Transnational street gang MS-13 has a presence in Australia, say U.S. authorities who this week indicted 17 alleged members of the gang. New York’s Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that a seven-month long investigation into the violent drug gang has further exposed its international reach. “This massive multi-agency investigation laid bare the global […]

Wombats are considered reclusive creatures. They mostly move at night and avoid people as much as possible. Except for one in Canberra, the bush capital of Australia. Canberra resident Jolene Laverty got a surprise on Saturday morning when she found a young wombat strolling up the pathway of a street. She took of a video […]

A leading child psychologist in Australia says parents need to be strict on their children’s social media use in the wake of the tragic death of a teenage girl that has attracted widespread attention to the issue of online bullying. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg told the ABC that children under the age of 12 should be […]

The distraught family of an Australian girl who committed suicide after allegedly being bullied online has pleaded to parents to talk with their children so they can be spared the possibility of experiencing a similar tragedy. The plea was made on the same day as the Everett family held a memorial service in the Northern […]

People offended by the date of Australia day need to grow up, says an indigenous town councilor from Alice Springs who has joined efforts to voice why there is no need to change how the national day is celebrated. Jacinta Price is front and center of a campaign to keep Australia Day on Jan. 26 […]

Someone in Australia won a lottery on Thursday night but have yet to claim their $55 million (US$43.4 million) prize. They may not even know they have the winning ticket. As of yet, the Powerball organizers say that the unregistered winner—who comes from somewhere in Victoria—has yet to come forward to collect their winnings. Tatts spokeswoman […]

A heavy truck took out the inflatable finishing line of a women’s cycling race in South Australia surprising an ABC TV crew who captured the accident on camera. Video shows a reporter doing her piece to camera about the Tour Down Under cycling race before pausing for a truck to pass by that on its […]

Australians have been moved by the death of a 14-year-old girl who had everything to live for. Amy Jayne Everett, affectionately nicknamed Dolly, died on Jan. 3. She killed herself after being bullied via social media. Her family—father Tick, mother Kate, and sister Meg—are devastated by the loss. Tick wrote a post on Facebook four […]

An American man has died while hiking in central Australia after taking a wrong turn. The 33-year-old hiker from California died on the popular Larapinta Trail, west of Alice Springs, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, reported ABC. The man — so far unnamed — set out in the morning at 8:30 a.m. with a 40-year-old walking companion […]

Victoria’s top policeman has rubbished claims that Melbourne isn’t a safe place and said there is no so-called African gang crime crisis in the city. Police chief Graham Ashton told the press on Wednesday, Jan. 10, the issue of crime among youths of African appearance has been blown out of proportion and the state is […]

A video of a car driver crashing into a cyclist in Brisbane has highlighted tensions over road use in Australia. Cyclist Geoffrey James was riding his bike when he was hit from behind by a driver blinded by the morning sun. A video camera that James had on his bike captured the moment and the […]

A young Australian girl who was once the face of Akubra has taken her own life because of bullying, leaving her family devastated. Amy Everett, nicknamed “Dolly,” died on Jan. 3. She was only 14 years of age. Her family, who live in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, are distraught. Four days after […]

Lu Yuanfeng fell into a coma and died just three weeks after he’d been released from a prison in China’s northeast. Lu had managed to survive three years in Benxi Prison, Liaoning province, but what he was forced to endure had already taken its toll. When the 63-year-old’s his family picked him up from the […]

Volunteers have rushed to help thousands of bats affected by a heatwave in parts of the Australian city of Sydney. Large fruit bats – known as flying foxes – were falling from trees in two parts of city’s west as temperatures reached up to 47.3 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday. Most of the […]

A letter written by a 27-year-old Australian woman before she died from a rare form of cancer has touched the hearts of many around the world. As her parting gift to the world, Holly Butcher was inspired to share the heart-wrenching insights and advice that came from facing her own mortality, encouraging people to “whinge […]

