Polish Foreign Minister Calls Obama Mistake a Matter of “Ignorance and Incompetence”

The White House issued an apology to Poland and the Polish people for what The Obama Administration is a mistake and that the President misspoke when he used the term “Polish Death Camp” in a ceremony yesterday. The Poles say that the President should have used the term “German death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland,” to […]

British Couple Arrested After Fire Kills Six Children

A British couple have been taken in for questioning in the arson investigation that took the lives of their six children on May 11th. Police have already established that the fire at the couple’s house in Allentown, Derby, was deliberate, according to The Daily Mail. It reportedly began after someone poured gasoline through the mail […]

Newly Discovered Roman Shipwrecks Bust Ancient Sailing Theories

Two ancient shipwrecks from Roman times have been discovered in deep water off a western Greek island, a find which challenges the long-held theory that ancient shipmasters, not wanting to risk the open sea, stuck to coastal routes. The Sacramento Bee reports that Greece’s culture ministry stated the two wrecks, which date to the third […]

U.S., Allies Expel Syrian Diplomats Following Houla Massacre

Syrian diplomats have been expelled from the United States, as well as many of their allies, following a deadly massacre in Houla, which killed 108 civilians, including 49 children. Along with The U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands have announced on Tuesday that they are expelling top Syrian diplomats […]

5.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Italy, Kills 15 And Injures Hundreds

A deadly 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and leaving more than 200 residents injured. The earthquake hit just nine days after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake killed seven people. Following Tuesday’s quake dozens of aftershocks could be felt throughout the area including 5.3 and 5.1 magnitude shocks. The earthquake was […]

Stray Dog Runs With Cyclists Across China, Completes 1,200 Miles In 20 Days

A stray dog ran with cyclists across China, following them as they completed a three-week cycling race across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, covering more than 1,200 miles. The small dog began her journey on May 4th, after Xiao Yong, a college student from Wuhan province, fed her, according to NDTV. The dog, nicknamed Xiaosa, or “little […]

Saudis Demand McDonald’s Be Punished For Happy Meal Toy That Insults Muhammed

The people of Saudi Arabia are furious with the McDonald’s fast food chain for a toy which they say desecrates the name of Muhammed, the prophet of Islam. They are demanding retribution. According to the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, “[the McDonald’s fast food restaurant] abused the Prophet Muhammad by placing his name at the base […]

Klaas Carel Faber, Fugitive Nazi War Criminal, Dies In Germany

Klaas Carel Faber, a Nazi war criminal who escaped from a Dutch jail in 1952, after being sentenced to death, died at the age of 90 in Germany, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Reuters reports that Faber was number two on the Center’s list of most wanted Nazi criminals, and was originally sentenced to […]

British Housewife Caught With $2.6 Million Of Cocaine, Could Face Death Penalty

British housewife, Lindsay Sandiford, 55, may face the death penalty in Indonesia after more than $2.6 million US worth of cocaine was found stuffed in the lining of her suitcase when she arrived at a Bali airport. The Huffington Post reports that, following her arrest, she agreed to take part in a sting operation that […]

Bus Crash in India Leaves 27 Dead, 17 Injured

Authorities in India have confirmed that at least 27 members of a wedding party were killed in on Monday when a speeding van lost control and crashed into a stationary minibus on a highway outside Mumbai. The Pakistan Today reports that the horrific accident took place after the wedding party’s bus broke down on an […]

Cyber Weapon “Flame” Found All Over The Middle East

Internet Security Experts have announced that they have discovered a new highly sophisticated computer virus called “Flame”. The virus is said to have infected thousands of computers over the last five years as part of a cyber warfare campaign. Kaspersky Lab security senior researcher Roel Schouwenberg, whose company discovered the virus, said it was one […]

North Korea Uses Pathetic “Staged Car Accidents” To Kill 30 “Failed” Officials

North Korea is not being very secretive in the death of their own governmental regime members. Amnesty International claims that the country has killed upwards of 200 state officials in the first half of 2012, including at least 30 officials who died in staged car accidents. Those 30 men were believed to have failed the […]

Iran Reverses Position, Promises 2 New Nuclear Plants, Higher Uranium Enrichment Levels

Iranian official Ferydoon Abbasi announced on state television on Sunday that the country would not halt production of higher-grade uranium while also building two new uranium enriching nuclear power plants. The announcement comes just after the Iranian government met for talks in Baghdad with officials from the West, talks that ended with a refusal by […]

