Israeli women and children on their return from captivity in Gaza have spoken of being beaten and threatened, moved from place to place and forced to whisper during weeks spent with little to do, their families say. Most captives released during a six-day-old truce have been rushed to hospitals in a country still reeling from … Read more
“Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a b***h?” It certainly looks that way after the comedian got into a scuffle following an accident. The actor was involved in a car accident on Sunday when another driver struck his car. The incident took place as he was traveling down the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. … Read more
Manila, Philippines — When Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano were abducted last month while volunteering with fishing communities opposed to reclamation activities in Manila Bay, human rights groups suspected the state was involved. When the security forces claimed the pair had surrendered as communist rebels, their contemporaries believed they had been forced into doing so … Read more
Six children and two adults became trapped earlier on Tuesday when a cable snapped while they were crossing a river canyon. Army commandos using helicopters, a makeshift chairlift and local expertise rescued eight people from a broken cable car as it dangled hundreds of metres above a canyon in a remote, mountainous part of Pakistan. … Read more