Category: WORLD

A 16-year-old schoolgirl was set to be charged Tuesday with raising money to support the Islamic State group, Australian police said, warning of a “trend of teenage children” involved in such activities. The girl and a 20-year-old man were arrested in the western Sydney suburb of Guildford in the morning, New South Wales state police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said. “We will be alleging that they were involved in obtaining money to send offshore to assist the Islamic State in its activities,” Burn told reporters in Sydney. “The 16-year-old girl…

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An explosion has detonated at a Metro station in Brussels, it has been reported. Maalbeek Metro Station is in central Brussels and is situated near EU buildings. Eye witnesses have reported being evacuated after the station filled with smoke. Photos posted to social media appear to show people running out of the station and into the adjoining street, surrounded by smoke. Metro company STIB announced on Twitter that all Metro stations are now closed. The blast follows two explosions at Zaventem Airport in Brussels this morning shortly before 8am local…

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A teenager applying for a job at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen nailed the interview when he helped stop a robbery in New Orleans this weekend. Devin Washington, 18, was being interviewed Saturday when the suspect came in. The man asked the cashier for change for a dollar. When the drawer was open, he reached over and grabbed some cash, Assistant Manager Danyanna Metoyer said. The suspect bolted for the door only to be stopped when the assistant manager grabbed his arm. Seeing the suspect struggling with Metoyer, the teen sprang…

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Two rookie soldiers were allegedly forced to rape each other during an initiation ceremony at Pirbright Barracks in Surrey. Within weeks off joining the Household Division regiment of the Welsh Guards, the men were reportedly made to perform sexual acts on each other by members of their company. They had just finished seven months of training before returning to Pirbright for their first ceremonial rotation at the Tower of London. This “initiation” was allegedly caught on video and passed around the barracks via WhatsApp and SnapChat. A source told the Sun on Sunday: “What…

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Leaving the European Union could cost Britain as much as £100 billion ($144 billion) and 950,000 jobs by 2020, according to research commissioned by a business lobby group. The Confederation of British Industry said dropping out of the union would “cause a serious shock to the U.K. economy.” It was commenting on the analysis carried out by professional services firm PwC. Britain will hold a referendum on June 23 to decide whether to remain a member of the EU, or to leave — the so called Brexit. Polls show voters…

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The former UN secretary-general, Mr. Kofi Annan, has said the time has come for a woman to lead the United Nations, canvassing support for member nations. Annan, who stated this in an interview with FRANCE 24 called on the council has to change in line with current realities. Asked about the next leader of the UN, who will be chosen this year, Kofi Annan said: “After 70 years, the time has come that we see a woman secretary-general in the post. When she arrives, I trust the member states will support and work with her”. The former…

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Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, a Russian-born Swiss businesswoman who owns the French football club Olympique de Marseille, has given birth to twin girls at the age of 53, her spokeswoman said on Monday. “The mother and babies are doing well,” the spokeswoman said in an email to AFP, confirming press reports at the weekend. Louis-Dreyfus, who will be 54 in June, inherited the group Louis-Dreyfus Commodities, a 160-year-old giant in the world commodities business, after her husband Robert Louis-Dreyfus died in 2009. They had three boys including twins. The father of the…

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U.S. President Barack Obama turns from sightseeing to state business on his historic Cuba trip on Monday, pressing President Raul Castro for economic and democratic reforms while hearing complaints about continued U.S. economic sanctions. Obama and Castro will have their fourth meeting, likely their most substantial, at the Palace of the Revolution, where Castro and his predecessor, older brother Fidel Castro, have led Cuba’s resistance to U.S. pressure going back decades. A U.S. presidential visit to the inner sanctum of Cuban power would have been unthinkable before Obama and Raul…

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