One day after the deadly attack on the offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo in Paris, another shooting has rocked the capital city. Two armed men shot at a policewoman and a street cleaner after their car was involved in an accident. The police woman died from her gunshot injuries, while the street cleaner…
French Terror Attack Spurs Retaliation On Muslims
Since gunmen attacked the offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which claimed 12 lives and left 11 injured on Wednesday, several muslim worship places in the country have been attacked. According to French officials, Mosques in two French towns were fired upon overnight with no casualties recorded. Three blank grenades were thrown at a…
Plane Veers Off Scotland Airport Runway, Four Injured
Four people were injured yesterday when a plane veered off the runway due to high winds in Scotland. The Scottish Ambulance Service said the outbound Saab 340 aircraft operated by Loganair, was due to fly to Glasgow from Stornoway Airport on Lewis at 8.33am when the incident happened. In a statement, the airport authority said…
AirAsia: Indonesia Chief Confirms Retrieval Of Three Bodies
Bambang Soelistyo, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency Chief has confirmed that the debris found by the agency, belonged to the Air Asia plane that crashed in the Java sea and that only three bodies have so far been retrieved. “Today we evacuated three bodies and they are now in the warship Bung Tomo”, he…
Search For Missing AirAsia Plane Continues
Two days after an AirAsia flight QZ8501 went missing with 162 people on board, rescue teams are yet to discover its whereabout. Bonbang Soelistyo, head of Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency said the plane could be at the bottom of the sea near Belitung Island where it was suspected to have gone down. The Airbus A320-200 disappeared…
North Korean Internet Down
A few days after President Barack Obama warned that the US would launch a “proportional response” to North Korea’s hack against Sony, Internet connectivity between North Korea and the rest of world suffered a major breakdown on Monday. Reports say North Korea may have come under a massive cyber attack. “I haven’t seen such a…
Essebsi Wins Tunisia Presidential Election
Beji Caid Essebsi, a veteran politician, has claimed victory in Tunisia’s first free presidential election, with exit polls suggesting he won 55.5 per cent of the vote. Supporters of the 88-year-old celebrated in the capital Tunis, yesterday. Campaigners for his rival, caretaker President Moncef Marzouki, say the results are too close to call. Official results…
Pakistani School Attack: Woman, Four Others Arrested
Four suspects, including a woman, were arrested from southern Punjab’s Hasilpur area in connection with Tuesday’s carnage in Peshawar that claimed the lives of more than 140 people. The four were tracked through a mobile SIM, which was reportedly used by terrorists during the attack on the military-run Army Public School. The SIM was registered…
Children Found Dead In Australian Home
The Australian police said eight children have been found dead at a house in Cairns, northern Queensland. Police said a 34-year-old woman had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable. The details of the incident and the woman’s relationship to the children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, are not yet…
Former Australian Prime Minister Dies
Gough Whitlam, former Australian Prime Minister, has died at the age of 98. His administration in 1972, launched major initiatives that transformed the country after more than 20 years of leadership by a conservative governing coalition. But his government was plagued by resignations and the governor-general dismissed it in 1975, after just three years. Prime…
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