A stray bullet hit a Middle East Airlines (MEA) passenger plane as it landed in Beirut on Thursday, thankfully missing passengers. No injuries were reported as a celebratory bullet fired into the side of the passenger plane as it landed, having arrived from Jordan. Celebratory gunfire is a common practice in Lebanon, a country where gun ownership is common. The reason for this celebratory gunfire … Continue reading Passenger flight is SHOT as it comes into land in Beirut

A South Korean police officer who was under investigation in connection to the deadly crowd crush on Halloween weekend in Seoul has been found dead. The policeman, a 55-year-old officer identified only by his surname, Jeong, was in charge of intelligence affairs at the Yongsan district police station, which oversees the area where the crowd crush took place. On the night of Oct. 29, more … Continue reading A Seoul police officer, under investigation after the crowd crush, is found dead

A tsunami alert has been issued for the tiny island nation of Tonga after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s coast. The quake hit at sea just before 11 p.m. local time approximately 128 miles from the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa at a depth of 15.4 miles. “A strong earthquake has occurred near Tonga and felt in whole of Tonga,” the government said … Continue reading Tonga issues tsunami alert after 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast

US women’s basketball star Brittney Griner is being moved to a Russian penal colony where she is due to serve the remainder of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence that was upheld in late October. Griner “is now on her way to a penal colony,” her attorneys said in a statement to CNN on Wednesday. Last month, Griner lost her appeal of her sentence. She was … Continue reading Brittney Griner begins transfer to Russian penal colony, attorneys say

The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official said Thursday, the religious group’s latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms since they took power more than a year ago. The Taliban overran the country last year, seizing power in August 2021. They have banned girls from middle school and high school, despite initial promises to the contrary, restricted women … Continue reading Taliban ban women from parks and gyms in Afghanistan

The Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports has officially ordered schools across the country to end the school year early in order to prevent the further spread of Ebola among the nations schoolchildren. NPR – The growing outbreak has prompted Uganda’s minister of education and first lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, to shorten the third and final school term for the year by two weeks, now … Continue reading Uganda ends school year early as it tries to contain growing Ebola outbreak