "in the next few hours". Sergei Lavrov said Russia was working with the UN and US to include Aleppo in the "regime of calm" that has covered Damascus and Latakia since Saturday. But...