Category: World News

The two pilots managed to eject and so far one of them has been found alive.

Army officer Nikos Metaxas pleads guilty to the murder of five women and two of their children.

The bomb went off in the early hours of Sunday, startling nearby residents.

The UN also urges countries to take responsibility for citizens being held in Iraq or Syria.

Activists in the city of Grenoble hold a protest inspired by US civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

The 12 boys, their coach and rescuers attended ceremonies to mark one year since they went missing in Chang Rai.

Police remove crates of beer to tame a far-right rock festival in eastern Germany.

A passenger train derailed on a bridge in north-east Bangladesh, killing at least five people and injuring more than 100.

The defeat of Erdogan’s ruling AKP party in Istanbul’s mayoral election has sparked hope for change.

Lax security at a Nasa lab let a hacker lurk on the agency’s network for almost a year, says report.

Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen is sentenced to 12 years in jail after a trial that lasted just half a day.

THE CHERNOBYL disaster was the worst nuclear catastrophe that has ever occurred. The nuclear accident has now been captured in a devastatingly real HBO and Sky television show, but what is the full extent of the nuclear accident in numbers?

EGYPT historians have no question over how the Great Pyramids were built after a discovery made in a cave near the Red Sea, a new documentary revealed.

Distraught Cameroon players staged a series of extraordinary on-field protests over VAR decisions as England earned a quarterfinal clash with Norway at the Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 win in Valenciennes Sunday.

A Syrian national is killed after Yemeni rebels reportedly targeted Abha airport with a drone.

A top Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Beijing would “not allow” the Hong Kong protests to be brought up at the G20 meeting in Osaka beginning on Thursday.

Activists say six officials have been detained as President Maduro intensifies a crackdown on dissent.

RUSSIA has warned it will take steps to counter new sanctions that US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose on Iran.

THE Czech Republic faces a political crisis as an estimated quarter of a million people marched on Prague to demand the resignation of the country’s prime minister this weekend.

A MAJOR earthquake struck Indonesia in the early hours of Monday morning, with tremors felt as far as Australia. So is Indonesia in the infamous ‘Ring of Fire’?

Flags are flying at half-mast as Prime Minister Abiy declares a day of mourning for killed officials.

GERMANY has seen a rise in right-wing violence – including six racially-motivated murder attempts over the last year.

The nation woke up on Monday to an extraordinary succession of achievements, causing much local joy.

A SPATE of powerful earthquakes have rocked the world, including Indonesia, Chile and USA – sparking fears of an impending megaquake, dubbed the Big One.

WORLD WAR 3 would more than likely have broken out had it not been for the courageous decision of a Soviet submarine officer during the height of the Cold War.

ROME has been rocked by an earthquake measuring-3.7 magnitude on the Richter scale alerting Vatican officials – but where did the earthquake in Italy hit?

A HUGE magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck in the Banda Sea close to the island of Ambon, but did Bali feel the quake? Here are the latest Indonesia earthquake warnings and updates.

It could feel like 47C in Paris this week as high humidity makes a hot June feel even hotter.

MANFRED Weber last night branded EU leaders and MEPs undemocratic after blocking his coronation as European Commission president.

The rapper was shot dead in March aged 33.

One year after women were allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, Lulwa Shalhoub describes her experience.

Officials say the death toll has risen to 24, but families fear more bodies remain under the debris.

INDONESIA’s massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake was felt in Australia according to local the media.

More than 25 years on from breakthrough peace accords the two sides seem further apart than ever. But why?

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INDONESIA has been struck by a series of major earthquakes with at least nine reported – but is there a tsunami warning on the way?

Officials say some were electrocuted when storms caused a tent to collapse at a religious event.

DONALD TRUMP launched a scathing attack on EU leaders, claiming he “didn’t care about Europeans” because “they’re making a lot of money from Iran”.

Israel Folau had sought donations to fight his sacking by Rugby Australia over social media posts.

JAPAN has been struck by a strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake with tremors felt in the nation’s capital, according to reports.

Indonesia has been hit by a huge 6.1 magnitude earthquake according to latest reports.

With bright blue eyes, fair skin and bushy brown hair, Peter Petrov doesn’t look like a typical Chinese man.

TURKEY’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was dealt a cruel blow as his main opponents remain on course to claim victory in the rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election.

THE pilot of the Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was mentally unstable at the time of the tragic crash his daughter revealed during interviews with investigators following the crash.

The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul celebrated a landmark win Sunday in a closely watched repeat election that ended weeks of political tension and broke the long hold President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party had on leading Turkey’s largest city.

Four candidates have rejected the result and said they will use “all legal means” to challenge it.

Indian paramilitary soldiers on Sunday reached the bodies of seven of eight members of an international climbing team that went missing on the country’s second-highest mountain, officials said.

“IRAN-backed Houthis” attacked Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport, injuring seven and killing one, reports claim.

Saudi Arabia says one person has been killed and seven others wounded in an attack by Yemeni rebels on an airport in the kingdom’s south.

A Norwegian aluminium producer is recovering after hackers took thousands of computers offline and demanded a ransom.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian leaders say they would rather die than see a mosque in their ancient city of Aksum.

