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The New York Times reported Sunday that knife-wielding attackers in Western China injured four people in the latest in a string of incidents in restive Xinjiang. According to the state-run television station, the attack took place in a crowded chess hall as the country was still grappling with a new wave of unrest in the […]

The question has been asked multiple times: Will Prince Charles become king of England because his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, abdicates the British throne? This topic is reignited after King Juan Carlos of Spain stepped down as king so his son wouldn’t “grow old waiting for the throne like Prince Charles.” In a report published […]

CNN is reporting that the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov, has issued a statement accusing the Russian government of ordering tanks to enter Ukraine through a border checkpoint controlled by pro-Russian separatists. According to CNN, Avakov’s statement described two columns of armored vehicles entering Ukraine and claimed that two tanks split off from the main […]

UPDATE, noon June 9: More than 20 are dead in the latest death toll at Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan. Pakistani security forces fought through the night to finally kill all of the 10 attackers, who invaded the airport the day before with grenade launchers and automatic weapons. The Pakistani Taliban has announced its participation […]

Earlier this week, the 30th anniversary of Operation Blue Star was marred by riots when supporters of a radical Sikh group clashed with Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) guards. The fighting came on the day commemorating the Indian conflict, in which Indian Army troops opened fire on a military band holed up in the Harmandir […]

Operation Blue Star took place 30 years ago, but memories of the Indian conflict that left hundreds dead, resulting in a year of turmoil, still remain sharp in India. On June 6, 1984, the Indian Army opened fire on one of the holiest sites for the nation’s Sikh community, the Harmandir Sahib(also known as The […]

If you can’t see the forest through the trees in Nepal it may be because there’s too many people blocking the view. Over 2,000 people showed up Thursday to show our oxygen producing plant friends some love. The crowd was mostly made up of uniformed students, but included among them were 20 parliament members and […]

Prince Charles has traditionally been known to be courteous and charming, just like a prince should be. However, there were highly tense moments when he had to share the podium with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Though Prince Charles didn’t show his apprehensions and was his jovial self, one couldn’t but help notice subtle tension when […]

Today, we commemorate D-Day’s 70th anniversary, and looking back on the success of that day, we cannot help but think what might have happened had the weather forecast presented to Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower been incorrect. In those days, meteorologists didn’t have all the tools of 21st century technology, but those watching the […]

Mina El Houari ended up on what was likely the worst first date of all time — and didn’t make it out alive. The 25-year-old French woman had been chatting with a man from Morocco when she decided to hop on an airplane and meet him. The woman checked into a hotel in Fez before […]

A British sailor has come forward reporting she saw Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 “on fire” nearly three-months after the plane went missing without a trace en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China in the early hours of March 8. The yachtswoman — who was sailing with her husband in the Indian Ocean, between India […]

Children’s Home in western Ireland was supposed to be a destination for unmarried mothers, but instead the giant stone building became something of a house of horrors. The home was run by the Bon Secours nuns and operated between 1925 and 1961, serving as a destination for “fallen women” and their “illegitimate” children. The women […]

Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to death in her native Sudan for marrying a Christian man, but now after worldwide protests, the woman has reportedly been freed. Ibrahim was sentenced to be flogged and hanged to death for marrying a Christian man. The woman was eight months pregnant when she was arrested. The 27-year-old gave birth […]

Apostasy is the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief and in Sudan, it can get you killed. On May 15, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a 27-year-old Sudanese woman, was sentenced to death for abandoning Islam by marrying a Christian man, Daniel Wani, despite being raised as in the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian faith. […]

The case of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy, has been gaining traction this week as critics from around the world comment on the situation. (See Inquisitr’s previous coverage of the apostasy charges here.) Petitions condemning the apostasy charge and calling for justice for the Ms. Ibrahim […]

Historically speaking, whenever someone has one of their family members suffer a tragedy, most people would be very supporting and understanding, more so if that tragedy happens to be rape. Yet in northern India, the mother of a rape victim wasn’t comforted, but attacked! Though the situation in India is totally ludicrous, the reason why […]

Syrian extremists have a penchant for the extremist part of that description. Look no further for proof than those crucifixions extremists have started to videotape for all the world to see. Yikes. The place has become such a paradise for extremist exultation that a U.S. citizen now known as Abu Hurayra al-Amriki went there to […]

Mount Everest’s beauty owes much to the stark and fickle nature of its superiority. Some would say no rock is superior to humanity. Since an avalanche buried 16 sherpa guides at Mount Everest last month, no one has chosen to climb this rock, the world’s tallest mountain. Usually the climbing season ends in late May, […]

