116-year-old claims to be world’s oldest woman
Handout picture distributed in Lima by the Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion of 116-year-old Filomena Taipe Mendoza (C), reportedly born on December 20, 1897, surrounded by members...
View ArticleMan survives 1,500-metre fall with tangled parachute
“It’s a miracle he’s alive,” emergency room doctor Guillermo Pacheco said. “It was the will of God he survived.” A Peruvian air force NCO whose parachute malfunctioned during a training exercise...
View ArticleGreat unveiling: Iranian women ditching their head scarves on Facebook
In some ways, the social police in Iran have become less suffocating in recent decades. Unmarried men and women now date, and sometimes even live together. Meanwhile, Facebook may be illegal, but the...
View ArticleFive Valentine Day’s drinkers get 39 years in jail, 8,000 lashes
Five men caught with six women at the party A Saudi court sentenced five local men to a total 39 years in jail and ordered them lashed 8,000 times after they were caught with six women and liquor...
View ArticleMan strips naked before White House; assaults police official
WASHINGTON: A man walked up to a White House entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday afternoon, stripped naked and assaulted an officer who tried to subdue him, according to a spokesman for the U.S....
View ArticleTipu Sultan’s ring sells for 145,000 pounds in UK
ISLAMABAD: A unique golden ring belonging to Mysore’s (Sub-continent) 18th century legendary Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan has been sold for a whopping 145,000 pounds at an auction here, 10 times more...
View ArticleIndian dentist in US tries to extract 20 teeth at once, kills patient
ISLAMABAD: The license of an Indian dentist was revoked in the US after he attempted to extract 20 teeth from the mouth of a 64-year-old woman in one sitting which led to her death. The dentist, Dr...
View ArticlePM orders removal of peacock plume from Chitrali cap
By Umar Shahzad Dasu: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday directed the authorities concerned of the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa provincial government to ensure ban on usage of peacock plume from the...
View ArticleThousands celebrate birthday of first Taiwan-born panda cub
AFP TAIPEI: Thousands braved the summer heat Sunday to celebrate the first birthday of Yuan Zai, the first giant panda cub born in Taiwan, who has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors in six...
View ArticleDog elected as mayor of an important city
Duke, the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota, just won reelection to a third consecutive term. -AP Duke may be the most popular politician in America, winning re-election for a landmark third time in a...
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