Families fled Libya‘s coastal city of Sirte in their dozens on Monday (March 16) after two days of clashes between Islamic State militants and fighters loyal to a government based in Tripoli, with the violence set to escalate, according to witnesses. Families were seen packing into cars and heading westwards along the coast for Misrata, the stronghold of Libya Dawn, the armed group that backs the government in the capital, Tripoli. Some 20 cars evacuated staff from a hospital. One resident […]
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Britain’s Prince Harry to retire from military after 10 years
Britain’s Prince Harry willl leave the Armed Forces in June,Kensington Palace has announced, bringing to an end a career in which he undertook two operational tours of duty in Afghanistan, qualified as anApache Aircraft Commander and spearheaded the Invictus Games. Harry will spend four weeks seconded to the Australian Defence Force in April and May before stepping down after 10 years of military service. Harry will spend the summer carrying out a programme of voluntary work alongside field-based conservation experts […]
7 year old boy in India, hailed as wonder kid
A seven year old boy in India was called the Wonder Kid, he managed to memorize information about 250 countries.
Interview: Mabel Au, Director of Amnesty International, China
Amnesty International Hong Kong director, Mabel Au said many helpers do not know their rights or who to ask for help if they are abused. She said a web of mafia-like organizations profit from these domestic workers due to a lack of supervision by government authorities.
Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu – Jhansen Cayabyab reports
BICIMAD- Electric Bike Sharing Program in Madrid – Kathy Ferrer reports from Madrid
BREAKING NEWS: Three British teenagers detained in Istanbul trying to join Islamic State
ANKARA, March 15 (Reuters) – Three British teenagers have been detained in the Turkish city of Istanbul while planning to cross the border into neighbouring Syria to join the militant Islamic State group, Turkish officials said on Sunday. The three, who have not been named but are aged 18 and 19, were seized on Friday two separate sources told Reuters. Turkish authorities are in touch with their British counterparts to arrange their deportation to Britain […]
Pro and anti-mainland protests in Hong Kong
Hundreds of police were on standby at Hong Kong’s Government House on Sunday (March 15) at its bi-annual open day after threats of anti-mainland protests by radical groups. Although individuals attempted to protest by opening yellow umbrellas, a sign ofHong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, they were quickly escorted out of the area by police. Thousands of people lined up all day to enter the Chief Executive’s residence and gardens, including Mr Chan, a Chinese native who […]
Twin blasts at churches in Pakistan kill 14, wound 78
Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 during Sunday (March 15) services, and witnesses said quick action by a security guard prevented many more deaths. A Pakistani Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility. The blasts went off minutes apart in a majority Christian suburb of the eastern city. Police said it seemed they targeted two churches, one Catholic and one Protestant, that are very close to […]
Officials condemn gang rape of elderly nun in India
A 72-year-old nun was gang-raped in the Nadia district of India’s easternWest Bengal state on Friday (March 13) night. According to reports, around a dozen men entered the Convent of Jesus and Mary school and gang-raped the elderly nun when she tried to stop them from looting the school. The nun has been admitted to hospital and her condition is reported to be critical. “It is an unfortunate incident. No such incident has ever happened […]
Iraqi Kurds says Islamic State used chlorine gas against them
Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Saturday (March 14) they have evidence that Islamic State had used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against their peshmerga fighters. The Security Council of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region (KRSC) said in a statement that the peshmerga had taken soil and clothing samples after an Islamic State suicide bombing in northern Iraq in January. It said laboratory analysis showed “the samples contained levels of chlorine that suggested the substance was […]
At least 10 Americans flown to US after possible Ebola exposure
At least 10 Americans possibly exposed to the deadly Ebola virus were flown to the United States from Sierra Leone for observation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. They will be transported by non-commercial air transport and will be housed near the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, or Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, the CDC said. All of the individuals who […]
