World News
Venezuela enduring toilet paper shortage, President Maduro blames anti-government movement, media
Canberra politician, Shane Rattenbury, treated for wounds after kangaroo mishap
Stephanie Bottrill, British woman commits suicide, blames government and the ‘bedroom tax’
Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif declares victory in Pakistan election, death toll from attacks rises to 29
Pakistani child, age 6, murdered in boiling water after she begged for food at a wedding
Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali, Pakistani prosecutor, murdered before Pervez Musharraf bail hearing in Benazir Bhutto murder case
Syria
Two new Syrian rebel videos show execution of 11 prisoners, leader Abu Sakkar butchers prisoners, eat his heart
John Bolton says Syria won’t respond to Israeli airstrikes, Benghazi could be Obama administration downfall
Israel confirms airstrike on Syria, target unclear
Iran sends 8,000 ‘troops’ into Syria and Lebanon, trained in ‘urban combat tactics’
North Korea
Dennis Rodman headed back to North Korea to ‘free’ Kenneth Bae, says ‘Obama can’t do s***’
North Korea says Kenneth Bae, sentenced US citizen, is not a bargaining tool
Kenneth Bae, American Christian detained in North Korea, sentenced to 15 years in labor camp
China
China human H7N9 avian influenza death toll at 31, Taiwanese bird flu patient recovering
China ‘rat meat’ scandal results in more than 60 arrests, government says food-related crimes will receive harsher punishment
Chinese researchers make hybrid H5N1-H1N1 influenza strain thats easily transmissible, critics call it ‘appalling irresponsibility’
Philippines
Pamela Anderson asks Philippine President Benigno Aquino to dinner to discuss ‘Mali’ the elephant
Philippine Information Agency website hacked?
‘Iron Man 3′ opens to box office records in Taiwan, Philippines and France
Iraq
Three Yemeni members of Al Qaeda linked to Benghazi attacks, later connected to Moktar Belmoktar, Mali hostage situation
33 dead, over 160 injured in Iraq bombings in the week before first election since US withdraw
Syrian violence spreads to Iraq as 40 soldiers murdered during attack on Iraqi military transport
Sakine Cansiz, co-founder of PKK, two other women activists executed, found dead in Paris
Iran
Exclusive update: Naghmeh Abedini calls for prayer to support jailed Pastor Saeed Abedini as US drags feet
Saeed Abedini and Saeed Madani among 10 political prisoners moved to solitary confinement in response to protest
Major 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits Iran, dozens hurt and killed in Iran and Pakistan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Workers rescue ‘Reshma’ out of the rubble of the collapsed garment factory 17 days later
Bangladesh factory owner, Sohel Rana, linked to biker gang, guns and drugs
Mohammed Sohel Rana, Bangladesh factory owner captured as death toll tops 370
Bangladesh building collapse death toll rises to over 350, 4 arrests made but owner still running from the law
Canada
Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, two al-Qaeda supported terrorists, foiled in Canada
Canadian teachers under fire for Disney World prank on students
Search for missing Miss Ally fishermen ends, Woods Harbor gather for services
India
Sailendra Nath Roy, Indian stuntman who died on zip-wire by hair record attempt, may have had heart attack
Missing India born student Sunil Tripathi may be dead body pulled from Providence River
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt convicted in weapons case linked to 1993 Mumbai bombing
Ram Singh, India rape suspect dead in prison cell, police say suicide as family says he was murdered
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia reports four more novel coronavirus cases, total confirmed cases 38 globally
Three Yemeni members of Al Qaeda linked to Benghazi attacks, later connected to Moktar Belmoktar, Mali hostage situation
Explosion in Damascus kills atleast a dozen, Parliament member blames Saudi Arabia and US for terrorism
Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo battles another food poisoning outbreak
Shocking video leaks of Egyptian Muslims attacking, raping 2 Christian women, shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
Abdullah Badr, Egyptian Muslim scholar and professor, says Christians ‘gross me out,’ I feel disgusted’
United Kingdom
Police still seeking answers in death of Michael Easton, teen found dead on Scotland highway
London pavement explosion blamed faulty electrical grid VIDEO
Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, dies at age 87
Libya
US government failed to ‘react and respond’ to Benghazi attack, 4 whistleblowers from CIA and State get lawyers
Hacker circulates Hillary Clinton Benghazi memos, Libyan President blamed the videos
Christians in Libya, Egypt arrested and tortured, Sherif Ramses identified
Indonesia
Indonesia: Major 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes east of Enarotali
‘Black Magic’ may become illegal in Indonesia, ‘White Magic’ still ok
Two babies from Indonesia go up for sale online, investigation continues
Africa
Somalia reports first wild poliovirus type 1 case since 2007
UN agency announces meningitis vaccination campaign in South Sudan
Angola reports first ever dengue epidemic



















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