Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia – a Byzantine-era cathedral that now serves as a museum – could be reconverted into a mosque, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, has said. Mr Erdogan made the comments during a television interview late on Sunday ahead of Turkey’s March 31 local elections. The former Byzantine cathedral had previously been converted into a…
Police Commissioner Mike Bush has confirmed that the death toll in the Christchurch mosque attacks has risen to 49 people. A male in his 20s has been charged with murder and will appear in court tomorrow. Bush confirmed that a further 40 people were injured and taken to hospital in what is now the worst…
Dark Souls developer From Software has two unannounced games currently in development, according to studio president Hidetaka Miyazaki. Speaking with 4Gamer (via Gematsu), Miyazaki teased both games are “[From Software]-esque,” adding the studio needs “a little more time” before it discusses any further details. While those two games remain mysteries, we know the studio’s next release will…
Canadians who are tired of Tinder and bored of Bumble now have a new online dating option: Facebook. Hey, they already have all your data — why not use it to help you get a date? The company announced its intention to get into the dating space at a developer conference this spring, which promptly…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior Madison Ingram of Bowling Green (Mo.) High School is this week’s MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for contests played September 7-13. Highlighted by a no-hitter, Ingram twirled a pair of complete-game shutouts as she keyed her squad to wins over Montgomery County and Palmyra last week. In her first start,…
Nashville, Tenn. –Tickets for the 2015 NPF Championship Series are on sale now through the NPF website at www.profastpitch.com. The Series will be held, for the second year in a row, in Hoover, Alabama at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. Dates for the 2015 Championship Series are August 14-18. For the first time in National…
Marvel Studios is reportedly developing Shang-Chi, its first Asian superhero movie, according to Deadline. Chinese-American writer, Dave Callaham, will be writing the screenplay. Callaham most recently co-wrote the sequel for Wonder Woman 1984, and is writing the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2. For those unfamiliar, Shang-Chi is a martial artist who is also a super hero,…
The number of pickpocket thefts in Paris has rocketed 33 per cent since the start of the year, with tourists the prime prey of gangs of mainly Eastern European minors, according to police. Public transport authorities accounted the worrying rise to security agents being overwhelmed by violent yellow vest protesters in the French capital in recent months….
While New Delhi claims to have killed a large number of militants in anti-terrorist strikes Tuesday, Islamabad says the bombs hit a remote forest and injured one old man, now they plan to file Eco-terrorism charges with the UN. The Jihadi training camp which India claims to have destroyed was actually a forest preserve, Pakistan’s…
Editors at Travel + Leisure magazine have released their picks for the top destinations to visit in 2019, a list that includes destinations such as India’s Andaman Islands, Hungary’s under-the-radar wine region Etyek, and emerging capitals of culture such as Nairobi and Panama City. The U.S. travel magazine is the latest to throw in their…