EU officials express concerns that the increasing violence in the Central African Republic might soon turn into a genocide and repeat the Rwanda tragedy from 1994. A dialogue between Christian and Muslim leaders is imperious and the country’s interim government has to start immediately. EU Humanitarian ... read entire article »
At least five people were injured after a train collided with a digger near Munich. The train driver suffered serious injuries and was lifted by a helicopter and rushed to a near hospital. The digger was working on a parallel train track, but its arm wa ... read entire article »
Kim Han-sik, chief executive officer of Cheonghaejin Marine, the company that operated the Sewol ferry, was arrested today and was charged with ‘causing death by negligence, as well as causing the capsizing of the ship in the line of duty,’ prosecutor Yang ... read entire article »
Excessive cargo and inappropriate cargo bondage within the ferry seem to be the reasons that cause the Sewol ferry to capsize. South Korean investigators made the first declarations regarding what they think was the reason the ferry sunk, killing over 260 people ... read entire article »
China sends help to France. Law enforcement officials in Paris will receive reinforcement from Beijing to help protect Chinese visitors in the summer. Chinese tourists have been the target of multiple attacks and muggings recently. France is the most popular ... read entire article »
A UN committee that monitors how organizations implement the treaty against torture has forced the Vatican, after two days of pressures, to reveal figures regarding priests abuse of children. According to the Vatican, during the last decade, it has removed more ... read entire article »
Thailand's PM Yingluck Shinawatra was removed from office by the Constitutional Court for violations of Constitution. "The defendant has abused her position as Prime Minister," said the judge. "Her prime ministership has ... ended." She was found guilty by the ... read entire article »
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram which, on Monday, claimed responsibility for the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls during a a raid in the Nigerian village of Chibok, have now kidnapped another eight girls from a north-eastern village. According to ... read entire article »
(Reuters) - Police and state media said at least two and as many as four assailants wielding long knives wounded six people in an attack today at a railway station in China's southern city of Guangzhou, in the latest of a series of assaults to raise jitter ... read entire article »
Racism is a constant problem in sports. The latest incidents in Spain and US are worryingly just a month away from the World Cup in Brazil. UEFA slammed Spain over the last two racism scandals. The administrative body in European football warned Spanish ... read entire article »
The Sewol ferry continues to claim lives after one of the divers searching for bodies in the sunken ferry died today. Although a veteran diver, the 53-years-old man lost consciousness a few minutes after diving in the 80 feet deep water. It was his first dive in ... read entire article »
According to the authorities, a boat with migrants trying to enter Greece capsized on Moday in the eastern Aegean Sea. At least 22 people drowned and other 7 are declared missing. As the rescue teams are still looking for the missing persons, the accident wa ... read entire article »
As fighting continues in neighbouring Ukraine, Romania is organizing a military exercise in its Black Sea territorial waters. The Romanian Defence Ministry confirmed on Monday that the military exercise, codenamed “Vector”, is to be organized later thi ... read entire article »
The famous British survivor expert can really inspire people, but the latest example is a “not to do” one. French coast guard rescued a 23 year old Afghan man on a makeshift raft with a bedsheet as a sail. The Channel between UK and France is one of the ... read entire article »
Heavy fights in the Ukrainian city of Slovyansk led to the death of five paramilitary police and wounded thirty of the military staff. On the other side, four separatists were killed while another 15 were injured. Witnesses said that this was among the most ... read entire article »
Italian football fanatics are renown all over Europe, and the last incident involving “ultra” supporters prove it once again. A Napoli fan was arrested today after having a life saving operation. Ciro Esposito did not see his favorite team winning Copoa ... read entire article »
An Afghanistan community now lies under 60 meters of mud after a massive landslide engulfed a remote northeastern province on Friday, burying 300 homes and taking the lives of at least 2,700 people. ‘The scale of this landslide is absolutely devastating, with ... read entire article »
The unexplained disappearance of MH 370 flight made all air traffic controllers, all around the world, more cautious. France had to instant scramble a jet fighter after a civilian plane lost radio contact over its borders. Western France was struck by multiple ... read entire article »
Earlier today, two cargo ships collided off the coast of Hong Kong. At the moment, a search and rescue operation is underway as 11 persons were reported missing. All of them were part of the 12 crew members on the Zhong Xing 2 vessel which sunk after colliding ... read entire article »
A controlled burn got out of control in Logan County near Guthrie on Sunday and destroyed several homes. Guthrie Fire Department Chief Eric Harlow said in a statement that only six structures were confirmed destroyed, but that he believes that dozens of other ... read entire article »