Reports of a section of melted highway is symptomatic of the intensity of the heatwave that has hit parts of Australia’s south east. A ten kilometer stretch of the Hume Highway in central Victoria became a sticky goo on Friday, forcing drivers to slow down. A spokeswoman for VicRoads told the ABC that hot weather […]

Evading United Nations sanctions was easy thanks to China, said a North Korean defector who once worked in Office 39, a shady money-making department dedicated to the North Korean leadership. An anonymous defector told the ABC how part of his job was to sell North Korean gold overseas. To do that, he said it was […]

A group of young African men traumatized several people when they went on a violent rampage in Melbourne’s west on Thursday night, Jan.4, further fueling public concerns over a so-called African youth gang crisis in the city. Victoria Police Commander Russell said young men of African appearance were involved in several violent crimes over a […]

If Australia was attacked by a foreign power, the country’s defense forces would not last much more than a couple of weeks, a former military official has warned. The main issue is fuel supply, said Jim Molan who was the chief of operations for coalition forces in Iraq, in an interview with the ABC. Molan, […]

Australians have been undergoing a fall in living standards – the longest in more than 25 years. Many of the country’s citizens appear unsurprised. In an issue that typically fails to attract media attention, The Australian newspaper reported that growth costs in the country have exceeded earnings for the fifth consecutive quarter. Average household incomes have […]

A cruise ship which had some 200 of its passengers knocked about by a gastro bug docked in Brisbane on Thursday, Jan. 4. after a two-week-long holiday cruise. The Sea Princess was hit by the suspected norovirus which affected one-in-10 passengers. The virus first hit two days into the trip, reported news.com.au. Queensland Health officials […]

Australia’s peak medical body have called for stricter penalties to be applied to new drivers who text or use their mobile phones while driving a vehicle. The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has made the call because distracting mobile phones and other electronic devices, it said, were a major cause of accidents, trauma, and death. “Your […]

Several young men have described their attempts to help six people fatally trapped inside the sinking seaplane that crashed into a river north of Sydney on New Year’s Eve. Todd Sellars, a metal fabricator from the New South Wales central coast, and three of his mates were among the first on the scene where the […]

Three people are fighting for their lives after a mass drug overdose affected nine in a rental house in the Australian city of Perth. Medical staff say three of the drug takers remain in a critical situation and are in intensive care at hospital. Seven men and three women were initially taken by paramedics to […]

A lone hiker lost for five days in the Australian wilderness has been found in good health, much to the relief of his family. Father of two, Julio Ascui, was located by park rangers in the Grampians National Park in Australia’s south eastern state of Victoria on Wednesday. He was by a creek when found, […]

The South Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu has banned unrecyclable plastic bags and polystyrene takeaway boxes in a bid to address growing pollution concerns affecting the island nation’s surrounding waters. As of next month, Vanuatu will ban the importation and local manufacturing of non-biodegradable plastics, reported The Vanuatu Independent. Polystyrene takeaway boxes used for food […]

Victorian authorities have been too politically correct in dealing with youth crime in Melbourne, claims a young South Sudanese community leader. Sudanese-born community campaigner Nelly Yoa made his comments in the wake of public attention to Melbourne’s so-called African crime gang crisis. He told radio 3AW that community leaders have been concerned about the issue […]

Two police were brutally beaten by a mob of youths in a Paris suburb on New Year’s Eve. A video of the bashing of one officer has since gone viral, prompting national outrage. The footage captures some of the moments when rampaging youths beat and kicked a policewomen as she lay on the ground trying […]

An out-of-control unmanned Chinese space station is expected to plummet to Earth in the next coming months. But where the parts of the Tiangong-1 that survive reentry will eventually crash-land on the Earth remains unconfirmed. It is expected that between 10 to 40 percent of its mass will survive reentry. The 8.5-metric ton space station is […]

A federal politician has blamed Melbourne’s so-called African crime gang crisis on a lack of political leadership at the state level—sentiments backed up by the country’s prime minister. Federal Minister Greg Hunt, who represents the seat of Flinders on Melbourne’s southeastern fringe, said that African gang crime is “out of control” in parts of Victoria […]

Police have confirmed that five British nationals on holidays in Australia have been killed in a seaplane crash along with the pilot on New Year’s Eve. An 11-year-old girl was the youngest among the fatalities. The crash occurred mid-afternoon on Sunday, Dec. 31 during what would have been a 20 minute return flight to Rose Bay […]

A New Year’s Eve fireworks display went wrong on a beach in Australia, injuring two people and terrifying revelers. Social media posts show footage of the 9pm family session of fireworks going wrong at Terrigal Beach on the central coast of the state of New South Wales. Police said that a barge caught fire during […]

A 34-year-old Thai man has been sentenced to more than 13,000 years jail time for a Ponzi scheme. A court in Bangkok sentenced Pudit Kittithradilok to 13,275 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme where he tricked 2,600 people out of 574 million baht (US$17 million), reported The Bangkok Post. However, due to limits […]

Australian rugby union player Karmichael Hunt was arrested early Saturday morning for drug possession during a night out in Brisbane. Hunt – who currently plays for the national side the Wallabies – was allegedly caught by police in possession of a white powder in Fortitude Valley, reported ABC. The 31-year-old former rugby league and Australian rules […]

A victim of the car attack in central Melbourne on Dec. 21 has died in hospital overnight. The man was 83 years of age. Antonios (Anton) Crocaris was one of the 18 people injured by a 32-year-old man who purposely drove a vehicle into crowds on Melbourne’s Flinders Street. Crocaris passed away at The Alfred Hospital […]

Growing public concern over escalating criminal activities carried out by groups of largely African-born youth in the Australian city of Melbourne has again been raised after a community center was nearly destroyed. Residents of a community in the city’s west have been fearful as young men, reported by media to be South Sudanese born and […]

Robert Mugabe may have been ousted from ruling over impoverished Zimbabwe but he isn’t going away empty handed. After a coup deposed him last month, Mugabe has now been given a very generous package that includes staff, mansion-like housing, first class air tickets, and a Mercedes Benz S-Class, among other vehicles. The details of the […]

Facing mounting public pressure, Apple has apologized for slowing down its iPhones as their batteries aged. The tech giant posted an apology on its website on Thursday, a week after it confirmed that it had been slowing down iPhones with lower-capacity batteries, in a bid to avoid accidental shutdowns. “We’ve been hearing feedback from our […]

A hair stylist in Wisconsin has been arrested after he allegedly snipped a customer’s ear on purpose and gave him one of the world’s worst haircuts. Madison city police spokesman Joel DeSpain told the Wisconsin State Journal that stylist Khaled A. Shabani, 46, has been arrested over the incident which occurred at Ruby’s Salon, 627 […]

Chinese ships have been illegally transferring oil to North Korean vessels on the West Sea, according to imagery from U.S. reconnaissance satellites. The action violates U.N. restrictions on oil sales aimed at clipping the nuclear ambitions of the rogue state. U.S. reconnaissance satellites spotted the high-sea transfers around 30 times since October, reported South Korean […]

A mysterious disease is believed to have killed millions of kangaroos in eastern Australia over the past year. Wildlife health researchers told The Australian newspaper that an unknown illness has drastically reduced kangaroo numbers in the Western Plains region of the state of New South Wales. “You would see a whole family sitting there but […]

A taxi driver who helped people escape from the London Bridge terror attack has now lost points off his license and will need to pay a fine for jumping a red light as he fled the scene. Black cab driver Ryan Barney told the Metro that he was unimpressed at about having to pay a £270 (US […]