World’s Oldest Instrument Discovered In Germany

Researchers examining flutes found in a cave located in southern Germany have discovered evidence through carbon dating that suggests they could be the oldest known instruments created by Homo sapiens. According to researchers the flutes are aged between 42,000 and 43,000 years old. Lead by Prof Tom Higham at Oxford University the groups official findings […]

Africa’s Wildlife Crisis: More Than 10,000 Elephants Slaughtered In 2011

Poachers in Africa killed more than 10,000 elephants in 2011 according to a recent report detailing the grim situation for elephant’s and rhino’s in the country. Prices have skyrocketed for elephant tusks and rhino horns as buyers in Asia attempt to make ivory ornaments out of the elephant tusks and traditional medicine from rhino horns. […]

Iran Shrugs Off Enriched Uranium, Claims Finding Was A ‘Technical Issue’

The discovery that Iran has 27% enriched uranium has worried many international agencies, but the country has shrugged the latest study’s find off as a simple “technical issue.” The Huffington Post reports that a top Iranian nuclear official stated the traces of enriched uranium discovered by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at an […]

Everest 2012 Climbing Season Ends, 150 Summit Friday And Saturday

Mt. Everest climbing season has officially ended, with 240 successful summits, and six deaths in five days. About 150 people reached the summit on Friday Saturday alone, despite warnings of a possible bottleneck in the death zone (above 8,000 meters). Daily Times reports that tourism ministry official Tilak Ram Pandey stated: “A handful of climbers […]

Japanese Chef, Mao Sugiyama, Cooks Up, Serves Own Genitals

Japan’s Mao Sugiyama is sure to make all men squirm, following reports that he cooked and served his own genitals to a group of 5 people for $250 a plate. Sugiyama, who describes himself as an “asexual” lives in Tokyo, Japan, according to The Huffington Post. The 22-year-old reportedly tweeted on April 8th: “[Please Retweet] […]

Pope’s Butler Arrested For Allegedly Leaking Secret Documents

The Pope’s personal butler, Paolo Gabriele, has been arrested after secret documents were found in his apartment in Vatican City on Wednesday. Newser reports that the arrest comes a few days after the book Your Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI were published by an Italian journalist, who used papers from “Maria” to describe […]

Syrian Massacre Kills 90, Activists Say

Syrian activists are saying that more than 90 people were killed, 25 of whom were children, in the worst massacre since the U.N. ceasefire began in March. Outside news agencies are not allowed in Syria, and the Syrian government-run SANA has been mum about the supposed attack, but activists are report news of the massacre […]

Cdr Sarah West Becomes First Woman To Command Major British Navy Warship

Sarah West has done what no other woman has accomplished in the last 500 years: command a major Royal Navy warship. West, 40, who is from Middlesex, recently joined the Type 23 frigate HMS Portland, which makes port in Rosynth, Fife, according to the BBC. The Commander has been in the Royal Navy for 16 […]

Burlesque Dancer Dressed As Barack Obama Performed At Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ Parties

Silvio Belusconi’s “bunga bunga” parties were pretty wild. Reports surfaced last week that the former Italian Prime Minister often had strippers dress up as nuns, so I guess it isn’t too surprising to learn that he also had a burlesque dancer dress up as President Obama. Reuters reports that Berlusconi, 75, is currently standing trial […]

Iran Has Enriched Uranium To 27%, Study Finds

The International Atomic Energy Agency had discovered traces of uranium enriched up to 27 percent at Iran’s Fordo enrichment plant, the highest threshold level discovered in the country to date. While a 90-percent uranium enrichment level is needed to create the fissile core of nuclear arms the increase in enrichment is still trouble for a […]

New Zealand Earthquake: City of Christchurch Shaken by 5.2 Quake

A strong earthquake struck New Zealand’s second largest city Christchurch on Friday, halting rebuilding following previous temblors and causing hundreds of panicked shoppers to leave department stores and take to the streets. Measuring in at 5.2 magnitude, the recent temblor struck at about 2:45pm and was centered about 27 kilometers (17 miles) east of Christchurch, […]