How a miscarriage of justice destroyed six men and their families in India.

How two female artists reignited debate on the streets of Greece by imitating an insect.

Listeners came for the wild anecdotes, but have stuck around to form an informal support network.

Polo is widely seen as a men-only game in northern Nigeria, but one woman is changing the narrative.

IRAN has been warned that it would be “obliterated” in a conflict with the US by Donald Trump in a recent interview.

Three deaths and dozens of violent attacks have put butch lesbians in Chile’s Fifth region on red alert.

Money raised from the sale will benefit poor communities but only nine out of 27 properties were sold.

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday the Pentagon is not convinced last week’s strike against a US drone had been approved by the Iranian leadership causing Donald Trump to postpone retaliation.

AN ITALIAN passenger plane has been intercepted by Soviet-era planes after pilots didn’t answer attempts for communication by air traffic control .

By day, Paul Shales is a computer programmer who works in advertising operations for a bank. By night, he’s creating videos that show Elon Musk as a creepy looking, giggly baby; President Donald Trump as a temperamental pageant contestant on “Toddlers & Tiaras;” and Kim Kardashian freestyle rapping.

ROME has been struck by an earthquake which was felt throughout the Italian capital at around 10.45pm on Sunday night.

Tiffani Adams says she has experienced “re-occurring night terrors” since the incident.

The group include orphans of notorious Australian militant Khaled Sharrouf.

A building has collapsed in Cambodia, leaving at least 19 construction workers dead and another 24 injured.

Ruling party in Turkey set to lose city of Istanbul after re-run mayoral election in big blow for President Erdogan

The eight mountaineers had been attempting to climb India’s second-highest peak, Nanda Devi.

Republicans from Oregon have been missing since walking out over a climate change law on Thursday.

An English couple said they were unable to leave their house for nearly a week because seagulls tried to attack them every time they left.

Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, was facing mounting calls Sunday to fully explain an incident in which police attended an alleged altercation at the London home he shares with his girlfriend.

The Vatican canceled a friendly football match between its new women’s team and a club in Vienna, after a number of Austrian players protested against the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion.

The Ethiopian governent thwarted a coup attempt on Saturday that left four people dead, including the President of the Amhara Regional Government and the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian army, the office of the Prime Minister said on Sunday morning.

Organisers say around 8,000 attended the Kiev parade – up from 5,000 last year.

TWO men who accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as children will mourn his death on the 10th anniversary of his fatal drug overdose on Tuesday.

Protesters are calling for Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign amid fraud allegations.

DONALD Trump sent Kim Jong-un a personal letter and while the nature of the letter hasn’t been revealed, the North Korean leader has praised the letter as “excellent” and also commended the US President’s “extraordinary courage”.

IVANKA TRUMP and Jared Kushner’s relationship could all be down to a grand plan cooked up by Jared’s father, a book has claimed.

A MINISTER will hold top-level talks in Tehran today as Britain tries to defuse tensions between the Iran and the US.

Hundreds of climate change protesters broke into a huge open cast mine in western Germany Saturday to protest against the country’s ongoing dependence on fossil fuels.

IRAN could retaliate against Washington in a “multitude” of ways if the US decided to launch an attack, an expert said after Tehran warned the region will be “set on fire” if America strikes against it.

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton had a message for Iran on Sunday during his visit to Israel: He advised the leaders of the Islamic nation not to “mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness.”

Herold Goulon’s stunner capped Pahang’s 3-1 victory over Perak in the first leg of the Malaysian FA Cup semifinal.

A woman has been arrested after two Royal Air Force (RAF) jets were forced to escort a passenger plane back to London following severe disruption on board shortly after take-off.

WAR fears have been sparked as the US ambassador to the Philippines believes attacks in the South China Sea may trigger the Mutual Defence Treaty with the US.

MELANIA TRUMP uses fashion to derail her husband’s controversy, according to a fashion psychologist.

TENSION between Iran and the US has reached boiling point, with both countries leaders at each other’s throats.

Ekrem Imamoglu won the first vote in March but President Erdogan’s AK Party alleged irregularities.

President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would “seriously contemplate it.”

The hack targeted computers running rocket and missile launchers, sources tell US media outlets.

SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE forces have been sent to protect British ships from Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf according to the Daily Mirror newspaper.

A neo-Nazi is suspected of having shot Walter Lübcke, who defended migrant rights.

The conflict between mainland China and Hong Kong is playing out at college campuses across the US.

As Games Done Quick holds its 20th event, we explore how gamers raise millions for charity.

One diver recalls the dramatic rescue of 12 boys that made headlines around the world.

Undocumented migrants in south Mexico no longer travel unimpeded, photojournalist Encarni Pindado discovers.

Kenyan Shiyenze Khasoha sells clothes she designs to pay for her ovarian cancer treatment.

The attack on Seare Mekonnen followed an attempted coup in the northern Amhara region.

A new multi-billion dollar project to prevent drought in southern India is causing controversy.

State media says the North Korean leader will “seriously contemplate the interesting content”.

Holocaust survivors and their families recreate a photo taken in 1945.