The Islamic State (IS), notorious for its brutality, has reportedly executed 250 girls in northern Iraq for refusing to become sex slaves, according to a media report. The girls had been ordered to accept temporary marriages to the terrorists and were murdered, sometimes alongside their families, for their refusal to be sex slaves in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul. […]
» Read moreA repurposed fishing boat severely overloaded by smugglers with up to 500 Africans hoping to reach Italy from eastern Libya may have sunk, survivors told UNHCR. As many as 500 people are feared to have drowned in the southern Mediterranean last week, in what would be the deadliest migrant shipwreck in months. A repurposed fishing boat severely overloaded by smugglers […]
» Read morePakistan on Tuesday handed over the body of Kirpal Singh, an Indian prisoner who died in suspicious circumstances in a Lahore jail, to Indian authorities, officials said. The Border Security Force (BSF) took charge of the body at the Attari land border here, the officials said.
» Read moreRescuers pulled survivors from rubble on Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. The magnitude-7.8 quake, the strongest to hit Ecuador since 1979, was centered on Ecuador’s sparsely populated fishing ports and tourist beaches, 105 miles (170 kilometers) northwest of Quito, the capital. Ecuador’s president says the earthquake […]
» Read morePrince William and Kate Middleton in front of the Taj Mahal. Photo courtesy: Twitter/@KensingtonRoya The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, who are on a week-long tour of India and Bhutan, visited the Taj Mahal on Saturday. The royal couple posed in front of the monument, much like Prince William’s late mother Princess Diana during her […]
» Read moreTwo powerful earthquakes a day apart shook south-western Japan, killing at least 29 people, trapping many others beneath flattened homes and sending thousands of residents to seek refuge in gymnasiums and hotel lobbies. The exact number of casualties remained unclear as rescue efforts continued to unfold on Saturday. Kumamoto Prefectural official Tomoyuki Tanaka said the death tolls were climbing by […]
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