Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been barred from running in local district council elections after an official said his calls for “self-determination” in the territory were inconsistent with pledging an oath of allegiance to the city and its constitution. Wong, who has been arrested twice since mass protests in the city began […]

A plane crashed into an American house in Colonia, about 22 miles from New York City, United States. Luckily, there was no one in the house as the blast caused a heat and fire damages. The fire extended to adjacent houses but a woman in one of the houses was able to escape without any […]

Torrential rainfall has caused a landslide that resulted in the death of dozens of people in Cameroon’s western city, Bafoussam. The landslide was reported to have happened on Monday night. Rescue team, however, have been searching the area for survivors at the time the state media reported the news on Tuesday. The governor of the […]

Five hitmen have been jailed for attempted murder after each one avoided carrying out the contract themselves so they could make a profit. Chinese businessman Tan Youhui was looking for a hitman to take out a competitor, Wei Mou, and was willing to pay 2 million yuan (£218,000) to get the job done. READ ALSO: […]

The UK’s lorry driver inside which 39 people were found dead claimed that he was transporting biscuit and has no idea of the content of the lorry. Contrary to the publicised cause of death, the victims did not die by being frozen to death but instead, they were suffocated. According to the Irish Times report, […]