NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s political parties have been abusing Facebook Inc’s popular messaging service WhatsApp ahead of the country’s general election and the company has warned them not to do so, a senior executive said on Wednesday. WhatsApp declined to name the parties or give the exact nature of the alleged misuse, but there is mounting concern in India […]

Donald Tusk admits hopes of holding second referendum to keep Britain in the EU are DEAD because Jeremy Corbyn is ‘pro-Brexit’ Donald Tusk has poured petrol on Brexit talks with latest combative intervention Said Brexiteers deserved ‘special place in Hell’ for taking UK out with no plan Mr Tusk blamed ‘pro-Brexit’ PM and Jeremy Corbyn for killing Remain hopes  Donald […]

Afghan migrant is jailed for life for murdering 17-year-old ex-girlfriend who had refused to convert to Islam in Germany – where he had lied about his age to claim asylum as a minor Ahmad S. killed girlfriend Mireille in Flensburg, Germany back in March last year He was said to heave stabbed her 14 times after she ended their relationship  […]

Air passenger films the terrifying moment flames appear outside his window as plane engine catches fire The shock incident took place after take-off from Panama City on January 31 Local reports suggest that a bird flew into the engine of the Copa Airlines flight Cesar Luciano, who shot footage, said ‘many thoughts flashed through his mind’  This is the terrifying […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Jehovah’s Witness guilty of extremism and jailed him for six years, a spokesman for the Christian denomination said. The United States and the European Union see the case of Dennis Christensen, a Danish national, as a litmus test for religious freedom and the latest twist in a worsening East-West standoff. […]

First Paris fire victim identified as 40-year-old architect who became trapped after ‘a neighbour with mental problems set the building alight’ Radia Benaziez, 40, died in the suspected arson attack in Paris early on Tuesday Architect of Algerian descent was described by friends as ‘adorable’ and ‘kind’ A woman was arrested after allegedly starting the blaze in a row over […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will exit the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in six months as part of a symmetrical response to the United States’ pullout, the Interfax news agency cited Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that Russia had suspended the Cold War-era pact after Washington announced it would withdraw […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news agency reported. Police approached two men at a petrol station in the town of Dareh Garm and the men began shooting at the tanker, the agency said. There was a […]

Edgar Alexander Campos is a former employee of an immigrant shelter in Texas where he allegedly fondled a 16-year-old boy and offered other children candy in exchange for sexual favors.   (Houston Police Department) A former employee of a Texas immigrant shelter was arrested last week for allegedly fondling a Guatemalan teen and is accused of offering other children candy […]

KAKRIPUR/MAHABAN, India (Reuters) – As night fell on the bucolic northern Indian hamlet of Mahaban, Gopi Chand Yadav gathered blankets and a flashlight to spend the night sitting on a wooden platform in his field. His task: to use bamboo sticks to ward off stray cattle from intruding and eating a maturing mustard crop. Like Yadav, many thousands of farmers […]