Getty Images Travis Timmerman said he was arrested after entering the country on foot A US man, detained for months in a Syrian prison after entering the country on foot, has described being freed by hammer-wielding men as rebels overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The man – who later identified himself as Travis Timmerman…
Aymara shamans, or amautas, in Bolivia are refusing to leave their homes El Alto despite being just feet away from a deadly drop. Locals call the shacks on the edge of a cliff “suicide homes” for the high risk that the inhabitants take. The structures are becoming increasingly unstable due to heavy rains and the…
Gunmen in Mexico have shot dead a judge outside a courthouse in the city of Acapulco. Judge Edmundo Román Pinzón was hit by at least four bullets as he was driving out of the courthouse car park on Wednesday afternoon, local time. He was a senior judge who had been president of the highest court…
Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to end their bitter dispute over Addis Ababa’s plans to build a port in the breakaway republic of Somaliland following talks in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the “historic agreement”, which he said would eventually ensure landlocked Ethiopia’s access to the sea. At the press conference he held…
Getty Images The decision was long awaited in Bulgaria and Romania, but for truckers, the bureaucracy is not yet over Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone. The decision by fellow EU member states means that…
The Australian state of Queensland has passed laws which will see children as young as 10 subject to the same penalties as adults if convicted of crimes such as murder, serious assault and break-ins. The government says the harsher sentencing rules are in response to “community outrage over crimes being perpetrated by young offenders” and…
Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton are reportedly looking ahead for the most important roles of their lives by becoming the king and queen of the United Kingdom.Kate Middleton recently hosted the fourth annual “Together at Christmas service“, marking a milestone after a challenging year for the Prince and Princess of Wales. The service at…
The US Supreme Court (SC) has held that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) retains broad discretionary power to revoke approved visa petitions, even when such revocations are based on allegations of fraud or sham marriages. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the SC affirmed that federal courts lack jurisdiction to…
Uncertainty over future of Syrian camp holding women, children linked to ISIS – CBS News Watch CBS News The al-Hol camp in northeast Syria holds about 6,000 women and children, the family members of Islamic State fighters who were either captured or killed. The camp is guarded by American-backed forces who control about a quarter…
Kremlin sources have revealed the tricks Russia reportedly used to smuggle President Bashar al-Assad out of Syria as his regime suddenly collapsed. It comes as one of Vladimir Putin’s allies confirmed for the first time today that Russia did indeed help the ousted dictator flee to Moscow. Three sources told Bloomberg News that Moscow organised for Assad to…
