Hurricane Gonzalo regained strength on Thursday, again reaching Category 4, as it swirled towards Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Russia Launches New Intermediate-Range Missile at Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British weapons to strike deeper into Russia. Source link
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas's military commander.A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military has said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July.The judges said there were “reasonable grounds” the three men bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas. Both Israel…
She Moved to New Delhi for a Fresh Start, but the Air Made Her Sick
new video loaded: She Moved to New Delhi for a Fresh Start, but the Air Made Her SicktranscriptBacktranscriptShe Moved to New Delhi for a Fresh Start, but the Air Made Her SickSince moving to New Delhi, which had the world’s worst air quality on Monday, Ameesha Munjal hasn’t been able to exercise or see friends. She has been on several medications to battle sickness caused by the pollution.The pollution was so bad that I went to the doctor, and he just said that, ‘you should move out of the city. You won’t be able to survive in this air.’ There’s…
Nepal avalanche: 3 Canadians rescued, 4 dead
A Nepalese trekking group now says 3 Canadians, including one woman and two men, were rescued Thursday after heavy snow set off avalanches in a region popular with hikers, and the bodies of four Canadians killed in the area have not been recovered.
Brad Pitt OK with son, 13, seeing brutal war film Fury
Brad Pitt says he’s comfortable with son, Maddox, seeing his new movie, Fury, that depicts the brutality of Second World War combat.
What’s happened to the 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls?
Protests marked the passage of six months since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram, and despite offers of international assistance, the Nigerian government has not mounted a rescue attempt or negotiated their release.
Ebola outbreak: Air France plane isolated in Madrid
An Air France plane was isolated at Madrid’s airport on Thursday because of a suspected Ebola case after a passenger was reported to have a fever and shivers, officials said.
Brawl-causing drone from Serbia-Albania soccer match found by police
Serbian police have found the drone that flew an Albanian nationalist banner over a soccer stadium in Belgrade, igniting a brawl on the field and fuelling political tensions between Balkan rivals Serbia and Albania.
Facebook creates ‘Safety Check’ tool for disasters
Facebook is launching a tool that lets users notify friends and family that they are safe during or after natural disasters.
Oscar Pistorius’s apology to family called insincere by cousin
Oscar Pistorius must pay for what he’s done, and his apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed was not sincere, a cousin of victim Reeva Steenkamp testifies,
Switching to natural gas won’t slow climate change
Cheap and plentiful natural gas isn’t quite a bridge to a brighter energy future as claimed and won’t slow global warming, a new study projects.
ISIS fight intensifies as fighter jets roar over Kobani, Syria
Fighter jets roared over Kobani, Syria, and gunfire echoes across the Turkish border from the town, as fighting steadily intensifies between ISIS fighters and Kurdish rebels.
Syria: activist secretly films life inside Isil-held city of Raqqa since air strikes began
A young activist in Raqqa, a Syrian city held by the Islamic State terrorist organisation, captures deserted streets as jihadis turn attention to siege of Kobane
British Ebola survivor William Pooley returning to West Africa to help fight virus
William Pooley, who caught Ebola while working as a volunteer nurse in West Africa, says he is heading back to help fight the virus despite the fears of his family and friends
Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin says Oscar Pistorius must pay for what he’s done
Kim Martin calls upon judge to hand down “sufficient punishment” to the athlete, saying that she did not believe that his courtroom apology for the killing was sincere
Chinese villagers vow to ‘fight to death’ after deadly land clashes
Police surround a rural village in southwest China after violence leaves at least eight dead and 18 injured
Is the UK prepared for Ebola?
Is the UK taking the threat of Ebola seriously enough by screening passengers arriving from Ebola-impacted countries?
Ebola British army medics ‘well trained’ and ready to help fight against virus
91 medics from 22 Field Hospital in Aldershot will run a field hospital in Sierra Leone and the commanding officer says the team is in good spirits
‘Who is clipboard man?’: man without Hazmat suit helps Ebola patient onto plane
Man with no protective clothing, carrying only a clipboad, photographed helping second US Ebola patient board her plane
MH17 wreckage still littering Ukrainian countryside: in pictures
MH17 wreckage is still scattered around a field near the village of Rassipnoe