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Islamic State militants struck at Kurdish forces in the northern province of Kirkuk on Friday (January 30). Police said Islamic State launched mortars and attacked positions of Kurdish fighters in four districts southwest of Kirkuk city. Militants later detonated a car bomb at a disused hotel in Kirkuk city centre and clashed with peshmerga forces. Kurdish forces later found the body of a militant in the hotel and threw the body over a balcony down […]
Republican Mitt Romney said on Friday (January 30) he will not seek to run for president in 2016. In a statement, Romney told supporters he had opted against a run. Romney for the past three weeks has been seeking traction for another presidential run after he was defeated by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012. On Wednesday, he visited Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, and in a closely watched speech, he emphasized a commitment […]
Firefighters in the Russian capital Moscow on Friday (January 30) night battled a large fire in the library of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences. The fire broke out in on the top floor of the three-storey building shortly after 10pm (1900 GMT), and emergencies workers said they had localised the blaze a few minutes after midnight, according to Russian news agency RIA. RIA reported the fire consumed 2,000 square metres (21,500 square […]
Friends and family members of a Jordanian pilot being held by Islamic State said on Friday (January 30) they believe he is still alive. They gathered in capital Amman, seeking information about his fate, a day after the deadline passed for the release of an Iraqi prisoner in Jordan. An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist also captured by the insurgents said the pilot would be killed “immediately” unless Jordan released Sajida al-Rishawi, who […]
Japan and Jordan scramble to find out what has happened to two of their nationals being held by Islamic State, after a deadline passed for the release of a would-be suicide bomber being held on death row in Amman. On Friday evening (January 30) Japanese deputy foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama told reporters in Amman, where he is anchoring Japan’s on-the-ground response, that saving journalist Kenji Goto was Japan’s “only purpose”. “As everyone knows quite well, […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans on Thursday (January 29) to get vaccinated for measles amid an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December, saying that 2014 saw the highest number of cases in two decades. So far more than 90 people have been diagnosed with measles in California and elsewhere, most of them linked to an outbreak that public health officials suspect began when an infected person from outside the […]
In the lighter side of the news, a grandmother from Germany showed-off her gymnastic skills.
Due to garnering a lot of votes, “The Clink” won as the best restaurant in Wales. Said restaurant was staffed entirely with prison inmates.
The fate of two ISIS hostages remain in balance after the deadline for the hostage exchange passed.
Malaysia officially ends the search for MH370 after the Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority declared that said incident was due to an accident and that all aboard were already dead. Authorities will fully compensate the relatives of the passengers of said flight.
In an exchange of fire between the Hezbollah and Israel, two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper were killed, in what is called as the most violent encounter between the two sides since 2006.
After 30 days, Indonesia announced that it will cease search-and-recovery operations regarding the ill-fated AirAsia flight, including the recovery of the fuselage where, it is believed, many passengers were located. Only seven bodies have been recorded out of more than 100.
