The world this week
Over 200 mass shooting incidents have been reported in the US in 2015, with the latest shooting at Lousiana movie theatre that killed three people, including the shooter, a media report said. (Photo: AP)- The Tunisian parliament adopted a new anti-terror law overnight Friday aimed at beefing up powers to confront a jihadist threat following deadly attacks but which has been slammed by rights groups as draconian. (Photo: AFP)
- China is frantically giving finishing touches to the world's largest radio telescope designed to find signs of alien life following NASA's recent discovery of 'Earth 2.0' with the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. (Photo: Facebook)
- A woman watched her father being mauled to death by a large shark on Saturday while the pair were diving off the Australian island state of Tasmania.
- Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit a residential area in a quiet Red Sea town in Yemen, killing at least 120 people in the deadliest strike against civilians since the March offensive began, security and medical officials said. (Photo: AP)
- Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone many experts had thought would elude it as internal conflict hampered the battle against the crippling disease. (Photo: AP)
- Inadequate shelter, school closures and a lack of safe water and sanitation are the three biggest concerns of Nepali children affected by two huge earthquakes, said a major survey published on Saturday, the three month anniversary of the first quake
- A Muslim boarding school in the UK has been found allegedly threatening its pupils against speaking to "outsiders". An investigation by 'Sky News' found that the Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, northern England, threatens to expel
- President Barack Obama nudged African nations Saturday to treat gays and lesbians equally under the law, a position that remains unpopular through much of the continent. Obama's Kenyan counterpart responded by calling the matter a "non-issue" for
- The UK police on Saturday have chastised the Youtube prankster who needed rescuing after jumping from Tower Bridge because of a dare, saying his ‘stupidity takes some beating’. (Photo: Screen Grab)
Over 200 mass shooting incidents have been reported in the US in 2015, with the latest shooting at Lousiana movie theatre that killed three people, including the shooter, a media report said. (Photo: AP)
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