Maharashtra, India Makes It Legal To Shoot Tiger Poachers On Site

Maharashtra, a state in western India, has made it legal for forest guards to shoot tiger poachers on site, in an attempt to stem the bloody massacre of the nation’s tiger population. The government in Maharashtra has stated that injuring or killing suspected poachers will not longer be a crime in the state, according to […]

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Proof Bethlehem Existed Long Before Jesus

Israeli archaeologists stated on Wednesday that they have discovered the first physical piece of evidence that supports the Old Testament’s claim that Bethlehem existed centuries before the town became known as Jesus’ birthplace. They stated, according to The Huffington Post, that they discovered a clay seal, which was unearthed near the walls of the Old […]

Norway’s Bastoy Prison Is The Nicest Penitentiary In The World, Offers Sandy Beaches, Fresh Food

You won’t hear prisoners at Norway’s Bastoy Prison running around singing “It’s a hard knock life for me” anytime soon, that is because Bastoy Prison might possibly be the worlds best “vacation” spot for killers, rapists and other convicted criminals. The prison is located on a small island and it does not have any type […]

Beijing Toilets Now Have A ‘Two-Fly’ Limit

Beijing authorities have set a new standard for their public toilets, including a requirement that only two flies should be buzzing around them at one time. The Chinese capitol has long been known for their unkempt restrooms, so the new rules, which were set by The Beijing Municipal Commission of City Administration and Environment, also […]

Five Aid Workers Kidnapped In Afghanistan

Five aid workers were kidnapped at gunpoint in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials report. The five kidnapped are two foreign women doctors, and three Afghan translators and guides. The Huffington Post reports that Abdul Maroon Rasikh, who is a spokesman for the governor of Badakhshan province, stated that they do not yet know who kidnapped the […]

Cuba’s Super Awesome Internet Still Not Connected One Year Later

In February 2011 government officials in Cuba announced that the country was finally going to be super-connected to the rest of the world thanks to an underwater fiber optic cable that was going to increase web capacity by 3,000-fold. Now more than one year later Cuban officials rarely talk about the program and internet connects […]

India Train Crash Leaves 25 Dead

A train crash in southern India has resulted in at least 25 people dead and more than 45 injured, after a passenger train slammed into a parked freight train, catching fire early Tursday morning. News 24 reports that railway ministry spokesperson Chandralekha Mukherjee said in New Delhi: “The number of deaths now is 25 and […]

Tokyo Skytree, The World’s Tallest Tower, Opens

The Tokyo Skytree has just opened to the public after nearly four years of construction. The Skytree, which stands at 2,080 feet tall, is the tallest freestanding tower in the world. The Telegraph reports that thousands of visitors flocked to the tower today to take in the 360 degrees views from the towers observation decks. […]

Lockerbie Bomber Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Buried In Libya

Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, otherwise known as the Lockerbie Bomber, was buried in Tripoli, Libya on Monday, almost three years after he was released from a Scotland jail. According to The New York Daily News, Al-Megrahi, who died of prostate cancer Sunday, was the sole person convicted in the 1988 Pan-Am 103 bombings. He was originally […]

Iraq Purchases US Drones To Keep Watch Over Oil Fields

Iraq’s navy was given approval in the last week to purchase unarmed surveillance drones from the United States. The move is meant to help the countries Navy keep a better eye on oil fields as tensions continue to mount in the Persian Gulf. According to Army Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, head of the U.S. Office […]

Italy Earthquake: Magnitude 6.0 Quake Leaves 7 Dead, Thousands Homeless [Video]

A powerful earthquake in northern Italy killed seven people Monday, injured dozens and left thousands of survivors homeless, huddling in tents or cars for refuge overnight. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey measured to be magnitude 6.0, struck at 4:04am (0204 GMT) and was was felt across northern Italy, from Liguria to the Veneto. […]

Pakistan Bans Twitter, Calls Tweets Offensive To Islam

Micro-blogging website Twitter has been banned in Pakistan after officials in the country called the networks many messages offensive to Islam. The worst of the material to be posted included links to a Facebook competition which encourages people to post images of the Prophet Muhammad. Many Muslims find depictions of their prophet to be blasphemous […]

Broken Down Cargo Ship Drifts Into Great Barrier Reef

A broken down cargo ship was sighted floating in the direction of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia on Saturday May 19, 2012 after having suffered an engine failure on Friday night. The vessel is currently drifting towards the Vema and Shark Reefs, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority indicated. As local authorities rushed to assist […]

