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U.S. Embassies in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia will be closed this weekend as a “precautionary” measure. Details about the potential security threat are not known but a senior State Department official told NPR that the government was taken the “precautionary step” of closing more than 20 U.S. embassies “out of an abundance […]

The Queen’s WWIII speech was recently released by the National Archives in Britain. Thankfully, the Queen never had to give her speech about World War Three. But she was ready to. According to the Guardian, the speech was written in 1983 during a secret Whitehall exercise. The speech was part of a 320-page war game […]

A Russian lawmaker says gay athletes who show up for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014 will risk being arrested under the country’s newly enacted law against “gay propaganda.” Vitaly Milonov, who co-sponsored a bill against “non-traditional relationships,” said the government is bound to enforce the law, even if that means arresting international athletes […]

Vladamir Putin is known for outdoor feats like shirtless horseback riding and tiger hunting but Russians are having a hard time believing that their president bagged a huge pike over the weekend. The Kremlin released footage of the Russian president fishing last week in a remote region of Siberia. Putin ended up catching an enormous […]

A Spanish train conductor is facing 79 counts of homicide. Francisco José Garzon, 52, was driving the train that derailed last week in Spain. Seventy nine people were killed in the wreck and another 130 were injured. Garzon has been provisionally charged with 79 counts of reckless homicide but an investigation is still ongoing into […]

A cross-dressing teenager was allegedly “chopped and stabbed” to death by an angry mob in Jamaica earlier this week. Dwayne Jones was attending a river party in St. James on July 21 when he was brutally murdered. The gender-nonconforming 17-year-old was dressed as a woman and was dancing with a male when a female partygoer […]

An apparent Tunisia assassination drew thousands of protesters to the country’s capital Thursday, causing many to wonder whether or not the situation will devolve into Egypt-esque chaos. Mohamed Brahmi, a 58-year-old member of parliament and high-profile critic of the ruling Islamist Ennahda Party, was shot 11 times outside of his house on Thursday morning. His […]

A principal was arrested in India after 23 children were poisoned by their free school lunches. The woman, Meena Kumari, fled the area after the children started falling ill. The school lunch was prepared with contaminated oil that was found to contain a toxic level of pesticides. A police team investigating the deaths made the […]

The world waited nine agonizing months to meet the royal baby and now that here he is here there is only one thing that people are talking about: The Royal Town Crier. Did you see that guy? Shortly after the royal baby was born the town crier, dressed in a traditional and completely awesome uniform, […]

The world’s oldest mother, who became pregnant after being given IVF treatment, has declared that she wants to live to see her five year old daughter get married. Rajo Devi Lohan, who gave birth in the controversial manner at the age of 69, almost died because of complications with the delivery, whilst critics also stated […]

Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales was captured this week in Mexico. Morales, known as Z-40, was arrested by Mexican marines on Monday morning. According to the Independent, the Zetas leader was captured after he was caught in a pickup truck with more than $2 million in cash. The truck was driving near the border […]

A North Korean ship was seized by authorities in Panama Monday evening. Trying to pass through the Panama Canal, the ship was discovered to be transporting “undeclared military cargo.” The New York Times reports that Panama’s president, Ricardo Martinelli, said that the illicit goods were presumed to be “sophisticated missile equipment.” The military cargo was […]

Russian war games are underway in the nation’s Far East region, the biggest military training exercise conducted since Soviet days. The training exercises come as the biggest in a recent series of surprise drills in the Russian military. NATO and the west have seen the increasingly frequent shows of military power to be a not-too-subtle […]

A woman was gored during Spain’s Running of the Bulls this weekend. According to Fox News, the 23-year-old Australian woman identified only as J.E., was seriously injured by a bull during the annual event in Spain. The woman was reportedly gored by a large Miura bull as she clung to one of the wooden barriers […]

Yobe Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has ordered all secondary schools to be closed after 42 people were killed at a school in the Mamudo district this weekend. The most recent attack occurred on Saturday morning. According to the AFP, alleged Boko Haram Islamists massacred 42 people at a boarding school in the region. The Islamic extremists marched […]

Costa Rica has apparently legalized same-sex marriage. However, the legislature claims the move was made quite by accident. The country’s Legislative Assembly passed the measure on Monday. Conservative lawmakers voted for the bill to pass, but later called for President Laura Chinchilla to veto the bill after they recognized how the language could be interpreted […]

Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane was diverted on Tuesday, while in route from Moscow to Bolivia, and forced to land in Vienna, Austria. The plane was suspected of carrying NSA leaker and wanted man Edward Snowden. The South American president was detained several hours in the Austrian capital. Several European countries have been accussed by […]

