At least 35 people have lost their lives in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, the city's governor has said. Among the dead is one police officer, Vasip Sahin stated, adding that it was a terror attack. At least another 40 were injured in the attack which took place in the Reina nightclub, in the Ortakoy area, at about 01:30 local time (23:30 GMT). One attacker was involved, the governor said, while CNN Turk reported he was dressed in a Santa Claus costume. There were reportedly several hundred people…
When Santas bring the death ! Death toll rises up .! At least 35 dead in terroristic attack to night club in Istanbul
Gunmen have attacked a night club in Istanbul, reportedly injuring scores of people, Turkish channel NTV reports. Footage shows armored police vehicles surrounding the building as ambulances are rushed to the scene. The attack took place at the well-known Reina nightclub in the Ortakoy neighborhood, in Istanbul’s Besiktas district. There were two attackers involved, according to NTV, but conflicting reports also described a lone gunman. The gunmen were dressed in…
Saudi Arabia first, India second and Pakistan third largest arms purchaser; reveals US report. A United States Congress Research report has revealed that India has emerged as the second largest purchaser of arms among developing nations after Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The latest report says that that arms supply to India was sanctioned in view of regional situation which is “a matte…
If there's one thing fans have learned about Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher this week, it's the simple fact that these two stars had one incredible bond. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher When E! News confirmed that the Singin' in the Rain star had passed away, her son Todd Fisher revealed that his mom simply wanted to "be with Carrie." And when looking back at her 2013 autobiography titled Unsinkable, Debbie voiced her fears at losing one of her children. …
Google Pixel smartphones now have a similar battery problem to Apple iPhone 7 devices According to reports, Google Pixel and Pixel XL users are now facing a battery issue which the Apple iPhone users will be highly familiar with. Google Pixel users are now complaining that the smartphones are shutting down even when it shows a considerable amount of charge left in the device. The complaints were found on Google’s own forum called the ‘productforums’ and also on Red…
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs to the US, and OneWeb will be hiring 3,000 employees as part of SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son’s pledge to invest $50 billion in the US and create 50,000 jobs. Trump announced Wednesday that Sprint and OneWeb would bring 8,000 total jobs into the US. Both telecommunication companies are owned by the Japanese corporate giant SoftBank, which promised to invest $50 billion in America through a fund called Softbank Vision. "I was just called by the head …
A Miami woman is under arrest, accused of kidnapping and robbing several women across South Florida. Miramar police have issued a safety alert after two women pulled off a brash robbery scheme in broad daylight. (Source: Miramar Police) Miramar police said Charice Hubbert and her accomplice approached women near banks and forced them to get into a vehicle where they robbed them and took them to ATMs, forcing the victims to withdraw cash. Miramar police were able to c…
In response to an assertion made by President Barack Obama claiming that he would have beaten Donald Trump if he had run for a third term, the Republican president-elect took to his favorite communication tool – Twitter – to say “No way!” Trump tweeted late on Monday to say that Obama was wrong, contending that, with jobs leaving the US, problems with Obamacare, and the spread of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), he would have trounced the outgoing president. Obama had confidently stated in an interview with CNN released on Mond…
A man who reportedly used his eight-year-old daughter as a suicide bomber in an attack on a police station in Syria's Damascus is now said to be dead himself. Footage showed jihadi fanatic lecturing his two young daughters in Damascus The younger girl, who was seven, was killed in explosion at a police station The blast in Damascus, the Syrian capital, wounded three police officers The father has been identified as Abu Nimr, who has died in fighting in Syria Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said he was shot in Teshreen, D…
Two men gunned down on a porch in Chicago on Christmas Day were among 12 people slain in the city, where an epidemic of killings continued during the holiday weekend. The killings were among 27 shooting incidents occurred from Friday evening to Sunday evening, according to Chicago police. Police said 90 percent of the victims had gang affiliations. "We had a reprehensible amount of shootings and murders" this weekend Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. That number of killings is double the amount from last Christ…
'I am in deep shock. I have lost a close friend.' Emotional Elton John and Boy George lead star-studded tributes to George Michael after he dies aged 53 Elton John, Boy George and Wham! star Andrew Ridgeley have paid tribute to George Michael, after he tragically died on Christmas Day aged 53. They joined a host of shocked A-listers like Martin Fry, Ricky Gervais and George's 80s peers Duran Duran and Spandeau Ballet in commemorating the iconic Wham! frontman. Elton, 69, said he was 'in deep shock', while Andrew,…
At least 30 civilians were killed and many others were wounded on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian town of al-Bab to prevent people from fleeing, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday. Syrian rebels supported by Turkish troops have laid siege to the Islamic State-held town for weeks under the "Euphrates Shield" operation launched by Turkey nearly four months ago to sweep the Sunni hardliners and Kurdish fighters from its Syrian b…
Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques Monday to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human history. Some 170,000 lives were lost in the country when a 9.1-magnitude "megathrust" quake struck Aceh, a predominantly Muslim province in the northern tip of Sumatra island, bringing about massive waves that also hit coastal areas as far away as Somalia. "…
George Michael of Wham! dies at 53. Born in 1963 in London, George Michael rose to stardom as half of the1980s teen pop sensation Wham! With bandmate Andrew Ridgeley, the group scored several #1 hits in the US and UK during their 5 year run.
President-elect Donald Trump says he will shut down the Donald J. Trump Foundation amid efforts to eliminate any conflicts of interest before he takes office next month. Trump said in a statement Saturday that his charitable foundation “has done enormous good works over the years in contributing millions of dollars to countless worthy groups, including supporting veterans, law enforcement officers and children.” He said that given the conflicts of interest, he will pu…
A Tupolev-154 plane with 84 passengers and eight crew on board crashed shortly after take-off from Sochi. A search operation is underway. 08:36 GMT All but three choir singers of the Alexandrov Ensemble were aboard the plane, lead solo singer Vadim Ananyev told TASS. He himself had to stay home and miss the flight due to the birth of his third child. 08:34 GMT The head of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, said that neither reason nor heart can accept the fact of t…
Search operation has emerged after a Russian military plane crashed in the Black Sea en route to Syria. Most of the passengers on the Tu-154 were members of the famous Alexandrov Ensemble army choir.
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US President-elect Donald Trump opened the floodgates for mockery and criticism after agreeing with the Russian leader’s assessment of the Democrats’ attempts to blame the 2016 election on external factors instead of accepting it with dignity. Brushing aside claims that Russia somehow interfered with the US election process, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists in Moscow that the Democrats are the ones responsible for their political failures. Listen to Ame…
President-elect Donald Trump announced the establishment of the White House National Trade Council, to be headed by Peter Navarro, a hard-line critic of China. The announcement on Wednesday called Navarro a “visionary economist” who will develop policies to shrink the US trade deficit, expand growth and stop the jobs from going overseas. The National Trade Council will also be in charge of the “Buy America, Hire America” program that will apply to government spending ranging…
A tiny organism at the base of the food chain, but vital for life to exist on Earth, is under threat, according to data collected by a NASA satellite that has been firing a laser into the ocean for a decade. Phytoplankton, a tiny plant organism living near the Earth’s poles, is an essential food source for ocean dwellers. It also sucks in carbon dioxide, assisting with the planet’s carbon cycle, contributing to up to 85 percent of the planet’s breathable oxygen. The new findings by NASA worryingly indicate that the species' “boom and b…
Jason Zook started every morning by scrolling through Twitter, Instagram, Vine, his blog and Facebook. It started to have an effect on the 33-year-old entrepreneur’s mental health. The San Diego resident was stressed, distracted and feeling like he could never fulfill the expectations he created in his digital world, where he amassed more than 33,000 followers. “You start your day looking at yourself compared to other people,” he says. “You feel behind, and you have other people’s opinions pressed upon you before you have a chance to h…
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