ISIS burned up to 45 people to death in Iraq

The militants seized the western Iraqi town by Isis over the weekend ISIS militants have burned at least 45 people to death in the Iraqi town of Al-Baghdadi, according to local police. Colonel Qasim al-Obeidi told BBC News that he believed some of those killed were members of the security forces, as details on the victims and why they were targeted remains unclear. The reports come after Isis, which calls itself the Islamic...

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Israeli divers discover 2,000 ancient gold coins

Image: Israeli Antiquities Authority A group of divers found 2,000 gold coins on the seabed of the Caesarea National Park in Israel — the largest trove of gold coins ever discovered in the country. Caesarea is an ancient Roman city located near the modern Israeli city of Caesarea, about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. The divers from the local diving club stumbled upon the coins by accident a few weeks ago and reported the find to the Israeli...

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Vatican, Italy on heightened alert over ISIS threat

Pope Francis stands on the popemobile surrounded by security staff during his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on February 18, 2015 at the Vatican Security at the Vatican and across Italy has been stepped up because of a perceived heightened risk of attacks by Islamist militants, officials said Wednesday. A day after the Italian cabinet approved new security measures because of fears of a terrorist spillover from...

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MILF formally turns over to Philippine government, firearms of slain SAF men

A total of 16 rifles including 2 machine guns recovered from the Mamasapano encounter. to be turned over by the MILF. Photo: Raffy Tima The Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Wednesday turned over to the government the firearms of Special Action Force troopers slain in a clash in Mamasapano in Maguindanao last Jan. 25. Wednesday's turnover was held during ceremonies at Camp Brig. Gen. Gonzalo Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. Handshakes...

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At least 20 dead after power line falls on Haiti carnival float

The moment a performer on top of a float at the Haiti Carnival got caught by an overhead power line as the parade passed through the streets of Port-au-Prince in the early hours of the morning At least 20 people were killed during a Carnival parade in Haiti’s capital early Tuesday when a music group’s float hit a low-hanging power line, causing them to be electrocuted, officials said. The accident occurred as thousands of people...

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WARNING: GRAPHIC - ISIS terrorists release shocking video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians

WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO. WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK. The video shows ISIS fighters dressed head to toe in black, marching the captives, all wearing orange jumpsuits, to a beach. The 21 men can be seen being forced onto their knees before they are beheaded by the militants standing behind them. A caption on the five-minute video read: 'The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church.   advertising WATCH: Source: Asian...

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Two Filipinos to get a shot at Mars trip

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Two Filipino women are in the running to join a reality competition with an enviable (or unenviable) prize: a one-way ticket to help establish a colony on Mars. Minerva Rañeses from Pasig City, and US-based Jaymee Orillosa del Rosario, are among the 50 women and 50 men who made the cut in the third round of astronaut selection by the Netherlands-based Mars One project. The Mars One project aims to get people on...

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Hackers steal up to $1 billion in huge online bank heist

A hacking ring has stolen up to $1billion from banks around the world in what would be one of the biggest banking breaches known, a Russian cybersecurity firm says in a report. Questions were raised in late 2013 when an ATM in Kiev, Ukraine, began dispensing money at random times, when no one had put in a card or touched a button. Security cameras shows that money would be picked up by customers who appeared to be in the right place at the...

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ISIS video shows beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians

In a new propaganda video released Sunday by ISIS, the militant group claims to have beheaded over a dozen members of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority on a Libyan beach. The highly produced video shows an apparent mass execution with jihadists in black standing behind each of the victims, who are all are dressed in orange jumpsuits with their hands cuffed behind them. The five-minute video, released by the terror group's propaganda wing al-Hayat...

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Stephen Curry wins his first 3-point shootout championship

Stephen Curry was the fifth competitor to take the floor for the shootout, and he had a first round score of 23. (NBAE/Getty Images) It has become popular, considering the NBA’s marked improvement in 3-point marksmanship, to call the 3-point shootout the marquee event of not only the All-Star Saturday night lineup, but the entire weekend. This year’s competition didn’t bust any records, and it did have some NBA-influenced...

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Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather agree $250m Las Vegas mega-fight

Showdown: Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have agreed to fight - at last. Photo: FameFlynet.uk.com The richest match-up in boxing history between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao has finally been agreed after years of haggling. A source close to the Filipino boxer and congressman revealed to The Sunday Telegraph that Pacquiao completed his contractual agreements on Saturday and that Mayweather is set to sign and...

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Michele Ferrero, maker of Nutella, dies on Valentine's Day

Reuters/Reuters - Nutella produced from Italy, priced at 6.25 BAM ($4.20), are displayed for sale at a FIS supermarket in Vitez March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ROME (AP) -- Michele Ferrero, the world's richest candy maker whose Nutella chocolate and hazlenut spread helped raise generations of Europeans and defined Italian sweets, died on Valentine's Day, the company said. He was 89. Ferrero, who had been ill for several...

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WATCH: ISIS video shows 17 captured Kurds paraded in cages

ISIS has paraded captured Kurdish soldiers in cages through screaming crowds in what some fear is a prequel to them being burned alive.   A total of 17 Peshmerga were led through the streets of what is apparently Kirkuk in northwestern Iraq A video of the procession has appeared on Isis-affiliated social media accounts, showing the prisoners in orange jumpsuits and flanked by black-clad militants brandishing Kalashnikovs...

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