Vacationers got more than they bargained for when they had a great white shark circling their chartered boat on and off for 45 minutes. A group of five Wisconsin natives were fishing off the coast of South Carolina last Friday when the feared predator approached the boat and began checking them out, reported myrtlebeachonline.com. Chip […]

A passenger who says a Texan Congresswomen took her first class seat on a United Airlines’ flight has refuted claims by the airline that it has apologized. Disgruntled passenger Jean-Marie Simon repudiated United Airlines’ comments to media on Monday Dec. 25. The airline apologized to her over how U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston […]

At least 10,000 people were killed during the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, 1989 a secret British diplomatic cable has alleged, citing a source within the Chinese communist regime. An unnamed high level source from the Chinese State Council provided the death count, via an intermediary, to Alan Donald, Britain’s ambassador to China at […]

Police have been accused of excessive force dealing with a rowdy drunken Christmas party involving thousands of backpackers on a Sydney beach. Concern over police conduct has been raised after a video showed a male police officer violently pushing several women to the ground, two of whom landed on hard road. According to media reports, […]

A saltwater crocodile was found wandering in a Melbourne suburb on Christmas day and nobody has any idea how it got there. The crocodile was first found by a couple of walkers out the front of a business address in the suburb of Heidelberg Heights – a location no where near its natural habitat that […]

United Airlines told media on Monday that it has apologized to a passenger who claimed the airline gave her first-class seat to a politician from Texas. A United Airlines spokesperson told NY Daily that the airline has apologized to passenger Jean-Marie Simon and has given her a $500 travel voucher. Simon said the airline gave […]

Chris Betancourt and Dillon Hill are on a mission together: to live each day as it was their last. For one of the young men, that idea is closer to the truth than most would want. Betancourt, 20, from North Carolina was diagnosed with Chronic Mylogenous Leukemia in 2009. He managed to enter remission but […]

Police were called to investigate a reported break and enter in progress in the Australian city of Brisbane sometime before daylight Christmas day. Video footage from a police officer’s body-cam reveled what occurred as they responded to the call at a house of the corner of Prancer and Dasher Streets in the suburb of Mount […]

Skiers stuck in gondola cars 25 meters (82 feet) above the ground in the French Alps were rescued by teams dropped from helicopters on Sunday. Some 200 skiers at the Chamrousse resort were left stranded when the gondola cars that were carrying them stopped midway up a slope due to a breakdown at about 3pm […]

Local law enforcement are investigating the brutal beating of a 14-year-old girl by three other teenage girls in Florida as others stood by videoing the incident with their cell phones. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), a student from West Boca Raton High School meet up with another student from Olympic Heights […]

A former marine turned radical Islamist was allegedly planning to conduct a suicide terror attack in San Francisco during Christmas. FBI officials allege that Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, was planning to commit the terror attack targeting Pier 39 on Dec. 25. The FBI arrested Jameson on Friday and charged him with one count of attempting […]

A 42-year-old grandmother gave birth to her 20th child this week in Israel. It was a baby boy. Staff at the Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem got a surprise when they were told by the ultra-Orthodox woman how many children she already had, reported the Times of Israel. The woman, who remained unidentified in […]

In the early hours of Thursday morning, the marine vessel — the Valkoista — arrived at the Port of Geraldton on the coast of Western Australia. On board, it was allegedly carrying 1.2 tons of methamphetamine which were unloaded in bag form into a waiting white hire van. As the van backed out from the dock, waiting police […]

A 25-year-old man is facing the possibility of a jail sentence after impersonating a doctor at a children’s hospital in Australia over a period of six months. Nicholas Delaney pleaded guilty at the Brisbane Arrest Court to one charge of attempted fraud and two charges of entering a premises with intent on Thursday morning. Delaney […]

A police official has said the driver who mowed down 19 people in Melbourne CBD on Thursday blamed “the mistreatment of Muslims” for “some of his activities,” adding that investigators are continuing to look into his motivations. Victoria Police Acting Chief Commissioner Shane Patton told media on Friday that investigators have not yet been able […]

