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Saudi-led airstrikes hit Yemen hotel, killing at least 41

Saudi-led airstrikes hit Yemen hotel, killing at least 41

More than 30 people, including civilians, were reported killed Wednesday in air raids on the outskirts of Yemen’s capital, where a Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Iran-backed Huthi rebels. The Huthis, who control Sanaa along with forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, blamed the pro-government Arab military alliance for the attack on the […]

August 23, 2017 | By | Reply More
Fire rips through Dubai high-rise complex near world’s tallest tower

Fire rips through Dubai high-rise complex near world’s tallest tower

Terrifying moment as fire ripped through a downtown Dubai skyscraper, towering black cloud of poisonous smoke could be seen. The sky scrapper building with plumes reaching more than one hundred feet and rising above the mammoth skyscrapers. Huge flames appear to be flickering from the lowest floors of the building and sirens can be heard […]

April 2, 2017 | By | Reply More
Incredible Holi festival of colours marked with Google’s page splattered paint

Incredible Holi festival of colours marked with Google’s page splattered paint

The Iconic home page of Google’s has been splattered with paint to mark the Holi festival of colours. Indian festival Holi also known as the festival of love, the festival of colours is Hindu tradition observed predominantly in India, Nepal and south Asia but adopted across the world, including the UK. Holi celebrations date varies […]

March 13, 2017 | By | Reply More
Husband Slit wife’s throat as she got into auto in Mumbai- India

Husband Slit wife’s throat as she got into auto in Mumbai- India

Man in Mumbai slits throat of 28-year-old wife as soon as she boarded the auto who then stabbed her to death on Monday night. Police officer Vikram Deshmane, Goregaon police station, said, “The accused, Prasad Rawat (30), Geeta Dubey’s husband, was arrested by the Goregaon police. Prima facie, the motive for the murder seems to […]

February 22, 2017 | By | Reply More
Dad kills 5 year-old son, physically punished for wetting his bed

Dad kills 5 year-old son, physically punished for wetting his bed

Father kills his 5-year-old son, who has not been named, was found in the street in his underwear after suffering a cardiac arrest in Aire-sur-la-Lys in northern France. French Police believe the boy was punished by his parents for wetting the bed before his death and have since arrested them. Government detectives investigated the whole […]

February 6, 2017 | By | Reply More
35 Civilians Slaughtered in DR Congo Christmas Day Attack

35 Civilians Slaughtered in DR Congo Christmas Day Attack

Attacks in villages and fighting between militias killed at least 35 people over the Christmas weekend in North Kivu, a majority Christian area in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The bloodshed began in Eringeti — a town 55 kilometres (35 miles) north of the regional hub Beni, which for two years has been hit by […]

December 26, 2016 | By | Reply More
Over 50,000 evacuated in typhoon’s path in southern China

Over 50,000 evacuated in typhoon’s path in southern China

Oct 22, –  No deaths were immediately reported Saturday in China from the typhoon. Residents in the cities of Shanwei and Shantou, in China’s Guangdong province, were forced to move to safer ground as the storm hit, local authorities and state media reported. Some villages experienced power outages and authorities remained on the lookout for […]

October 22, 2016 | By | Reply More
Six Iraqi police, 12 IS fighters killed in Kirkuk clashes- police

Six Iraqi police, 12 IS fighters killed in Kirkuk clashes- police

Oct 21, –  “There are sporadic clashes between the security forces and Daesh,” a police colonel told in Kirkuk, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State jihadist group. Ongoing clashes between Iraqi security forces and jihadist gunmen apparently attempting to take over parts of the city of Kirkuk on Friday have left at least […]

October 21, 2016 | By | Reply More
Four police officers killed in Somalia suicide car bombing

Four police officers killed in Somalia suicide car bombing

Oct 18, – “Many militants have entered the town. Heavy fighting is taking place,” police major Nur Osman told Reuters. Afgoye is about 30 kilometers southwest of the capital Mogadishu. A suicide attacker rammed a bomb-laden car into a police station in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday, killing at least four police officers, […]

October 18, 2016 | By | Reply More
Israeli aircraft attack Hamas in Gaza after rocket hits Israeli town

Israeli aircraft attack Hamas in Gaza after rocket hits Israeli town

Oct 05, – Israeli police said there were no casualties in the rocket strike on Sderot, but Israel has a declared policy of responding militarily to any attack from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket […]

October 5, 2016 | By | Reply More