Islamabad has prolonged the closure of its airspace until March 1 after two days of military exchanges between India and Pakistan in the contested Kashmir region, leaving thousands of people stranded at airports. The entire Pakistani airspace will remain closed for all civil aircrafts until Friday 1pm GMT, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority tweeted on…
Video footage showing the horrifying scene of the Cairo train derailment that killed at least 25 and injured another 50 has emerged online. A fire broke out at the main train station in Egypt’s capital on Wednesday following an explosion caused by a train ramming into a barrier at Ramses station in central Cairo. The…
Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas Representative, formally announced Thursday that he’ll seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, ending months of intense speculation over whether he’d try to translate his newfound political celebrity into a White House bid. Until he challenged Republican Senator Ted Cruz last year, Mr O’Rourke was little known outside his hometown of El Paso….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Unanimous No. 1 Florida and the top six teams remained the same in this week’s Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for games played March 21-27. Occupying the final four spots are James Madison, LSU, Florida State and Georgia, while USF makes its first appearance in the 2016 rankings. The Gators (33-1)…
Police in Scotland have filed their final report into a probe of CIA “rendition stopovers” during the early years of the War on Terror, looking into at least six secret flights. The report’s contents remain secret, however. Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland, Scotland’s chief public prosecutor, ordered the probe back in 2013. His successor James Wolffe…
Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Red Dead Redemption 2, is in a legal battle with the security company Pinkerton over the use of characters Andrew Milton and Edgar Ross, two Pinkerton agents featured in Rockstar’s latest title. As reported by The Verge, this all began when Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations sent Take-Two a cease-and-desist letter over…
As she emerged from five years captivity inside the Islamic State, Barfe Khalaf Farho wanted one thing more than anything else: fire. The 26-year-old Yazidi had been forced to wear a niqab every day of her slavery in the homes of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters and their wives. So when she reached…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of North Georgia head coach Mike Davenport, assistant coach Sarah Phillips and graduate assistant Karlie Gillam of the Division II National Champion Nighthawks, were named the 2015 NFCA DII National Coaching Staff of the Year, announced on Tuesday. It was a record-breaking season for UNG. Under the direction of Davenport…
Electrical systems in Venezuela have been targeted by another cyberattack, President Nicholas Maduro has said. Caracas has accused the US of “sabotage”, while US officials blame local corruption and mismanagement for the blackout. After a failure at the Guri hydroelectric power plant left much of the country without power on Thursday night, Venezuelan authorities managed…
Thanks to popular demand, we’ve gotten our first look at Spider-Man: Far From Home, featuring several European locations, three separate Spider-suits, and the one and only Nick Fury. Want to take a closer look? We’ve got you covered with our gallery of screenshots from the teaser: Just want to watch the trailer again? We’ve got…