After ten years of study, computer ‘gaming disorder’ will be listed as an illness by the World Health Organization for the first time next year. WHO’s move to include computer gaming disorder in its International Classification of Diseases list comes after growing concern about the effects of gaming, especially among some Asian nations such as […]

A North Korean soldier has managed to defect to South Korea through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) unharmed, just one month after another soldier was seriously wounded for doing so. The Yonhap News Agency reported that the “low-ranking” soldier emerged out of the fog in front of a guard post at the DMZ just after 8 […]

Professional baseball pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife Heidi have donated their $9.75 million mansion near Branson, Missouri, to a non-profit organization that runs camp programs for children with special needs. The Hamels gifted their 32,000 square foot home on Table Rock Lake, and its 100 acres of land, to the Christian-based Camp Barnabas said the […]

Shawfika is a survivor of a massacre that occurred in Burma’s strife-torn Rakhine State on Aug. 30. The massacre occurred five days after an attack by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on 30 Burmese security force outposts in Rakhine State. The ARSA attack on Aug. 25 unleashed a horrific response from the Burmese military, […]

A pickpocket who stole over 50 cell phones during a rock concert in England has been sentenced to three years jail. Romanian national Alin Marin was sentenced on Monday for stealing 53 phones during a concert by the band Royal Blood in the city of Birmingham on Nov. 18. West Midlands Police said Marin, 22, […]

Riot police were called in to control a violent party in the early hours of Wednesday morning in what is usually a quiet Melbourne street in Australia. Large numbers of riot police were called in after local police were pelted with rocks by party goers renting an Airbnb house in the south-west Melbourne suburb of […]

An elderly American man has been arrested in Australia for attempting to smuggle in cocaine that was hidden in children’s books. The 71-year-old U.S. national was selected for a baggage examination by the Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at the Melbourne International Airport on Monday Dec. 11, said a media release issued by the Australian […]

As Australia’s summer temperatures rise, so do the number of drownings on the sunburnt nation’s picturesque beaches. According to Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA), four children aged 11 to 15 years lost their lives to drowning on Aussie beaches since Dec.6. A total of nine deaths in December have been due to coastal drowning. Among the […]

A group of Christmas carol-singing Catholic priests and seminarians were arrested over allegations they were trying to convert people in a state in central India. Before their arrest, they were also allegedly attacked by the hard-line Hindu group known as Bajrang Dal, reported The Times. Another group of priests, who came to the aid of […]

Sydneysiders will soon see elite police armed with powerful assault rifles on the streets in a move that officials say is to deal with the threat of terrorism. Nearly 50 specialist police officers in the state of New South Wales (NSW) are now armed with Colt M4 semi-automatic rifles, said the NSW police in a […]

UPDATE: Power is back on for most of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport after more than 10 hours of cancelled flights. The world’s busiest airport has suffered a power outage for more than seven hours causing mayhem for travelers on Sunday. The power outage grounded flights at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport early Sunday afternoon affecting thousands of travelers. A fire […]

The Australian Defense Department has been urged to investigate allegations that local universities have illegally shared military technology with China as the country mulls over concerns of Beijing’s interference in its domestic affairs. Speaking to ABC, former senior defense official Peter Jennings said it is likely that Australian universities were flouting stringent export controls on technology […]

A policewoman has been sentenced to at least a year in jail for pulling rank over a rookie police officer at a random breath testing stop. Police sergeant Sarah Louise Johnston, from Sydney, wept as the judge handed down the sentence at the Downing Centre District Court on Friday, news.com.au reported. “I consider the offender’s […]

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should not only continue ‘standing up’ to Beijing but he should take further measures in dealing with China’s Communist Party’s inference in Australia, says an association of Chinese Australians. The Australian Values Alliance (AVA), a Chinese community group opposed to the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Australia, […]