Ukraine’s citizens comprising about 90 percent of the nation’s eligible voters went to the polls on Sunday and gave the presidency to Petro Poroshenkoa, 48, a billionaire candy man known widely as the Chocolate King. As of nightfall in the Ukraine, about 56 percent of the vote went to Poroshenkoa, In a distant second place […]

The United States on Wednesday announced the first live-fire test of a Raytheon Co SM-3 missile from the land-based version of Lockheed Martin Corp’s Aegis missile defense system. The successful test–fire of the SM-3 Missile takes it one–step closer to deployment of the same in Romania next year. As a highlight of the test setup, […]

It seems straightforward enough; Uganda’s legislators passed a law on Tuesday called the HIV Prevention and Control Act that makes pregnant mothers and their mates submit to blood tests and criminalizes those who willfully pass on HIV to others. But several non-governmental offices in Uganda, like Human Rights Watch, the Health Global Advocacy Project (GAP), […]

A 92-year-old former official in the Hungarian communist party back in the middle of the 20th century was finally sentenced Tuesday to five-and-a-half years in prison for war crimes committed in 1956 against Hungarian civilians. Bela Biszku could have received a life sentence, under guidelines set by the Geneva Convention, but at 92, five-and-a-half-years might […]

The citizens of developed nations might have an evolved civic sense, but those residing in countries like India, still have a long way to go. Though there are laws and penalties to fine violators, seldom are exercised, resulting in blatant arrogance. Hence taking matters in their own hands (pun unintended), a group of anonymous fighters […]

What Sarah Lawan endured as one among nearly 300 teenage schoolgirls abducted by Nigeria’s Islamic rebels, Boko Haram, was so frightening that she now fears returning to school. The 19-year-old spoke over the phone with The Associated Press from her hometown of Chibok, a city in Northeast Nigeria that’s also home to the school from […]

Protesters in Bangkok, Thailand, remained on Sunday in control of five major broadcast news stations they took over two days prior to voicing their new demand to see an appointed prime minister ousted. The People’s Democratic Reform Committee has been protesting the Taiwanese government since late last year, in particular the rule of Prime Minister […]

Right after Syrian rebels left the country’s most civil war-wracked city of Homs on Saturday, its residents filed back in to search for something, anything, to remind them of home. The government reached an agreement last week that led to about 2,000 rebels leaving Homs, opening the door to several thousand residents and business owners […]

Killer Robots will be discussed at the UN for the first time since the words were paired together. The actual definition would be ‘autonomous machines able to identify and kill targets without human input,’ but everyone agrees that ‘killer robots’ sound like a much more urgent issue. To be clear, these robots don’t actually exist […]

Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton are known for being frugal in their daily lives, which was more apparent than ever when he took a commercial flight to attend a friend’s wedding in Memphis and sat in coach, as many of us mere mortals do. It’s not every day that you see a royal […]

Early Wednesday morning, Vietnamese vessels intercepted Chinese ships that were planning to place an oil rig off of Vietnam’s coast. This confrontation has caused tensions in the South China Sea to rise since both countries claim the area. Although no shots were fired in this altercation, this event marks the most serious event between these […]

Revolting stories about violence against women are seen everywhere online, but this one about a widow gang-raped in Indonesia tops them all. A 25-year-old widow was gang-raped by a group of vigilantes because they were punishing her for having sex with a married man. If that wasn’t enough, Islamic religious police plan to cane the […]

As far as weddings go, gatecrashing is pretty common. However, a newly married couple wouldn’t have guessed even in their wildest dreams who would strut into their wedding unannounced. England’s Prince Charles showed up unexpectedly at a couple’s wedding. The Royal apparently strode into the wedding of Barry Rooney, 28, and his new wife Kirstie, […]

US Secretary of State John Kerry gave promise to the government of Nigeria that they will do “everything possible” to help disarm and defeat the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram after receiving word that the terrorist group stormed an all-girl school campus, kidnapping more than 200 of the students. “Let me be clear. The kidnapping […]

The report released by the Malaysian Government late last night has revealed some very startling facts about the way protocols were initiated and rescue processes handled for the missing Malaysian flight MH370. Malaysian Government has released a summary 5–page report about the rescue operation that has been going on for more than 50 days now […]

Family members of Flight MH370 passengers have reportedly been told to wait for news of their loved ones fate “from the comfort of their own homes,” as the search could take months. Since the ill-fated Boeing 777 disappeared from radar over the South China Sea on March 8, the relatives of the 239 passengers and […]

