Wednesday, September 30

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Isis supporters threaten London with terror attacks in new propaganda video
ENGLISH, London

Isis supporters threaten London with terror attacks in new propaganda video

    A video made by Isis supporters threatened London, Berlin and Rome (Picture: [copyright]) Isis supporters have released a new video calling for new terror attacks in London, Berlin and Rome. The video, called “Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands”, called on extremists to “kill (infidels) wherever you find them”. After showing footage of the attacks in Paris and Brussels, as well as 9/11, the narrator called the previous atrocities a “cautionary message” to nations fighting the so-called Islamic State. “If it was Paris yesterday, and today in Brussels, Allah knows where it will be tomorrow,” a narrator said in English. “Maybe it will be in London or Berlin or Rome.” Gory clips of executions were played as a religious song urged followers to launch lone-wolf att...
US-Bangla Airlines to Launch Kathmandu Flight
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

US-Bangla Airlines to Launch Kathmandu Flight

Dhaka, April 03, 2016: After the successful operation of US-Bangla Airlines in the domestic region it has declared Kathmandu to be its first international destination in Nepal. US-Bangla operates flights to highest number of destinations and carried the highest number of passengers within Bangladesh. The government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh granted them with the permission to operate international flights considering its successful operation. From its inception, it earned a solid reputation on dependence and received acceptance from the passengers for its on-time departure, which is about 98.7% and operated over 1000 successful flights. Backed up with this sincere efforts, US-Bangla Airlines is crossing the borders of this country and will be flying to Dhaka-Kathmandu route on...
Panama Papers leak of 11m documents reveals how the super rich hide their money
ENGLISH, Europe

Panama Papers leak of 11m documents reveals how the super rich hide their money

    The largest ever leak of documents has revealed how an offshore law firm has helped its clients to hide their money in tax havens. Dubbed the Panama Papers, the 11 million confidential documents from Mossack Fonseca show how the Panama-based firm has used shell companies to benefit the world’s rich and powerful. Some clients have laundered money, dodged sanctions and evaded tax. The files show links to 72 current or former heads of state, including secret offshore companies linked to family and associates of Egypt’s former president, Hosni Mubarak, Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, and Libya’s ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi. Two close allies of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, are linked to an alleged money-laundering ring. At least $1bn (£700m) is thought to have been ch...
Terrifying pictures of ghost children caught on camera at haunted 17th century home
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Terrifying pictures of ghost children caught on camera at haunted 17th century home

    The eerie apparitions of two children have been 'caught on camera' by ghost hunters at a 17th century home. These spooky images were taken by paranormal investigation group The Haunted Hunts during a visit to Pen-Y-Lan Hall near Ruabon, in North Wales. The first image shows what appears to be a young boy in black staring out of the Grade-II listed gothic building’s window. While another hair-raising photograph captured in the grounds of the home features the ghostly face of a young girl, with eyes, nose and mouth clearly visible. The gothic house was built in 1690 and is said to be home to a number of ghostly apparitions, reports the Daily Post. Visitors claim to have heard footsteps and voices from empty rooms and strange shadows lurking in the dark. Legend tells that the...
Terror Arrest At Gatwick airport
ENGLISH, London

Terror Arrest At Gatwick airport

    A 24-year-old man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport over what police describe as Syria-related terrorism offences. Counter-terrorism officers detained the man before he boarded a flight, West Midlands Police said. A woman, aged 20, was arrested at an address in west London. The pair are being held at a police station in the West Midlands, while searches are being carried out at two addresses in Birmingham. A police statement said: "There was no risk to any passengers at Gatwick Airport or to the wider public in relation to these arrests."
Kim Wong surrenders additional $0.83m to AMLC
Asia, ENGLISH

Kim Wong surrenders additional $0.83m to AMLC

    Casino junket operator Kam Sin Kim Wong today delivered another $830,595.50 (P38.28 million) to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of Philippine for safekeeping in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) headquarters in Manila. AMLC officials will eventually surrender the amount to the Bangladesh officials, reports The Manila Times. This is on top of the initially surrendered $4.63 million, part of the $81 million stolen by hackers from the Bangladesh Bank. Wong, represented by his legal counsel Victor Fernandez, turned over the money to AMLC member. Among those present during the turnover were BSP officer-in-charge Vicente Aquino, Bangladesh Embassy Manila Deputy Chief of Mission Shahnaz Gazi, Insurance Commissioner Emmanuel Dooc, AMLC Executive Director Julia Bacay-A...
David Cameron’s father and senior Tory figures named in Panama Papers leak
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

David Cameron’s father and senior Tory figures named in Panama Papers leak

    David Cameron’s father, senior Tory peers and former Conservative MPs are among the hundreds of individuals named in an unprecedented leak of confidential documents showing how the world’s richest people hide their wealth. Though he is not named in the reports himself, the British Prime Minister is linked to the so-called “Panama Papers” by his late father Ian Cameron, who died in 2010. According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which coordinated the research into the 11 million secret files handed over by an anonymous source, Mr Cameron used Mossack Fonseca’s services to shield his investment fund, Blairmore Holdings Inc. A 2006 prospectus for Blairmore Holdings Inc described Mr Cameron, a stockbroker and multi-millionaire, as “instrumental in...
Greece readies to send first migrants back in EU Turkey deal
ENGLISH, Europe

Greece readies to send first migrants back in EU Turkey deal

    Greek authorities are gearing up to send hundreds of failed asylum-seekers back to Turkey, which is racing to set up reception centres under a controversial EU deal. Some 750 migrants are set to be sent back between Monday and Wednesday, Greek state news agency ANA said, the first wave of deportations under the much-criticised agreement struck last month. All irregular migrants now face being sent back from the Greek islands to Turkey, as Europe grapples with its worst migration crisis since World War II. Greece has been struggling to get the infrastructure in place under its side of the deal, which has been met with scepticism by EU members like Austria, while the United Nations argues it is illegal. "Planning is in progress," Yiorgos Kyritsis, spokesman for Greece's refu...
Illegal Jewish schools: Department of Education knew about council faith school cover up as thousands of pupils disappeared
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Illegal Jewish schools: Department of Education knew about council faith school cover up as thousands of pupils disappeared

    Children were witnessed going into the building greeted by people who appeared to be teachers (Picture: [copyright]) A London council’s education authority destroyed evidence that children were being educated in illegal faith schools at the request of religious institutions, The Independent can exclusively reveal. The Department for Education has been aware of this cover-up since 2010 but does not appear to have taken any steps to act against the destruction of these records. An investigation by The Independent has also found that more than 1,000 children are currently missing from schools in London and are at risk of abuse in illegal faith schools. The schools are ultra-Orthodox Jewish faith schools at which boys are placed from the age of 13, and where they receive no ed...
Erdoğan inaugurates mosque in America: US based Ottoman-style mosque and cultural center opened with huge ceremony
America, ENGLISH

Erdoğan inaugurates mosque in America: US based Ottoman-style mosque and cultural center opened with huge ceremony

    The Turkish funded Diyanet Center of America was inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Washington DC area with a huge ceremony on Saturday. The facility, built on a 16-acre campus in Maryland, just 21 kilometers (13 miles) from the nation's capital, represents the 'kulliye' tradition of a complex of social and religious buildings which were common in Turkey's Ottoman period. Built to seek common ground between people of different faiths and cultures, the complex features a mosque, cultural center, guest house, traditional Turkish houses and a Turkish bath. An Islamic Research Center within the building will provide a consultancy service for undergraduate and graduate students coming from Turkey to the U.S. There is also an Islamic Arts Museum below t...