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Heavy storms, tornados batter North Carolina

An aerial footage broadcasted on television on Thursday showed the extent of the damage to Yad-Kin and Stokes County, North Carolina. After storms and tornados tore through the region on […]

May 26, 2017 (Friday)

South Korea’s Ousted Leader Park Geun-Hye’s corruption trial begins

The first trial of South Korea’s Former President Park Geun-Hye over a corruption scandal that brought down her presidency, began on Tuesday at Seoul Central District Court. Park faces more […]

May 23, 2017 (Tuesday)

Trump says Iran must stop funding and training “terrorists and militias” immediately

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran must immediately stop its financial and military support for “terrorists and militias” and reiterated that it never be permitted to possess […]

May 23, 2017 (Tuesday)

Colombian shipyard explosion kills six

Colombian police are investigating explosions at two shipyards in Cartagena that killed at least six people and injured 22 others on Wednesday. Black plumes of smoke rose into the sky […]

May 19, 2017 (Friday)

Mississippi teens face charges over kidnapped boy found dead

Three Mississippi teenagers face capital murder charges in the death of a 6-year-old boy who was found dead in his mother’s car on Thursday after it was stolen from a […]

May 19, 2017 (Friday)

South Korean President, orders temporary closure of old coal-fired power plants

South Korean President Moon Jae-In announced a new government air pollution policy on Monday. This includes shutting down coal-fired power plants that are over 30 years old in June to […]

May 16, 2017 (Tuesday)

11 children, several South Korean, die in bus crash in China

Eleven young children, mostly South Korean, were killed when a coach crashed in a tunnel in China’s Eastern Shandong Province. The driver of the coach was also killed and a […]

May 10, 2017 (Wednesday)

Workers at Washington Nuclear Waste Plant take cover after tunnel damage

A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, leading authorities to evacuate some workers. Workers took cover and turned […]

May 10, 2017 (Wednesday)

Iran coal mine explosion kills 35

An explosion in a coal mine in Northern Iran on Wednesday killed at least 35 workers and injured scores. The blast occurred in the Zeme-Stan-Yurt mine when workers tried to […]

May 4, 2017 (Thursday)

Female combat photographer captured fatal blast that took her life

The US military on Wednesday released two photographs taken in 2013 that show the moment an accidental mortar explosion killed five people during a training exercise. Fatalities included hilda clayton, […]

May 4, 2017 (Thursday)

Landslide leaves 24 people missing

At least 24 people were missing in Southwestern Kyrgyzstan after a landslide tore through a village on Saturday. The landslide, caused by heavy rains, destroyed eleven houses in the village […]

May 1, 2017 (Monday)

Police seize 25 kilos of ice drug in Central China

Police in Central China’s Hunan Province intercepted a drug smuggling attempt. Over 25 kilograms of the drug known as “ice”, or smokable methamphetamine were siezed and 18 suspects were arrested […]

May 1, 2017 (Monday)

British police arrest man with knives outside parliament

British police on Thursday foiled a suspected terror attack after they arrested a man allegedly to have been found carrying knives outside the houses of parliament in London. The incident […]

April 28, 2017 (Friday)

Thai man broadcasts daughter’s murder live on facebook

Thai police arrived at an abandoned building in Phuket, Thailand on Monday to retrive bodies of a Thai man and his 11-month-old daughter. Police said the man had filmed himself […]

April 26, 2017 (Wednesday)

Kenya bus, tanker crash kills 24 – police

24 people were killed and 19 were injured when a passenger bus and a tanker ferrying cooking oil crashed along the main highway of Kibwezi, Kenya. Police officer said the […]

April 26, 2017 (Wednesday)

Trump backs down on border wall funding

US President Donald Trump backed down and will ditch plans to find cash for his border wall in this week’s spending bill. President’s Close Adviser Kelly Anne Conway said funding […]

April 26, 2017 (Wednesday)

Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off Chile’s coast

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6-point-9 struck off the west coast of Chile on Monday rocking the capital Santiago and briefly causing alarm along the pacific coast. Residents scrambled for […]

April 25, 2017 (Tuesday)

Saudi king restores civil servant and military allowances

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a royal decree on Saturday restoring financial allowances for civil servants and military personnel that had been cut under austerity measures. In September Saudi Arabia […]

April 24, 2017 (Monday)