Guilty: Culpable Homicide
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake.
Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a...
Rush to Save the Union
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Spooked by recent polls, Prime Minister David Cameron and other British political leaders rushed north to Scotland on Wednesday, where Cameron begged Scots not to break his heart by voting to become independent from...
Joan Rivers 1933 – 2014
US comedian Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81. Throughout her career, she was renowned for her many acid-tongued pearls of wit which took swipes at other celebrities but also turned inwardly, mocking her own later penchant for plastic surgery.
She...
Great Brit: Sir Douglas Morpeth
Sir Douglas Morpeth, born 6th June 1924, who died last week, was best known as a British accountant. However, he was a distinguished soldier, innovator and highly respected British businessman.
Born in Perth, Scotland, he was educated at George...
Coward Zawahiri Resurfaces
“I bring you good tidings”, al-Qaeda’s third-in-command Said al-Masri said in a macabre speech that was released online four weeks after a Hellfire missile blew his body apart near Pakistan’s Miramshah on 21 May, 2010. “Last February’s...
Joan Rivers Gravely Ill
Joan Rivers, the actress and comedian, has been placed on life support days after suffering from a cardiac arrest during throat surgery, according to reports.
Rivers was rushed to hospital in New York on Thursday after she stopped breathing...
More Afghan Election Chaos
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has withdrawn observers from an audit of votes in the disputed election, citing concerns over fraud.
“We will not join the process today, and maybe we will not re-join the process at all,”...
James Foley 1973 – 2014 RIP
James Foley, a freelance war correspondent from New Hampshire, was killed at the hands of the Islamic State militant group, which distributed a video that said the apparent beheading was retaliation for recent US airstrikes in Iraq, US officials...
ISIS Rattled on Social Media
President Obama’s Thursday announcement that he had authorized air strikes on Iraq has caused an online uproar among ISIS and Islamic jihad supporters. The attack, which took place on Thursday night, knocked out ISIS artillery targets near...
Ebola Crisis Underestimated
The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will take at least six months to bring under control, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says.
Speaking in Geneva, MSF President Joanne Lui called for strengthened international co-ordination...
