Mark Kolbe/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Australian surfer Mick Fanning says he feels “lucky” after spotting a shark in the water on what was supposed to be his triumphant return to surfing after he survived a shark attack that played out on live TV. Fanning, Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications is investigating complaints from a Russian senator who thinks emoji depicting people in “non-traditional” sexual Read More
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Matej Novak(NEW YORK) — A picture is worth a thousand words, and NASA’s Hubble telescope captured the death throes of a dying star, a process it says has taken tens of thousands of years. The photo, posted Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — A second victim has died in a spate of violent attacks by Jewish extremists in Israel. Shira Banki, a 16-year-old Israeli, succumbed to her wounds after being stabbed by an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man on Thursday at Jerusalem’s gay Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Riot police in France are using pepper spray on migrants who attempt to get into the United Kingdom from the French side of the Channel Tunnel. The measure was employed after hundreds of migrants attempted to storm the perimeter fences of Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Zimbabwe is trying to get the United States to extradite the Minnesota man who killed the country’s favorite lion. The United States is unlikely to grant the request but the man who killed the lion could face more charges here at Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Police in Réunion are reporting a second metallic object has been picked up one the beach. A plane wing found there last week has been sent to France for testing as it is suspected to be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines Read More
The USS Mount Whitney destroyer sits in the waters of the Georgian city Poti on September 5, 2008. SEIRAN BAROIAN/AFP/Getty Images(RIJEKA, Croatia) — A U.S. ship caught fire while undergoing maintenance at a Croatian shipyard on Saturday. According to the U.S. Read More
Marcio Silva/iStock/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — The United National Assistance Mission for Iraq says that more than 1,000 Iraqis were killed in acts of terror and violence in July. UNAMI’s monthly press release shows the number of Iraqis killed in attacks last month Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe) — Cecil the Lion’s brother, Jericho, was shot and killed Saturday, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said, in the wake of Zimbabwe calling for the extradition of the American dentist who admitted killing Cecil in early Read More
