RAW: Motorcyclist plunges into sinkhole in China while fiddling with his phone
A man riding a motorbike crashed into a sinkhole shortly after it appeared on a street in Beihai, China on Thursday. He was looking at his phone before crashing ……
World Cup Fever: Nizhny Novgorod. Kicking around on the Volga River
After flying into Nizhny Novgorod, Diego and Mukha immediately check out an exclusive training complex being built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Later, they … source
Every Move You Make: US to adopt new biometric surveillance system?
The US is funneling money into tracking systems that are threatening to make the very concept of privacy a thing of the past. It could mean people’s every move ……
Soldiers who killed pregnant Afghan women followed rules of engagement – Pentagon
Members of US Special Forces who killed two pregnant women and three other civilians during a 2010 night raid in Afghanistan used an “appropriate level of … source
RAW: World’s tallest solar tower nears completion in Israel
The construction of a huge solar power-station is underway in the Negev desert in Israel. The station’s 250-meter tower is the tallest in the world and, once … source
LIVE: Pro-Catalan independence protesters rally in Brussels
Pro-Catalan independence protesters rally in Brussels on Thursday, December 7, in support of jailed Catalan leaders and Catalan independence. COURTESY: … source
Lavrov: If Kosovo is a special case then Crimea is also
Differences remain between Russia and the US in their approaches to the situation in Ukraine, Sergey Lavrov said after holding “useful” talks with Secretary of … source
Chemical agent sarin smuggled from Turkey to ISIS – Turkish MP (EXCLUSIVE)
ISIS terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey, a Turkish MP claimed, citing evidence from an abruptly closed … source
Runaway Canada oil train explosion destroys town center, forces evacuation
Four tanker cars of petroleum exploded in the east Canadian province of Quebec after a train derailed, leaving flames billowing hundreds of feet into the sky. source
ISIS holed up at Syria’s largest dam, uses hostages as human shield, escapes airstrikes
Under pressure from airstrikes, Islamic State in Syria has partially retreated to a strategic safe haven. Its fighters are said to be holed up at Syria’s Tabqa Dam, … source