Four men who had been trapped 200 metres below surface of mine in Shandong province that collapsed on Christmas Day have been rescued late on Friday.
Man arrested with guns at Disneyland Paris
A man has been arrested with two handguns at an entrance to a hotel at Disneyland Paris.
Somali extremists attack Lido beach zone
Popular beachfront restaurants in the Somali capital Mogadishu have been hit by car bombs and gunmen on Thursday. A police official said a suicide car bomber rammed the gates of a restaurant near a beach in the capital and then gunmen fought their way into the building.
Isis kidnaps 400 civilians in Syria
ISIS extremists have kidnapped about 400 civilians during a massacre in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday (January 16).
Safari crash search bag fixed
Apple informs that an issue with Safari web browser that caused it to crash for many iPhone, iPad and Mac users globally has been resolved. Earlier, users had complained that they had experienced the bug on Apple devices.
Attack on Pakistan university
A group of militants stormed the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on Wednesday in Pakistan. 19 people were killed and 17 injured while a gun and bomb attack. Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, the Khyber Paktunkhwa Health MInister said stormed the university with firing inside the campus still going on and two explosions heard.
UNICEF: Malnutrition cases among children in Syria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, where “emotionally distressed and mentally drained” doctors are working around the clock to save lives with very limited resources and local relief workers have reported 32 people have starved to death in the past month, UN News Centre reports on January 15.
Active shoots fired at San Diego Naval Medical Centre
Military authorities responded Tuesday to a report of gunshots at a building on the campus of the Naval Medical Center San Diego — where officials warned people inside “to run, hide or fight.”
Bomb attack in Songkhla
A 28-year-old female employee of a karaoke beach shop in Thepha district was killed and six others (eight other version) injured when two home-made bombs exploded last night.
Russians detained in Turkey
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation confirms that three Russian nationals suspected of links with ISIS were detained by Turkish law enforcement agencies on January 11 in Antalya.
Migrants drown in shipwrecks off Greece
The Greek coast guard informs at least 43 people travelling from Turkey lost their lives in two incidents after migrant boats sank in the Aegean Sea off two Greek islands overnight. At least 17 of those killed were children.
French soldiers killed by avalanche in Alps
Five French Foreign Legionnaires have been killed and six injured in an avalanche during a training exercise in the Alps, officials say.
Bowie RIP
"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer