People all over the snow-filled world are utilizing freezing weather conditions (and their surviving internet connection) to join the #frozenpants phenomenon. When life gives you lemons, or in this case an off-the-charts blizzard, you make the most of it. For the internet it means you make a Snowden snowman, go skiing through...
In retaliation to a single rocket that struck an open area in southern Israel on Sunday, the IDF has carried out overnight strikes on Gaza, reportedly hitting at least two According to Palestinian sources, the attacks targeted facilities near the cities of Khan Younis in the south and Deir al Balah in the center of...
Islamic State has released a new 17-minute video featuring the Paris attackers apparently participating in gruesome murders somewhere in an undisclosed desert location before they infiltrated the EU and subsequently conducted attacks in the France terror attacks, Islamic StateISIS/ISIL) extremists wearing camouflaged...
A MAGNITUDE 6.8 earthquake has struck southern Alaska, cutting power to thousands of homes and jolting the nerves of locals in the quake-prone region. The US Geological Survey, updating its earlier location for the earthquake, said it struck about 1.30am Sunday (9.30pm Sunday AEDT) and was centred about 83 kilometres east of...
Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an invitation-only meeting on...
Ten-man Arsenal missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as Diego Costa's winner gave Chelsea victory at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners never fully recovered from defender Per Mertesacker's 18th-minute red card, awarded by referee Mark Clattenburg after he hauled down Costa as the striker raced clear. The...
ASPIRING US president Donald Trump says his supporters are so loyal they would stick by him even if he shot somebody. The billionaire businessman, who is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, made the comments just nine days out from the Iowa caucuses opening voting in the 2016 campaign....
THE Dutch debate on refugees and asylum seekers has come to this: Firebrand politician Geert Wilders handing out self-defence sprays to women fearful of what he describes as “Islamic testosterone bombs” in the wake of the New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Cologne. Wilders, surrounded by bodyguards and police,...
Before putting his hand to the executive order that lead to millions of innocent individuals being killed, nearly destroying the Western world as we know it, Adolf Hitler was an upcoming (re: unsuccessful) artist. He actually applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, only to be turned down not once but twice due to his...
Although it has seen its share of ups and downs, Europe is responsible for most of the technology, culture, and language that dominates the world today. These are 25 interesting facts about Europe that most people don’t know! 25 To start things off with a bang, Europe is technically not a continent. It's separation...
IN Canada’s worst school shooting since 1989, a gunman has killed four people and injured two at a high school in the remote province of Saskatchewan. Police say a 17-year-old has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. The male suspect can’t be named under...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A massive winter storm that dumped as much as 3 feet of snow on the eastern United States raised flood waters in communities up and down the Atlantic Coast Saturday, closing roads and prompting evacuations. The first round of flooding came with the morning tide. As water began overflowing into...