Author Archives: OP King

Media captionEagles fans carry a broken pole in Philadelphia Incidents of rioting and looting have taken place in the US city of Philadelphia as fans celebrated a historic Super Bowl win on Sunday. Social media pictures showed scenes of chaos as tens of thousands of Philadelphia Eagles’ fans rejoiced. A police officer is among thoseContinue reading “Super Bowl: Looting and rioting rock victorious Philadelphia”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe attacker managed to escape from the scene An Israeli man has been stabbed to death outside a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, in what Israeli police say was a terrorist attack. The victim, Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal, was attacked at a bus stop near Ariel. Israeli security forces are searchingContinue reading “Israeli man stabbed to death at West Bank settlement”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionLast month, Mennonites were told that the body of kidnapped farmer Abraham Fehr had been found A Paraguayan guerrilla group has freed two Mennonite men it had been holding hostage for five months. The two were released after their families paid a ransom and handed over food to local communities, Paraguayan mediaContinue reading “Paraguay’s EPP rebels free two Mennonite hostages”

Image copyrightEPAImage captionPope Francis’s trip to Chile and Peru was overshadowed by the row A victim of a paedophile priest in Chile has revealed he wrote to the Pope in 2015 about an alleged cover-up after Francis denied getting evidence. Juan Carlos Cruz, a victim of cleric Fernando Karadima in the 1980s, accused fellow priestContinue reading “Juan Barros case: Chile sex abuse letter contradicts Pope over ‘cover-up’”

Viktor Ahn (middle) won three gold medals at Sochi 2014 XXIII Olympic Winter Games Venue: Pyeongchang, South Korea Dates: 9-25 February Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, Red Button, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and mobile app. Thirty-two Russian athletes have appealed against their exclusion from this month’s Winter Olympics. They include those who had their life bans liftedby theContinue reading “Winter Olympics 2018: 32 Russians to appeal against Pyeongchang exclusion”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionSecurity was heavy outside Dutch diplomatic buildings in Turkey in March 2017 The Netherlands has formally withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey and said no new Turkish ambassador will be accepted in The Hague. The decision marks the deepening of a row that began when the Dutch barred Turkish ministers from campaigning amongContinue reading “Turkey-Netherlands row: Dutch ambassador withdrawn”

Image copyrightCHARLES STURT UNIVERSITYImage captionProf Clive Hamilton says his book is critical of China A controversial book that details allegations of Chinese interference in Australian society will be released after finding a new publisher. Australian author Prof Clive Hamilton said three publishers had declined to take on his book due to fears of legal “retaliation”Continue reading “Controversial China ‘influence’ book to be published”

Image copyrightCOURTESY: MILAAP.ORGImage captionDhanyashri has fractures on her spine and her legs A crowdfunding site in India has raised more than 1.6 million rupees ($24,976; £17,680) for a four-year-old girl who was critically injured after a drunk man fell on her from a three-storey building. The girl, Dhanyashri Sridhar, is still recovering in hospital. TheContinue reading “Crowdfunding pays hospital bills of injured India girl”

A crew of 22 Indian nationals have been freed by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin in West Africa. The crew was on board an oil tanker called the Marine Express, which went missing last Thursday and has also been released with its entire cargo of oil. All crew members are safe, accordingContinue reading “Pirates free 22 Indian crewmen in Gulf of Guinea”

Image copyrightSPACEXImage captionThe Falcon Heavy will go up from the Kennedy Space Center Elon Musk will attempt to fly the world’s most powerful rocket later with his own sports car on the top. The US entrepreneur’s Falcon Heavy launcher is designed to have twice the lifting capacity of any other vehicle. But because of theContinue reading “Elon Musk’s huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch”