Twelve people were killed when a car packed with explosives blew up inside a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan.
At least another 20 people were injured when the device exploded as hundreds queued for food today at Jalozai camp on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar.
The camp mainly hosts Pakistanis who have been displaced by fighting between the army...
Yerevan, Armenia – Ambassador Heffern met today with U.S. citizen Narine Esmeli and discussed her current legal case which has come about following Ms. Esmeli’s report of election violations she observed during the voting process on February 18. The Ambassador will continue to monitor her case very closely, as well as other post-election developments. The welfare of...
As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees are expected to have a lot in common with humans.
However, this unfortunate chimp has picked up one of our worst human habits.
The chain-smoking chimp was caught red-handed indulging his weakness for cigarettes at a zoo in Ürümqi, western China.
He artfully blows smoke over his shoulder after what looks like a stressful day...
Norway’s biathlon squad is facing an indecency probe after they stripped off to wave their genitals at female contestants in the sport’s World Cup in Russia.
Furious race organisers in Khanty-Mansiysk, Northern-Russia have reported the athletes to police after a video of the prank surfaced on Russian news website, Life.ru.
The video shows at least one man with...
A Bulgarian man set himself on fire to protest against poverty in his country – becoming the sixth person to do so in the past month.
Proclaiming that he could no longer afford to even buy bread for his one child and that he ‘could not stand it anymore’ the unidentified man doused himself with petrol and ‘tried to commit suicide’, it has been...
Dear representatives of the Kurdish community of Armenia,
I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of Navroz.
Let this beautiful spring holiday bring happiness to our entire Kurdish community. I wish you success in your work, cultural and other achievements.
We are proud with the Kurd citizens of our country and their success. We are also aware of the problems...
The Statue of Liberty will be reopened in time for America’s Independence Day celebrations in July after Hurricane Sandy forced its closure last year.
The superstorm which hit the East Coast of the USA last October caused extensive damage on Ellis Island, making it unsafe to visit New York’s most iconic site.
But after speedy progress with repair work, America’s...
South Korea appears to have been the target of a cyber-attack from the North after computer systems at broadcasters and banks in the country simultaneously crashed today.
The shutdown came just days after North Korea was hit by cyber-attacks which temporarily disabled a number of websites in Pyongyang and which it blamed on the U.S. and South Korea.
The two nations have...
A U.S. coffee company is claiming to produce the first and last cup of coffee ever needed to kick start your work day.
Death Wish, a medium-dark roast coffee blend roasted in Upstate New York, claims to be the ‘most highly caffeinated premium dark roast organic coffee in the world.’
The brand, featuring a menacing black skull and cross bones, says they use...
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