A convicted child sex criminal was stopped at Sydney Airport as he attempted to leave Australia on the day new laws on child sex tourism laws came into effect. Australian foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop said on Wednesday, Dec. 13 that the arrest was proof the law is effective but gave few details on the […]

The residents of a retirement home in Sydney had a pleasant surprise recently when a horse dropped by to pay them a visit. The 17-year-old horse named Bushman visited a retirement home run by Christadelphian Aged Care in the suburb of Padstow Heights on Dec. 5, reported ABC News. The below video shows how the […]

In latest episode of so-called piegate, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders baked four pecan pies for a reporters’ potluck Christmas party. Before the Thursday night party, Sanders posted images related to the baking of the pecan pies via Twitter. In her tweets, Sanders named April Ryan, a White House reporter and CNN political analyst, […]

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said it is ‘absurd’ how he has been labeled ‘China phobic’ by his opposition as Sydney prepares to hold an important by-election. Turnbull has defended himself after Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Bill Shorten said he had ‘China phobia’ and ALP candidate in the Bennelong by-election, Kristina Keneally, said […]

The United States will reveal “irrefutable evidence” that Iran knowingly dishonored its international obligations over its nuclear program. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will hold a press briefing on Thursday to highlight recent findings in the UN’s 2231 Implementation Report. “During the briefing, Ambassador Haley will offer irrefutable evidence that Iran […]

America’s first lady Melania Trump said she hopes the giving spirit witnessed when Americans banded together in the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey will continue over the Christmas season and into the New Year. Mrs Trump made her comments while supporting a drive for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program at military […]

Death sentences have been given to six men in India for their involvment in the brutal murder of a man who married a woman from a higher Hindu caste. Among the six people sentenced to death is the father of the dead man’s wife. Sankar, 22, and his wife Kausalya were attacked in broad daylight […]

Details of a woman in a North Korean labor camp being forced to drown her new-born child emerged this week in a testimony given by a North Korean defector in Washington D.C. At a detention center in North Korea, pregnant women were forced to carry out hard labor all day long, defector Ji Hyeon A […]

The heads of New Zealand’s security services have urged for a more vocal government response to Beijing’s political influence in their country. Briefings about New Zealand’s security environment were given to New Zealand leaders but did not identify interfering nations. Experts say that the culprit is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reported the Financial Times. […]

Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has denied any wrong doing in receiving donations from the same wealthy Chinese businessman linked to opposition senator Sam Dastyari who resigned on Tuesday over his links to Beijing. Disclosure documents discovered by the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) reveal that Mathias Cormann received a AU$20,000 (US$15,330) donation from property developer […]

An Australian senator has resigned due to pressure brought about by media reports on his links with a wealthy Chinese political donor and acts deemed favorable to the policies of China’s ruling Communist Party. After mounting pressure, Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Sam Dastyari announced his resignation from federal parliament on Tuesday, Dec. 12. “I […]

A Chinese billionaire with ties to China’s ruling Communist Party paid tens of thousands of dollars to have lunch with the leader of the Australian opposition party in October, 2015. Property developer Huang Xiangmo paid A$55,000 (US$43,360) to have lunch with Bill Shorten, the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), on Oct. 5, 2015, […]

After paying premiums for nearly a quarter of a century, a pensioner couple in Australia are having their life insurance pulled from them because they have lived too long. George and Irene Nesbitt, both 89 years old, have been reportedly told by their insurer that unless they don’t die before Jan. 17 of next year […]

The Australian ambassador to the United States has said he supports President Donald Trump’s “unconventional approach” to dealing with the brewing crisis over North Korea’s weapons program. Speaking at a forum in Canberra, ambassador Joe Hockey said that past policy of strategic patience in dealing with Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programs had failed, reported The New […]

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he will not back away from standing up for his country’s interests following criticism from Beijing over earlier comments made about reports of Chinese interference in Australia’s affairs. Speaking to journalists on Saturday, Turnbull rejected criticism from China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang who said Friday that the […]

Australia’s peak domestic intelligence service believes that 10 recent political candidates for local and state governments have links to Chinese intelligence agencies. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) said one of those candidates was elected to office and is currently still there, reported The Weekend Australian on Saturday, Dec. 9. Officials from the intelligence agency say […]

A 25-year old man has been convicted to more than ten years in jail over a fatal assault under an Australian state’s new one-punch laws created to address alcohol-fueled violence. A Sydney court sentenced Hugh Garth, 25, to more than 10 years prison for fatally striking nurse Raynor Manalad outside a 21st birthday party in 2014, […]

Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush has struck back against an Australian tabloid which ran stories based on the accusation of an unnamed female claiming the that he acted inappropriately towards her two years ago. Rush told media he has filed defamation proceedings against the Sydney paper The Daily Telegraph. According to Rush, the accusations lacked details of […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a federal investigation into practices of Planned Parenthood and the claims that it illegally sold fetal tissue, say media reports. Stephen Boyd, the Justice Department assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, formally requested in a letter unredacted documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee – the same panel who […]

Australian households and businesses have struggled with high power bills over the past several years, and they will soon do so with water bills if measures are not taken, warns a new report. Water bills could more than double by 2040 unless steps are taken to reform Australia’s urban water, said Philip Davies the CEO […]

Li Cunxin–the man known in popular culture as Mao’s Last Dancer–will return to the ballet stage this weekend after an absence of nearly two decades. After months of training, Li will make a one-off performance with the Queensland Ballet performing in the role of Drosselmeyer in the Nutcracker, reports the ABC. “The Nutcracker would have […]

South Korea will have a military unit operating weaponized drones capable of conducting missions into North Korea and launching attacks by next year. The country’s army is creating a combat unit of weaponized drones – called “dronebots” – to help counter North Korea’s threats, an unnamed military official said Tuesday, Dec. 5, reported the Yonhap […]

Following the termination of peace talks last month, the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing has been classified a terrorist organization by the Filipino government. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who in the past showed sympathy to the communists, signed a proclamation announcing the classification on Tuesday, Dec. 6. The proclamation declares the […]

An embattled Australian senator has come under further scrutiny over quotes he made in a Chinese state-run media that align with communist propaganda. Already under fire for alleged links with suspect Chinese political donors, Senator Sam Dastyari has now been criticized for his use of words in a 2015 article with Chinese state-run China Economic […]

An Islamic terrorist plot to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May has been foiled by security services. Two men – Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, of north London, and a Mohammed Aqib Imran, 21 – were arrested last week over a bomb-knife attack plot to kill May at her Downing Street residence, reported the Independent. News […]

A teenager in the UK discovered a ‘help me’ message in her Amazon parcel that claimed the bosses at the online retailer’s recruitment agency are ‘evil.’ The parents of April Dorsett, 13, ordered a gift from Amazon and organized for a note on the invoice to read ‘love from mum and dad.’ But when it […]

Three teenage males are being charged as adults for killing a 57-year-old man in north-east Philadelphia. Police are charging 14-year-old Brandon Conrad, 16-year-old Malik Page, and 17-year-old Emmanual Harris as adults over the beating death of Kevin Cullen, reported Fox 29. Police said Cullen was attacked by the teenagers just before 6 p.m. Sunday night, Nov. […]

Experts have cast serious doubts over America’s ground based defense capabilities to defend mainland U.S. against North Korea’s new Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile. Several experts told the National Interest that the U.S.’sground-basedd midcourse defense (GMD) system is ill prepared to tackle North Korea’s new missile. “The system is garbage,” Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East […]

The Winklevoss brothers, the identical twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg over claims that he stole their Facebook idea have become the first bitcoin billionaires. And Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss probably also have, in part, Zuckerberg to thank for that as well. The two 36-year-olds invested $10 million into the controversial cryptocurrency from the $65 million […]