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Navy SEAL pleads guilty in hazing death of Green Beret during Africa deployment

Report: Two Navy SEALs eyed in strangulation of Green Beret A military medical examiner ruled ‘homicide by asphyxiation’ killed 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar while on a secret assignment in Mali; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon. A Navy SEAL pleaded guilty Thursday in the hazing death of a Green Beret soldier, detailing the late-night plot to […]

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Diners mistakenly served nearly $6,000 bottle of rare French wine

In a nearly $6,000 mistake, a couple dining at a British restaurant drank the wrong bottle of wine when a manager meant to serve them a $300 red instead. The mixup happened Wednesday night when a couple ordered a 2001 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, listed at £260, a little more than $330, at Hawksmoor restaurant in Manchester, a spokesperson said. “It […]

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Head of Scottish Refugee Council’s father is banned from entering UK

Head of Scottish Refugee Council’s father is banned from entering UK from Afghanistan to see his son receive honorary doctorate and meet grandchildren for first time Sabir Zazai is due to receive an honorary doctorate from Glasgow University  He wanted his father Mohammed to come to the ceremony from Afghanistan  The Home Office refused to issue Mr Zazai’s father a […]

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Anger as school that banned designer coats to stop 'poverty shaming' tells parents to buy £25 own-brand jackets

A SCHOOL that banned designer coats to stop “poverty shaming” has ordered parents to buy its own-branded coats. Woodchurch High School in Birkenhead, Meseryside also told parents they can only buy the £25 jackets from one shop. Parents raged that the secondary school’s decision has sparked an “outcry” and that the coats are unusable outside school. Pupils wearing other jackets […]

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Which animals are at risk of extinction and what are the causes?

KOALAS are the latest animal sadly facing extinction, with fewer than 80,000 left in the world. We explain why they are at risk of disappearing and what can cause extinction, as well as the other animals who are in danger. Which animals are at risk of extinction? Endangered animals mean that the species is in danger of extinction. Extinction is […]

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Dozens hurt in ‘Catastrophe’ protests on Gaza-Israel border

Gaza: Israeli troops wounded nearly 50 Palestinians at the Gaza border on Wednesday during protests to mark the 71st anniversary of the "Nakba", or catastrophe, when many Palestinians lost their homes in the fighting around Israel's creation, Gaza officials said. Thousands had gathered at the coastal enclave's frontier with Israel, the scene of bloodshed over the past year. An Israeli […]

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