Failed UK suicide bomber Mohamed Saeed-Alim aka Nicky Reilly dies
Mohammed Rashid Saeed-Alim, a failed English suicide bomber better known by his birth name Nicky Reilly, has died while serving a life sentence. He was
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Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to 'Most Influential Teens of 2015'
Time magazine named 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed yesterday to its list of "30 Most Influential Teens of 2015". He was made famous after being taken into custody by police when a teacher thought a clock he brought to his…
Four found dead at flat in Gibraltar
The bodies of two adults and two children were found yesterday at a flat in Gibraltar in a possible murder-suicide. Two young girls, one aged four and the other only six weeks, were found stabbed alongside a British…
Convicted murderer J.C.X. Simon dies in prison, aged 69
J.C.X Simon, one of the convicted 'Zebra Killers', has died at the age of 69 in San Quentin State Prison. His death came shortly before midnight on Thursday, with the cause remaining unknown. Simon was convicted…
Alabama Supreme Court orders judges to stop issuing same-sex marriage licences
The Supreme Court of Alabama yesterday ordered all judges to halt in issuing same-sex marriage licenses in the state. The ruling goes against an earlier order by the United States Supreme Court, allowing judges to issue…
Millions march in France and around the world in support of Charlie Hebdo
Following the shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, millions of people turned out yesterday for marches in Paris, in cities across France, and around the world. Reported estimates of between 1.5 and 2 million…
Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green
Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club's annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city's council attempting to revoke…
Glasgow inmate John Clark accused of murder in Barlinnie prison
John Clark appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday charged with murdering cellmate Colin Penrose, 22, in the city's Barlinnie
Israel jails teen bomber Mohammed Mafarja for 25 years
A court in Israel today jailed Muhammad Abed al-Jaffer Nasser Mafarja, 19, for 25 years after he bombed a bus in Tel Aviv in
For Jamaica, 2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development focuses on men
On Tuesday the World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. For Jamaica the report highlights a number of negative gender issues for the nation's
Ireland's Occupy Dame Street, Occupy Waterford camps cleared
Occupy protests in two Irish cities have been cleared in the last two days. Dublin's Occupy Dame Street was cleared by police while the local council cleared the abandoned Occupy Waterford
Italians facing Indian fishermen murder charges
Six Italian armed guards face murder charges after shooting dead two Indian fishermen they mistakenly identified as pirates. The accused remain aboard MV Enrica Lexie, the oil tanker they were
Australian woman claims Church of Scientology imprisoned her for twelve years
Valeska Paris, an Australian woman and former Scientologist, has claimed that the Church of Scientology imprisoned her for twelve years aboard the Scientology-owned cruise ship,
U.S. space agency NASA sues ex-astronaut
NASA, the space agency of the United States, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against former astronaut and sixth human to walk on the Moon Edgar Mitchell. NASA filed the lawsuit in a Miami federal court after learning of…
'George Davis is innocent - OK': UK court partially vindicates campaign after 36 years
Thirty-six years after he was found guilty of an armed robbery in London, a court has quashed the conviction of George Davis, ruling it unsafe. The court stopped short of ruling he was definitely innocent, leaving a…
IMF head remains in New York prison; charged over alleged hotel sex attack
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, remained in jail last night after being charged with sexually attacking a chambermaid at a New York City hotel. Strauss-Kahn has agreed to undergo…
'Completely irresponsible' woman called emergency services to report theft of snowman
Police in Kent, England have described a woman who called the emergency services to report the theft of a snowman as "completely irresponsible." The woman rang 999 after noticing the snowman outside her house had…
Italian border guards seize $134 billion in U.S. bonds at Swiss border
Italian police of the Guardia di Finanza have seized US$134 billion (€96 billion) of United States bearer bonds at the border with Switzerland at Chiasso. The bonds include 249 Treasury bonds worth $500 million each,…
Man arrested in Mississippi over Internet assassination threats against Barack Obama
The U.S. Secret Service had a Wisconsin man arrested in Brookhaven, Mississippi, by the local Lincoln County sheriff's department on Friday for threatening to assassinate President-elect Barack Obama during his…
Imperial College London geology students fined in China for "illegal map-making"
Three British geology students of Imperial College London have been fined in China for "illegal survey and map-making activities", according to local media. In addition to making maps, the students were researching…
