600 Indian students expelled for cheating on school exams

Associated Press/Press Trust of India, File - CAPTION CORRECTS THE YEAR - FILE PATNA, India (AP) — About 600 high school students in eastern India have been expelled for cheating on pressure-packed 10th grade examinations this week, education authorities said Friday. The incident has received widespread attention after Indian television footage showed parents and friends of students scaling the outer walls of school buildings to pass cheat sheets...

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ISIS is reportedly recruiting Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong

Photo: Oriental Daily Recruiters for ISIS, an Islamic extremist rebel group, have reportedly being targeting Hong Kong’s Indonesian helpers. A maid agency told Oriental Daily that many Indonesian domestic workers received what appeared to be recruitment leaflets for ISIS on Sunday. The pamphlet encouraged domestic workers to join ISIS, which said it would send them to “do things” in Xinjiang province, but did not specify what they would be...

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Pregnant woman who answered Craigslist ad for baby clothes has foetus cut from womb

The suspect arrived at hospital with the baby and claimed she had miscarried A Colorado woman who advertised baby clothes using a Craigslist classified advert brutally beat a pregnant woman and cut her foetus from her womb, police have said. Police were called to a house in Longmont, 30 miles from Denver, at around 2:45pm. When they arrived, they could hear the victim, 26, screaming for help. Inside the property, they discovered...

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Massive solar storm slams Earth

NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) - A geomagnetic storm that government scientists rate as severe hit the planet on Tuesday morning. The storm rated as a G4 on a NOAA scale, which tops out at G5. It's the strongest storm that's happened in the current solar cycle, which lasts about 11 years. The Space Weather Prediction Center says that the storm is from sun activity that started on March 15. Two magnetic eruptions occurred in quick succession. They combined...

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Mother tries to smuggle baby through airport security in backpack

A young mother reportedly attempted to smuggle her baby out of the Philippines in a rucksack. Authorities at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) found the two-month-old infant concealed in his 25-year-old mother’s bag on Monday evening, according to network ABS-CBN. The sleeping child was only discovered when the backpack was scanned by the X-ray machine at airport security. The mother, from Papa New Guinea, was identified as nursing...

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Condition of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, deteriorates

Singapore's former prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew pictured in 2013 at the Standard Chartered Forum in Singapore. Mr. Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital's intensive care unit in February. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The health of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who has been in hospital with pneumonia since February 5, has deteriorated further, the government said Wednesday. The Prime...

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BREAKING: Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, kill 2 Tunisians, 17 foreign tourists

Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015. Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015. Members of the Tunisian security services take up a position after gunmen reportedly took hostages near the country's parliament, outside the National Bardo Museum, Tunis, March 18, 2015. Tourists and visitors from...

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Australian boxer Smith dies following fight with Filipino

Despite his bruises, Brayd Smith (C) showed no signs of distress until well after his ten-round fight with John Vincent Moralde (L). Photo from Team Moralde MANILA, Philippines - Braydon Smith, the Australian boxer who collapsed shortly after losing a ten-round boxing match to Filipino fighter John Vincent Moralde, has died after being taken off life support on Monday, March 16. Family spokesman James O'Shea confirmed the news...

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WATCH: Cam-equipped bird flies off Dubai skyscraper, sets world record

Darshan the Eagle has set a new world record in a breathtaking mini-camera video that shows highest recorded bird flight from the tallest building in the world – Dubai’s Burj Khalifa – in an effort to bring awareness to eagle conservation. The camera strapped on Darshan shows off the entire flight from a bird’s eye view, capturing stunning Dubai’s architectural landscape. The bird of prey began its flight from the top of the 829.8-meter (2,722-foot)...

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Here is VAIO's first smartphone

No longer a part of Sony, VAIO likes the look of that smartphone market, and has decided to go up against its former parent company's Xperia series with its own creation -- one that looks very familiar to our smartphone-seasoned eyes. It's called the VAIO Phone, and it's launching in Japan in collaboration with one of the country's smaller carriers, b-mobile, on March 20th. advertising Remember this isn't the giant Sony we're dealing...

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Sources: Unbeaten world champ Rigondeaux sparring with Pacquiao

Getting a world-class sparring partner who has a similar style to Floyd Mayweather is beyond difficult to find, but Manny Pacquiao may have found just the perfect guy for the job. Sources told GMA News Online that unbeaten world super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux has been tapped to spar with Pacquiao in preparation for his long-awaited showdown against Mayweather on May 2. One source said that Pacquiao and Rigondeaux have already...

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