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North Korean scientist flees to Finland with gigabytes of data on inhumane experiments with biochemical weapons

North Korean scientist flees to Finland with gigabytes of data on inhumane experiments with biochemical weapons

A North Korean scientist with expertise in biochemical weaponry defected from his home country in June and has been spending his time in Finland. The 47-year-old left with 15 gigabytes worth of data and information regarding human experimentation, which he felt may have crossed ethical boundaries according to Yonhap News Agency. The researcher plans to […]

Blasphemy decriminalised in Iceland

Blasphemy decriminalised in Iceland

The Icelandic Parliament (‘Alþingi’) has voted today to decriminalise blasphemy in Iceland. As reported by Iceland Monitor in February this year, three Pirate Party MPs moved a bill before Alþingi to have the clause removed from the Icelandic Penal Code, in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris. The three MPs took to […]

Top ISIS Leader Killed by US Drone Strike in Syria

Top ISIS Leader Killed by US Drone Strike in Syria

A U.S. drone strike has killed a top ISIS leader in charge of the terror group’s foreign fighter operations and moving people and supplies into Syria and Iraq. The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that Tariq bin Tahar-Al-Awni-al-Harzi was killed in an airstrike in Syria on June 16, the day after his brother Ali was killed in […]

Saudi govt financing the expansion of private Islamic schools in Canada

Saudi govt financing the expansion of private Islamic schools in Canada

The Saudi government is donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to help finance the expansion of private Islamic schools in Canada, according to newly leaked documents that shine a light on how foreign states are helping finance a growing demand for religious education. The documents, involving cables between diplomats at the Saudi embassy in Ottawa […]

Melbourne prison riot places smoking ban under spotlight

Melbourne prison riot places smoking ban under spotlight

Australian experts are split over whether smoking bans are a crucial advance in prison health or “a bridge too far” that can only spark unrest. On Tuesday, hundreds of prisoners lit fires, broke walls and smashed windows in a 15-hour riot at a Melbourne prison in what authorities believe may have been a reaction to […]

IMF says Greece needs extra 50bn euros

IMF says Greece needs extra 50bn euros

Greece will need an extra 50bn euros ($55bn) over the next three years to stabilise its finances under the existing, disputed bailout plans, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says. The IMF also cut its forecast for Greek economic growth from 2.5% to zero. And it repeated its earlier suggestion that Greece needed debt relief in […]

Minute of silence held for Tunisia attack victims

Minute of silence held for Tunisia attack victims

A minute’s silence was held across the UK at midday to remember the 38 people including 30 Britons – killed in the Tunisia beach attack a week ago. Flags were flown at half-mast over Whitehall and Buckingham Palace, while play at Wimbledon will be delayed. The Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the silence. […]

Malaysia pushes for criminal tribunal for MH17 disaster

Malaysia pushes for criminal tribunal for MH17 disaster

Malaysia has said that it wants to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down flight MH17. The Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed in July 2014, with the loss of all 298 people on board. It had been flying over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine when it […]

Afghan court spares Farkhunda mob killer

Afghan court spares Farkhunda mob killer

An Afghan appeals court has quashed death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March. The woman, Farkhunda, was attacked at an Islamic shrine after being falsely accused of burning a copy of the Koran. She was stoned to death, her body was […]

Catholic Church Opens Parking For Ramadan Bazaar In Malaysia

Catholic Church Opens Parking For Ramadan Bazaar In Malaysia

The decision by a Catholic Church in Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Church of St Mary Immaculate in Bukit Padang, to open its car park to visitors frequenting a nearby Ramadan bazaar, has gone viral in the social media in the peninsula. A Facebook posting by a Daniel Doughty on the Church drew thousands of likes. “I […]

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