A 17-year-old Yazidi teenager recalled her nine-month ordeal under Islamic State terrorists and how she and her little sister were raped daily by the jihadis after they were sold into slavery at an auction of virgins — and she revealed she is now pregnant with an extremist’s baby. The girl, now three months pregnant, revealed […]
The global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a number of decades, shows a study by British scientists. The change is linked to cooling of the Atlantic, and is likely to bring drier summers in Britain and Ireland. The study is based on observational evidence of the link between […]
In month of May in 1789, the simmering debate between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy on the proposed royal reforms sparked the French revolution. It quickly spilled all over the country. The ‘commons’ or so called ‘Third Estate’ started holding their own assembly. Within a space of six months, by December, prison of Bastille and […]
– and scientists are watching it to see evolution at work. So I was told. I was a bit dubious. Doesn’t evolution take a while? The reader who sent me the report, Sunita Chau, admitted that the only biological entity on the island of Nishinoshima so far was bird poop. I suppose one can imagine […]
Japanese restaurants will be barred from serving raw pork, including specialities like pork-liver sashimi, owing to the risk it poses of hepatitis E or parasite infection, Efe news agency reported on Thursday. The ban comes into effect from mid-July and also requires establishments to heat-sterilise pork. The Japanese health ministry is concerned by the increase […]
Over 70 percent of the glacier volume in the Mount Everest region in the Himalayas could be lost in 85 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, a new paper suggests. It also indicates more flood risk in the future in the Kosi river downstream from Nepal to India. The paper, “Modelling glacier change […]
Amman, May 26 Jordan on Tuesday declared that all Muslims should be engaged in the war against terrorist organisations, which seek to defame the Islamic faith. Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and the violent practices conducted by terrorist groups which seek to tarnish the image of this faith. Therefore, it is the duty […]
Japanese regulatory authorities and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant, failed to implement adequate safeguards at the plant before the 2011 tsunami despite being aware of the risks, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said. IAEA concluded in its report on the accident — obtained and made public on […]
The national capital will host a musical evening in association with Unicef to raise funds for Nepal quake victims on May 24, organisers said on Friday. Bands like Beatitudes, Ghetto Children, Noida School of Rock, Techtronics, Project Rigden and others will perform at the event which will be held at Dzukou Tribal Kitchen, Hauz Khas […]
The Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of the Al Qaeda, along with other allied militias, seized on Friday the Jisr al-Shughur hospital in northern Syria after nearly a month of clashes for its control, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Control of the hospital, located on the southwestern outskirts of the town […]