Burma’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year. The conscription measure was activated
Nine people have been rushed to hospital following a horror bus crash in south London. A witness at the scene has said the bus and a police van collided on Kennington Park Road near Oval Underground station earlier on Wednesday. A local
Authorities detained four people in connection with the massive landslide at a gold mine in eastern Turkey. The landslide occurred at Anagold Madencilik company’s Copler mine in the town of Ilic, leaving nine workers missing. Over 800 search and rescue personnel, including
At least nine workers have remained trapped in a gold mine after a massive landslide hit the area, authorities have confirmed. Disaster struck at the Copler mine – located near the town of Ilic, in Turkey – shortly before 11.30am GMT (2.30pm
The Australian government said Tuesday it will prohibit doxxing, the malicious and non-consensual release online of an individual’s personal or identifying information, after pro-Palestinian activists published personal details of hundreds of Jewish people in the country. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, who is Jewish,
Suella Braverman insisted white people must not be made to feel guilty for being white. The former home secretary’s comments come amid a row over claims by a group of wildlife charities that the countryside is racist. But Mrs Braverman, who is
“Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence” (Genesis 6:11). This passage comes from the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Genesis includes, among others, the story of the seven days of
Wind back the clock a little more than 30 years and much of the world was locked in an invisible war that many say has returned. Known as the ‘Cold War’, the world’s superpowers — its main characters the US and the
At least 20 people have been buried underneath a rain-induced landslide in The Phillippines. Rescuers were called to the Barangay Masara, Maco, in the Davao de Oro province just before 8pm local time on Tuesday, February 6. Officials say three buses from
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than 300 people were still missing as the blazes appeared to be burning themselves out. The fires