TransAisa plane ATR-72 has crashed in Taipei river near the capital Taiwan. This incident happened shortly after the TransAisa Flight GE 235 clipped off a bridge a few minutess after take-off. According to TVBS local media, at least 10 injured people were taken to the hospital; overall some 40 people were injured. It is not […]
Wednesday February 04 2015, 12:39 AM EST | Posted in
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Super Bowl XLIX provided redemption for the New England Patriots as they unseated the defending champions Seattle Seahawks with a 28-24 win. The action on the field is expected to have people talking about the game in the years to come. This is a feat for an annual event that has already become part sport […]
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The attack that left 12 people dead in the Easter Ukrainian city of Donetsk was probably the final blow to the uneasy and hardly maintained peace agreement signed between the pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian government. The sounds of explosions and the death of innocent citizens is nothing new to the new rebel held city […]
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Police in France has hunted down and killed two brothers believed to be behind the heinous attack on a satirical newspaper which led to the death of 12 people. The paper, which often had a humorous approach on religious topics including Islam was attacked this Wednesday by two men who wielded an impressive amount of […]
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The sanctions imposed by the United States against North Korea over the Sony hacking scandal have apparently struck a chord with the communist regime. The North Korean government again denied any role in the hacking attack on Sony which revealed tens of thousands of confidential or emails and business files. A representative of the communist […]
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Two militants were hanged in Pakistan this week as executions for those on death row were resumed after a moratorium. The new approach to the death penalty and the way it is carried out is mainly due to the Peshawar school massacre which shocked the world. The two executed militants were Aqeel Ahmad also known […]
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The United States’ mission in Afghanistan just announced that it closed its last detention facility in the country, transferring all its prisoners to Afghan custody. This marks another step in the ending of what some would call a controversial aspect of the war on terror launched more than a decade ago. However, numerous attacks both […]
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U.S. officials have suggested that Iran has launched an air offensive against Islamic State Targets based in Iraq. The alleged attacks have taken place in the last couple of days being the first attack by Iran’s military on I.S. militants. United States officials declared anonymously that Iran has used its F-4 Phantoms to launch air […]
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Escalating tensions in the Eastern part of Ukraine may cause German Chancellor Angela Merkel to turn down any immediate NATO aspirations that Ukraine will pose. The news comes as President Petro Poroshenko announced he will be holding a referendum on his country joining NATO. Anonymous German officials declared that such an abrupt procedure would only […]
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Kurdish troops have made gains in the fight against the Islamic State terrorists that have besieged the Syrian border town of Kobane. According to sources from the London based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian Kurds have taken back several strategically located buildings in central Kobane as well as seizing weapons and other supplies. The […]
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