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Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. The number trying to reach Italy from Libya […]

Spectacular images of a rare lunar event dubbed called the “super blue blood Moon”, which has dazzled skygazers around the world, were captured from the far northern Norwegian archipelago Svalbard on Wednesday. A ‘super blue blood Moon’ over Svalbard on January 31st 2018. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpi The phenomenon occurs when a total […]

Expats in Saudi Arabia shall no more be allowed to work in 12 areas of work, the Ministry of Labour and Social Development has stated. (AFP) According to the Saudi Gazette, the decision will come into effect from the next Hijri year. Expats shall be restricted from working in watch shops, optical stores, medical equipment stores, electrical […]

Two students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police took a 12-year-old female student into custody, authorities said. Los Angeles Fire department’s Erik Scott, far right, police officers and school officials gather outside the Belmont Middle School in Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 (AP […]

Ras Al Khaimah has achieved a Guinness World Records title with its latest adventure tourism product – ‘Jebel Jais Flight: The World’s Longest Zipline’.  The official certification was handed over today to HH Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, by Hoda Khachab, the official adjudicator […]

An Austrian far-right figure at the centre of a scandal over a songbook praising the Holocaust has stepped down, blaming a “media witch-hunt”. Udo Landbauer. Photo: AFP Photo/Dieter Nagl Udo Landbauer, lead candidate for the Freedom Party (FPOe) in elections in Lower Austrian state last Sunday, said he was giving up all political functions including […]

Four migrants were shot Thursday during a huge brawl in the French port of Calais involving a hundred Afghans and Eritreans armed with sticks and stones, local authorities said. © Denis Charlet, AFP | Migrants gathering during a food distribution near Calais, northern France on September 27, 2017.  One of the four is in life-threatening […]

The EU Commission says Denmark has made illegal agreements to purchase tanks, vehicles and artillery for the country’s military. The Commission has sent a formal notice to Denmark over the issue, reports Altinget. A tank during military exercises in Denmark in 2017. Photo: Henning Bagger/Scanpix Denmark According to the purchase agreements, suppliers of the new military […]

‘I believe the Canadian public wanted a say in our national anthem,’ Conservative Sen. Don Plett says The Senate passed a bill that renders the national anthem gender neutral Wednesday despite the entrenched opposition of some Conservative sena A bill to make Canada’s national anthem gender neutral has passed the Senate. (Mark Blinch/Canadian Press) The House […]