The Michigan factory, where the iconic Rosie the Riveter and thousands of other women built B-24 bombers during World War II, appears to have its fate sealed. The historically significant factory may soon be torn down by a wrecking ball, if a miracle doesn’t happen in two days. A story sounding just out of a […]

A conference in Geneva between the US, Europe, Ukraine and Russia has been scheduled for Thursday. This follows Russia’s threat to end gas flow to Ukraine and possibly a third of Europe in extension. The meeting arises in the midst of continuing tension between Russia and the EU. Between the threats, growing military presence and […]

Ebola virus survivors have done what seems to be the nearly impossible just by surviving the Ebola virus. Now survivors who are in good health face a stigma, isolation from others in their town or county. One such case is that of a doctor who contracted the Ebola virus, now completely healthy, people are afraid […]

Israel will become an “apartheid state” if it cannot make peace with Palestine, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in remarks that have Israeli leaders furious. In a closed-door meeting with world leaders on Friday, Kerry warned that Israel could be following in the footsteps of South Africa if there is no two-state peace […]

North Korea described South Korean president Park Geun-Hye a “crafty prostitute”, with US president Barack Obama as her “pimp”. The insults were thrown shortly after the latter’s visit to the first-world Asian country last week, according to The Guardian‘s latest report. North Korea, headed by Kim Jong-Un, made it clear that the nation was not […]

A 16-year-old junior from Jonathan Law High School in Connecticut was stabbed to death this morning, according to The Courant. Police are investigating rumors that the 16-year-old male murdered her because she rejected his offer to take her to the prom. The male student is in custody, but police will not release his name at […]

The disappearance of Flight MH370 is one of the greatest aviation mysteries and the search for answers may take years, a US official told Reuters on Friday, as the Malaysian government gets ready to issue a report on the missing airliner. So far there has not been one piece of physical evidence found from the […]

Officials in in China’s restive Xinjiang region have decided to reward informants who offer credible information about people with high amount of facial hair. Authorities are willing to offer cash rewards to people who are willing to slip names of neighbors with a lot of facial hair. Chinese officials firmly believe that people with a […]

Pro-Russian militia are capturing journalists in eastern Ukraine. The separatists are attempting to prevent reporters from shining a light on the darkness that continues to creep into this area. Simon Ostrovsky, an American Journalist for VICE, was taken by pro-Russian separatists on April 22. Pro-Russian militants grabbed Ostrovsky at a checkpoint in Slovyansk, which is […]

Easter in Venezuela was celebrated by burning effigies. Protesters in Venezuela’s capital started with a “Via Crucis” march to remind fellow Venezuelans of Jesus’s walk to crucifixion. During the walk, effigies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were set on fire to show the people’s demand for his removal. They called the demonstration “Resurrection of Democracy”. […]

Police have arrested the man who hit two 6-year-old boys with his car on Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa. The man has been charged with culpable homicide and will be presented before a judge tomorrow. Two 6-year-old boys were killed on Symphony Way in Bellville, Cape Town, after a 33–year old man hit them […]

Jun Cha Woong was a student known for dedication to his studies, but last week became known as a hero after the 17-year-old gave up his life vest aboard a sinking South Korean ferry and then jumped into the icy water to help others. Woong, a student at Danwon High School, was among the first […]

A drone strike today hit its Al-Qaeda target, killing not only numerous suspected terrorists, but also civilians who were near the target. The attack occurred in the al-Bayda province of Yemen. The number of casualties reported vary depending on the source, but Al-Qaeda deaths range from nine to sixteen. The number of civilians killed by […]

The search for the Missing Malaysian Flight has perhaps entered its most critical phase yet as the first unmanned submarine, the Bluefin–21 has returned with convincing data. The search which has been going on for more than 40 days now, may end this week as Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammudin Hussein said, “This weekend would […]

The riot in the Jerusalem, as The Inquisitr reported on, may not have been a very ugly one, but it has nonetheless provoked a lot of thoughts regarding the way the Islam’s holy site is managed or controlled for visitation. The riot police on Wednesday were called in to disperse a mob of angry Palestinian […]

The pamphlets demanding Eastern Ukrainian Jews to register are a part of the same tool that’s been used in every war ever fought. Propaganda. Earlier this week in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, three unidentified men carrying pro-Russian flags handed out flyers that demanded all Jews register with authorities or face losing their property […]