Syria Car Bombing Claims Nine, Government Blames Foreign Source

A car bomb in Syria‘s eastern city of Deir al-Zor claimed the lives of nine people at a Syrian military post on Saturday. According to SwissInfo, the government immediately stated that the attack was yet another piece of evidence that a foreign source is plotting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. Reuters reports that one activist […]

Canada Approves Prochymal, World’s First Stem-Cell Drug

Canadian health regulators have approved the world’s first stem-cell drug for children, according to Osiris Therapeutics Inc. According to Reuters, the company released a statement on Thursday, which stated that the regulators approved the treatment for “acute graft-versus host disease in children.” The Digital Journal reports that Andrew Daly, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Department of […]

Italy School Bombing Leaves One Dead, At Least Six Injured

A bomb exploded outside Italy’s Morvillo-Falcone vocational institute, a high school in Brindisi, shortly before 8 a.m. on Saturday, leaving one dead and at least six injured. Sunday’s bombing occurred near the school, which, according to The New York Times, is named after magistrate Francesca Morvillo, and her husband, Giovanni Falcone, who were killed on […]

Olympic Flame Lands In Britain

The Olympic Flame has complete its journey around Greece and will now embark on its 70 day tour around Britain before the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The AFP reports that the flame touched down at the Royal Naval Air Station at Culdrose in Cornwall, England, earlier today. Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth […]

Baby Red Crabs Invade Cayman Islands By The Thousands

The beaches are red in the Cayman Islands as hundreds of thousands of baby red crabs have begun their seasonal migration across the island. Tim Austin, deputy director of the Cayman Islands’ Environment Department, said: “People living in the coast will have them everywhere. They get in houses, into your AC system. Anywhere there’s a […]

Ratko Mladic War Crimes Trial Delayed Because of “Evidence Errors”

The war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has been suspended indefinitely due to errors by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to the defense. The decision was announced by the presiding judge, Alphons Orie, shortly after the prosecution described the “horror” of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre it says was orchestrated by Mladic, the […]

Greeks Withdrew $898 Million On Monday As Election Fears Loom

Greece is about to undergo a fresh set of elections after coalition talks failed and citizens in the country are not feeling very cheery about the entire situation. According to reports Greece’s banking institutions watched as $898 million was withdrawn from their institutions on Monday. Economists are now warning that a full-blown run on the […]

Rebekah Brooks to be Charged in News Corp Phone Hacking Scandal

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, is to be charged over “allegations that she tried to conceal evidence from detectives investigating phone hacking and alleged bribes to public officials”, the Crown Prosecution Service announced Tuesday. Brooks, who was editor of the News Of The World (NOTW) when dozens of […]

Lack of Babies Could Lead to Japanese Extinction

Japanese researchers have targeted a major problem for the Island nation. There is a real lack of Japanese babies. Researchers have found that if current birthrates continue, the last Japanese baby will be born in 3011 and the Japanese people will cease to exist in a generation or two. Academics calculate that Japan is losing […]

Israel is Ready For War [The Iranian Threat]

This past week had a real shocker when the Netanyahu government in Israel announced that Israel was not going to go to early elections and instead they formed the broadest national unity government in the country’s history. This is not an accident. Sources in the Israeli government are saying that this is a sign to […]

Kim Dotcom’s Wife Wants Her Mercedes Back

Many of Kim Dotcom’s possessions were seized earlier this year after the world’s biggest alleged pirate was arrested for running the file-sharing site Megaupload.com. His wife, Mona Dotcom, has just filed legal papers in an attempt to regain possession of her G55 Mercedes SUV and several other valuable assets. The Atlantic Wire notes that the […]

Don Ritchie, The Angel Of The Gap, Passes Away At 85

Australians are mourning the death of Don Ritchie, a man who earned his nickname “The Angel Of The Gap,” by stopping more than 500 suicides at a coastal cliff on Sydney’s east coast. His sister Sue Ritchie Bereny said: “He could read some people needed help. He would say not to underestimate the power of […]

49 Headless Bodies Found In Mexico Near US Border

Police mad a gruesome discovery today in Mexico as 49 headless bodies were found near the U.S. border. The mutilated bodies of 43 men and six women were found in the town of San Juan. NPR reports that the town is at the center of a region which has been ripped apart by two drug […]