world news 060718

A Jealous wife has been arrested after hacking off her husband’s joystick today– with a 12-inch-long carving knife. Karuna Sanusan, 24, carried out the bloody attack on 40-year-old Siripan after discovering he was having an affair, she told police. She then hurled his severed manhood out the...

Former Israeli energy minister Gonen Segev, seen here at a 2004 remand hearing following his arrest on suspicion of attempted drug-trafficking, has gone on trial on charges of spying for Israel’s arch-foe Iran. A former Israeli government minister went on trial on Thursday on charges of spying...

Germany, Austria and Italy said yesterday they would hold talks next week on how to shut down the Mediterranean route taken by tens of thousands of migrants from Africa to Europe, with Rome calling the situation urgent and “dangerous”. The initiative came after German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

At least 15 people have been killed in a fire at a market in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. More than 70 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out in the middle of the night destroying many properties. Gikomba is one of the largest open-air markets in … Read more via Leadership...

China’s state media lashed out at President Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the White House of behaving like a "gang of hoodlums" as the world’s two biggest economies careened toward the start of an outright trade war.... Read more via Automotive News Breaking News Feed –...

President Donald Trump is firing the biggest shot yet in the global trade war by imposing tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports, including auto parts, delivering on a promise to his political supporters that risks provoking retaliation .... Read more via Automotive News Breaking News Feed...