In the span of just one year, a young Chinese conman reportedly managed to fool 11 other men into thinking that he was their dream girl before disappearing with large sums of money. Believe it or not, the guy even managed to trick one of them into a wedding after telling him that “she” was […]
The Islamic State extremist group has posted a video that shows it blowing up a 3,000-year-old temple in the Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq — the militant group’s latest assault on a priceless archaeological treasure. The United Nations confirmed on June 9 that satellite imagery showed “extensive damage to the main entrance” of […]
Police in Sydney opened fire at an escaped psychiatric patient after he shouted “Allahu Akbar” Three passersby were shot in the process. Two officers opened fire at the Hornsby Westfield Mall as 23-year-old patient Jerry Sourian, armed with a knife, wandered around the center babbling and shouting. Three bystanders were injured; all three women aged […]
Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith took to Facebook this week to call for a strict implementation of his country’s timber export ban and asked the public to become forest watchdogs in the face of a so-called “log mafia” that is attempting to evade the moratorium. The new Lao government banned the export of logs and […]
A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck some 190 miles south of the Indonesian island of Lombok, according to preliminary data from the US Geological Survey. The quake happened at a depth of 29 km some 300 kilometers south of Praya, the main town of Central Lombok Regency on Lombok Island. There were no immediate […]
On Saturday, local authorities said a child died and three were being treated after a leisure boat capsized at Bailong Lake in Guangyuan, Sichuan province, China at 14:50 local time (0650 UTC). At about noon on Monday a search and rescue team found the body of a middle-aged male passenger; thirteen other people were still […]
A shooting in Tel Aviv, Israel has left three people dead with another six seriously injured, according to Israeli police and media reports. The suspected terrorist attack occurred at Sarona Market. According to a police spokesman, the area has been evacuated. Read more: sputniknews.com Sputnik International
Pakistani officials say a woman has been arrested after burning her daughter alive because the young woman had defied her family to marry a man of her choice. Police said the killing took place in the eastern city of Lahore on June 8, and that the mother was arrested the same day. The suspect, Parveen […]
