World
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43.9K3Aircraft mechanic with ties to ISIS suspected in planting bomb on Russian jet, killing 224
An Egyptian mechanic is suspected of planting a bomb on Russian MetroJet Flight 9268 that crashed into the Sinai Peninsula last October,...
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11.0K9235 Chinese restaurants shut down after getting busted seasoning food with opium
Thirty-five restaurants in China have been shut down after it was discovered that they seasoned their food with opium, apparently in an...
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15.8K66This was Afghanistan before the Taliban
When current images of a war-torn Afghanistan are burned into memory, its easy to forget how radically different the country looked in...
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8.9K20Hero police officer whips out boob and saves abandoned baby’s life
Officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea was called to the scene after police discovered the abandoned child in the remote forest of Colombia. The...
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4.3KIn the days before his capture, ‘El Chapo’ was hanging out with Sean Penn
In a Rolling Stone interview that took place in a jungle compound at the top of a mountain, actor Sean Penn spoke with...
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4.5KSouth Korea is using loudspeakers to blast North Korea with K-pop
Following the Pyongyang nuclear test which North Korea claims it carried out this week, South Korea chose to retaliate in an interesting...
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4.2K1Mexican city mayor assassinated during her first day on the job
Temixco, "the city of eternal spring," was once a vacation spot for residents in Mexico City, but because it's along a major...
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4.2K4Israeli passengers delay flight, demand that two Arabs be removed
Although the cabin crew attempted to ignore the passenger's baseless claims that the two men were a security risk, the crew was...
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5.2K7ISIS has lost a total of 60% of its territory in Syria and Iraq
Due to international air strikes with support from ground forces, the so-called “Islamic State” has lost roughly 40 percent of its territory...
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4.0K12These 4 cartoons show the hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia’s membership on the U.N.’s human rights council
Last week, Saudi Arabia started the new year by executing 47 people, including a prominent Shiite cleric. Many of the prisoners were...
