The Israeli army says it has discovered a tunnel running 1.7km (1 mile) from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The tunnel led from a house to a site close to a kibbutz, Ein Hashlosha, and could have been used to carry out attacks on civilians, a spokesman said. Israel has responded by halting the transfer of all construction materials to Gaza. Restrictions on the private sector were lifted last […]
Accounts of the 14-year-old’s exorcism at a house in Missouri (pictured) in 1949 are based on diary extracts by Father Raymond Bishop, one of the Jesuit priests who performed the exorcism. One diary entry, dated 11 April 1949, reads: ‘At midnight, the Fathers planned to give (Roland) Holy Communion, but Satan would have no part of it. The word HELLO was printed on his chest and thigh.’ It was a […]
Edinburgh, Oct. 2 (ANI): The Vatican bank has published the first annual report in its 125-year history, as part of an attempt to become more financially transparent. Bank President Ernst Von Freyberg said the 100-page report was an attempt to meet the commitment to transparency that Catholics around the world ‘rightfully expect’. According to the Scotsman, a five-member committee appointed by Pope Francis, who has promised to clean up the […]
The first stone was laid at La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in 1882 It’s architect, Antoni Gaudí, died after he was hit by a tram in 1926 It’s only 65 per cent complete, but builders say they can finish it in 13 years Barcelona’s world famous Sagrada Família will finally be finished by 2026, the architect in charge has vowed… nearly 150 years after work began. That will make it […]
China is moving forwards at an astonishing rate, but it lacks one vital commodity – young women. Men of marriageable age are confronted by a shrinking pool of potential female partners – and the competition to find a bride is fierce. Clutching his iced coffee, Peng Tai strolls down the street and disappears into a shopping mall. Half way up the escalator, he surveys the scene below. “What about that […]
Sitting 7,000ft above the ground, this precarious looking shed juts out from atop an Alps mountain. The building was built to house the operator of a chairlift in the Portes du Soleil resort in Switzerland. And with unabated views across the stunning mountain ranges, there are worse places to call your office. Real estate agent Florin Biscu, from Romania, took pictures of the floating shed during a recent trip […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS James Fergusson: Somali teens lured into Al-Shabaab by promise of food, security Many are orphans, he says, with no real Islamic ideology, who want to survive Recruiters tell of virgins in heaven, he says; Americans lured by tales of battle He says until Somalia gives teens a chance at a decent life, they will turn to Al-Shabaab Editor’s note: James Fergusson is a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent […]
Barely half an hour after they were jolted by a major earthquake on Tuesday, people of the Pakistani coastal town of Gwadar had another shock when they saw a new island emerge in the sea, just over a kilometre from the shore. A local journalist, Bahram Baloch, received the news via a text message from a friend. “It said a hill has appeared outside my house,” Mr Baloch said. “I […]