Bolivia is outraged after President Evo Morales’ plane was denied landing in several European countries because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board. The presidential jet was ultimately forced to land in Austria, a move which put the Bolivian president’s life at risk, according to one of the country’s senior politicians. The […]

In a turn of events, Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out defending the US in the Edward Snowden asylum saga. Putin upset the White House when it was known that the former NSA contractor had flown to Moscow and was holed up at the airport while his asylum request to Ecuador was processed. Government […]

In Vietnam, nuclear bomb material has been safely removed from the nation by experts from the United States and Russia, announced officials at a conference in Vienna on Tuesday. Almost 35 pounds of highly enriched uranium was removed from the Southeast Asian nation, as reported by Washington Post. This is enough material for more than […]

A Russian rocket carrying about $200 million worth of satellite equipment crashed this week in Kazahkhstan. According to USA Today, there were three navigation satellites on-board the rocket at the time of the crash. The Proton-M rocket was only in flight for about 17 seconds. It took off from a Russian-leased facility in Baikonur then […]

Bank director Paolo Cipriani and deputy-director Massimo Tulli resigned today amid a Vatican bank scandal that has already led to the arrest of Monsignor Nunzio Scarano. Scarano was arrested last week after he was accused of smuggling more than 20 million euros from Italy to Switzerland. According to Reuters, Ernst von Freyberg, who became the […]

Officials from Russia will be meeting with representatives from North Korea in Moscow next week to discuss the defiant Asian nation’s nuclear program. The move is significant because it marks a drastic change in tone from North Korea. The nation has not only have refused to participate in the “six-party talks” for many years but […]

Attackers stormed buildings near the Presidential Palace in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday while President Hamid Karzai was getting ready to speak to reporters about potential peace talks with the Taliban. The terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in which rebels detonated a car bomb and battled with security forced in […]

Lourdes flooding has killed one and closed down the sanctuary. Heavy rains have caused extensive flooding along the Gave de Pau river in France. The Lourdes site is known worldwide as a Catholic pilgrimage destination. Our Lady of Lourdes sanctuary and shrine are located in Lourdes, France. The grounds of the sanctuary and shrine are […]

A “standing man,” as many have dubbed him, stood silently in Taksim Square Monday evening to hold what appeared to be a solitary vigil in defiance of Turkey police. Eventually hundreds of individuals, inspired, joined him in his silent statement until police broke up the group, arresting several protesters. This comes in a response to […]

Residents at the Princess Tower in Dubai are going to have a long walk up their apartments. The world’s tallest residential tower, which has people living on 97 floors, is currently without an elevator. According to Construction Week Online, a water leak from the fire protection system has shut down all eight elevator shafts. Furniture […]

Egyptair flight 985 bound for New York made an emergency landing in Scotland Saturday after a ‘terror note’ was found in the bathroom of the plane by BBC producer, Nada Tawfik. According to reports, Tawfik was using the restroom when she discovered a napkin that had the message “I’ll set this plane on fire” written […]

A female tourist has come forward claiming that she was kept as a tourist sex slave for seven weeks in a Melbourne hotel room at Rydges Bell City Hotel Complex on Bell Street, according to the latest Australian police report. In the exclusive report that was given to the Herald Sun, the 21-year-old woman only […]

Despite reports that Nelson Mandela is making a recovery in hospital, the renowned figure still remains hospitalized after eight days of treatment. A couple of days ago, The Inquisitr covered the situation and reported on the steady progress that Mandela was making; however, despite those claims and the ones from Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, the former […]

Sister Teresita Barajuen spent the majority of her life in the monastery. In fact, the cloistered nun spent 86 years at the Buenafuente del Sistal in northeast Madrid. Sister Maria Romero, the abbess of the monastery, announced the sad news today that Barajuen had passed away. She was 105-years-old. According to Fox News, the cloistered […]

Gay pride fines will now be doled out against homosexuals in Russia who spread “gay propaganda,” a decision many activist groups believe could essentially ban all pubic displays of homosexuality. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will sign a law banning what the lower house of parliament calls gay propaganda. Shortly after the gay pride fines were […]

Turkey protests in Taksim Square by anti-government demonstrators are continuing in Istanbul. Police are using riot gear, water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets in an attempt to clear the square from protesters. In retaliation, some activists hurled fireworks, fire bombs, and stones back at police. “On Tuesday night dozens of police were still engaged […]

Turkish police stormed Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday, clearing out anti-government protesters that have been occupying the park for almost two weeks. Police used riot gear, water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets to rid the square from protesters. In retaliation, some activists hurled fireworks, fire bombs, and stones back at police. The Turkey protests […]

Movies and tourism generally go hand in hand. In the case of The Hobbit the Peter Jackson trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel of the same name, this fact is no different. When a movie production picks a remote location for its shoot, the place tends to benefit not only from the name recognition that […]

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Edrogan warned protesters on Sunday that “even patience has an end” and called again for the protests to stop. Protesters have taken to the streets of several major cities to demand for Edrogan’s resignation. The prime minister compared the unrest with an army attempt to curb his power, which happened […]

Police detained 300 Muslims in Moscow as part of a crackdown on radical Islamists by President Vladimir Putin. Police said 170 of the 300 Muslims detained were foreigners and were being held at a Muslim prayer room in Moscow. This marks the third time Russian officials have conducted a roundup of radical Muslims in either […]

A pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden was foiled this week by European Union Naval Forces. A group of Somali pirates briefly took 14 sailors hostage aboard a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden. The Marine Link reports that the cargo vessel, known as a dhow, is frequently targeted by pirates and is […]

Norway has a ship killing missile. Kongsberg, a Norwegian defense and aerospace firm, recently unveiled a Naval Strike Missile. The 880 lb, 4 meter long weapon is capable of completely destroying (or severely damaging) a vessel with one shot. It is p0ropelled by a Microturbo TRI-40 turbojet and can travel nearly 100 miles over coastline, […]

Three men have been arrested in the case of an American woman who was raped in India earlier this week. The men, between the ages of 22 and 24, were arrested about 300 miles north of New Delhi, close to where the attack took place. The victim, believed to be from California, was raped in […]

The Japanese bullet trains due for 2027 debut have undergone their first tests. The “levitating” series of trains use magnetic levitation instead of wheels to give passengers a smoother and faster ride. Anticipated speeds are currently at 310 mph. Can you imagine if the Pets on Train Act is passed? They’ll be clinging to the […]

Pope Francis does not like to see people wasting food. Pope Francis addressed his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square today and said that we are currently living in a “culture of waste.” The Pope said that people have gotten used to wasting food and that they don’t think twice when discarding leftovers. The Pope […]

An American tourist was allegedly gang-raped while traveling in northern India this week. According to police, the 31-year-old woman was on her way back to Manali when she accepted a ride from three men in a truck. The men reportedly drove to an isolated location and gang-raped her. Police are currently investigating the incident and […]

Istanbul, Turkey — Riots in Istanbul have spread after Turkish police retreated from the city’s Taksim Square on Saturday afternoon, after almost two days of fighting. A peaceful sit-in in the park on Friday turned violent when the government attempted a police crackdown. The confrontation sparked the biggest anti-government riots the city has seen in […]

Mexico City, Mexico — Authorities are investigating a possible mass kidnapping after 11 people were reportedly taken by gunmen from a bar in a popular downtown night spot. The incident happened in the Zona Rosa district last Sunday. An official from the city’s prosecutor’s office added, “At first, it appeared that their goal was not […]

Israel has warned Russia against providing missiles to Syria, promising action if the warning is ignored. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has stated that the weapons were offered in an attempt to reduce conflict. An EU weapons embargo failed to renew on Monday, setting the stage for transfer of weapons to Syria. Britain and […]

A Russian “ghost ship” has disappeared yet again, prompting questions over whether the old vessel has drifted off or if it finally sunk to the bottom of the ocean. The Lyubov Orlova, an old cruise ship, broke loose of its tow line in January as it was being hauled from Canada to the Dominican Republic […]

A 15-year-old Chinese tourist has been exposed as the vandal who carved graffiti into an ancient Egyptian temple. On Friday, a photograph of the stone relief of the Luxor Temple, carved with the words “Ding Jinghao was here,” began circulating on Chinese micro-blogging site Sina Weibo. A tourist named Shen, who visited the temple three […]

Malawi’s presidential jet was sold this week for $15 million in order to raise money for the impoverished nation. According to News 24, the jet was purchased by the late president Bingu wa Mutharikain 2009 for $22 million. Many of the country’s donors were insulted by the purchase, saying that Mutharikain should be working to […]

Reports state that Iran hanged spies, suspected of working for the US CIA and Israel’s Mossad. A news radio station in Iran ran the report on Sunday, stating that Mohammad Heidari and Kourosh Ahmadi were executed by hanging for their alleged crimes. Officials in Tehran, Iran, have accused the US and Israel of using spies […]