Migrant crisis: Greece starts deportations to Turkey
Media captionThe first buses carrying people being returned to Turkey arrive at the port of Lesbos, Greece The first boats carrying migrants being deported from Greece has arrived in Turkey as part of an EU plan aimed at easing mass migration to Europe.Scores of migrants boarded ferries on the Greek island of Lesbos and arrived in Dikili, western Turkey. Frontex, the EU's border agency, told the BBC that 136 people left Lesbos on Monday morning, most from Pakistan. The EU-Turkey deal has be..>> view original'An insult to dignity': Air France faces mutiny after asking staff to wear headscarves in Iran
Air France is facing a mutiny after instructing female crew to wear trousers during flights to Iran and to don a “loose-fitting jacket and headscarf” before leaving the plane in Tehran. Staff representatives have accused the airline, which will resume flights to the Iranian capital later this month, of forcing women staff to wear clothes that are an “ostentatious religious sign” that goes against French law. Union leaders said the dress code was an attack on individual freedoms and insisted the..>> view originalDebris found in Mauritius could be of MH370
A mural of MH370 in Kuala Lumpur. —FILE PHOTO: AP A piece of debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will be examined by investigators to see if it came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian officials said on Sunday.The discovery comes less than two weeks after officials confirmed that two pieces of debris found along the coast of Mozambique were almost certainly from the aircraft that vanished on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board during a flight from Ku..>> view originalDonald Trump admits to awful week, tries to right campaign before Wisconsin primary
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Eau Claire, Wissonsin. on Saturday. Photo: AP Milwaukee: A frustrated Donald Trump is working to right his campaign after a rough week and is on the defensive before the closely watched primary in Wisconsin.Mr Trump trails Texas senator Ted Cruz in the polls in Wisconsin and faces the prospect of a loss that could stem his momentum toward securing the Republican presidential nomination. ..>> view originalWalmart CCTV filmed 'last moments Cherish Perrywinkle seen alive'
They could have been mistaken for a father and his young daughter happily leaving a US department store after a spot of shopping.However the man and girl filmed exiting a Walmart chain on an evening in 2013 has been identified as murdered eight-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle and her accused killer Donald Smith.Unsettling CCTV video appears to show Cherish’s last moments before she was kidnapped, raped and killed and her body found in front of a church, the Daily Mail reports. In the footage, whic..>> view originalPoland: People Rally Against Proposed Abortion Ban
Thousands of people on Sunday rallied against the proposed abortion ban by the Catholic Church; this is backed up by the Polish government. The rally was organised by a socialist party in front of the parliament in Warsaw after Law and Justice (PiS ...>> view originalJihadists say airstrike killed veteran al Qaeda leader in Syria
Jihadists on social media reported earlier today that Abu Firas al Suri, who served al Qaeda since the 1980s, was killed in an airstrike in Syria. Abu Firas relocated from Yemen to Syria in late 2012 or early 2013 as part of al Qaeda’s attempt to smooth over the then simmering tensions between Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS). The mediation efforts failed and ISIS grew into the Islamic State, becoming al Qaeda’s chief jihadist rival around the globe. It is not cle..>> view originalMuslim woman mown down in Brussels
Hit-and-run ... Far-right hooligans in the Belgian suburb of Molenbeek deliberately run over a Muslim woman crossing the street. Source: YouTube Press Nal_TVA MUSLIM woman was mown down and seriously injured in a shocking hit-and-run during tense clashes sparked by an anti-Islam rally in Brussels. Video has emerged of the horrific moment the car ploughed through a police line and crashed into the woman as she crossed the road, reports The Sun.The Audi then sped away driving over her legs as she ..>> view originalFlash floods kill dozens in north-west Pakistan
Flash floods kill dozens in north-west Pakistan Villagers stand outside their homes during flash flooding on the outskirts of Peshawar. Photo: AP Peshawar: Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 45 people in north-west Pakistan, officials say.Rains started overnight on Saturday and caused flash flooding in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a Pakistani national disaster management official, Latif ur Rehman, said.Anoth..>> view originalATO investigates 800 linked to Panama papers
Monday, April 4, 2016
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