August 12, 2015
US Military Helicopter Crashes in Japan
A US military helicopter has crashed off the coast of the southern island of Okinawa, Japanese officials say. The Kyodo state news agency said 17 crew members were rescued, and seven people were injured. Japan's defence ministry said the crash…
August 11, 2015
Three Men Parachuted off New York’s One World Trade Center
Two base jumpers who parachuted off New York's One World Trade Center "sullied the memories" of 9/11 victims, a judge has said. Andrew Rossig, 34, and James Brady, 33, were convicted of reckless endangerment and unauthorised climbing in connection…
August 6, 2015
11 Year Old Faces Manslaughter Charges After Shooting 3 Year Old, Elijah Walker
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter, accused of using his father's gun to shoot a three-year-old boy in Detroit, US media reports say. The boy was visiting his father in the east of the city on Monday when he took a handgun from…
August 5, 2015
Missing MH370 Plane Possibly Found
Part of the aircraft wing found on Reunion Island is from the missing MH370 plane, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed. Mr Najib said international experts examining the debris in France had "conclusively confirmed" it was from the…
August 4, 2015
20 Wildfires in California Leaves 24 Homes Destroyed
Evacuation orders have been given to 13,000 people in California as firefighters struggle to contain some 20 wildfires. Some 9,000 firefighters worked throughout yesterday in steep terrain and rugged conditions, officials said. The biggest blaze -…
July 30, 2015
Sex Exploitation In USA On The Rise
In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draw thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out. It is a world few Americans are aware of. But tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually…
July 29, 2015
Debris in Indian Ocean checked for MH370 ties
Apparent airplane debris found off the coast of Reunion island, a French department in the western Indian Ocean, is being examined to see if it is connected to the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a member of the French Air Force…
July 29, 2015
Man Dies In Channel Tunnel
A man has been killed while at least 1,500 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in Calais on yesterday night, French police have said. Eurotunnel, which says incursions are now a nightly occurrence, said migrants had been removed from the…
July 28, 2015
2000 Migrants Tries to Enter the UK through a Channel Tunnel
Some 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in an attempt to reach the UK, operator Eurotunnel has said. Eurotunnel is facing a daily struggle with migrants who attempt to smuggle themselves into Britain,…
July 21, 2015
Man charged over ‘terror plan’ and attempting to join IS
A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged plan to attack US military personnel in the UK. Junead Ahmed Khan has also been charged, along with his uncle Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, both from Luton, over attempting to join Islamic State militants…