Islamist militants seize four Indonesians in southern Philippines
MANILA Islamist militants seized four Indonesian crew of a tugboat in the southern Philippines on Friday night, the third attack on slow moving vessels in about a month, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as troops battled Muslim rebels on a nearby island.Major Filemon Tan said seven gunmen in a blue speed boat attacked two Indonesian flagged tugboats off the Philippines' southernmost island of Sitangkay in Tawi-tawi, near the border with Malaysia's eastern Sabah state, and took the four c..>> view originalFive dead 'from drugs' at Argentina electronic music event
But they were not enough, and the emergency services brought in six. "There were a great deal of people. It was really hot inside. You could not be in there, literally," a young man who gave his name as Federico told TN news channel. He said he left the event five minutes before it closed at 6:00 am, with no idea of the unfolding tragedy. Another at the festival, Ignacio, told C5N TV that "people were offering drugs, pills, acid. They tried to sell me drugs four times." It was the third Time ..>> view originalSecond deadly quake hits Japan, 'race against time' to find survivors
TOKYO Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on Saturday to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island, killing at least 32 people and injuring about a thousand.The shallow earthquake hit in the early hours, sending people fleeing from their beds on to dark streets, and followed a 6.4 magnitude quake on Thursday which killed nine people in the area. Rain and cold were forecast overnight, adding extra urgency ..>> view original9 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one who waged a long hunger strike, are sent to Saudi Arabia
The razor wire-topped fence and a watch tower at the abandoned Camp X-Ray detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images) A detainee who had been on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay for nine years has been transferred out of the facility, the Obama administration announced Saturday. According to a statement from the Defense Department, Tariq Ba Odah of Yemen has been transferred into Saudi Arabian custody along with eight other detainees, bringing the total nu..>> view originalCanadian PM Trudeau Shows Geek Side in Video Gone Viral
WATERLOO, Ontario รข€” A video has gone viral of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showing off his geek side by nailing a reporter's question about quantum computing.Speaking Friday at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, where he was making a funding announcement, Trudeau dared reporters to ask him about how quantum computing works during a question period.When a reporter obliged, Trudeau, a former teacher, gave a detailed and elaborate mini-lesson on the difference between norma..>> view originalPrincess Kate Wears $7 Souvenir Stall Earrings During Romantic Visit to the Taj Mahal with Prince William
Prince William and Princess Kate Danny Martindale/WireImage By Maria Mercedes Lara @maria_mercedes 04/16/2016 AT 10:45 AM EDT If you thought Princess Kate's $11 earrings were impressive, wait until you see her $7 accessories. When the royal took a tour of the Taj Mahal in India on Saturday, she wore a pair of blue earrings that she had picked up from a souvenir stall during her hike to the Tiger's Nest Monastery in Bhutan on Friday, PEOPLE has confirmed. Following her hike with husband ..>> view originalMerkel criticized, lauded for allowing comic's prosecution
German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a statement at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, April 15, 2016. Chancellor Angela Merkel says the German government has granted a Turkish request to allow the possible prosecution of German TV comedian Jan Boehmermann, who wrote a crude poem about Turkey’s president. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press) By Frank Jordans | AP April 16 at 9:28 AM BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow the possible prosecution of a TV comic for wr..>> view original
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