BREAKING NEWS: Russian Plane Crash: ISIS Release Picture of 'Schweppes Drinks Can Bomb Used in Attack'

Islamic State claims this picture reveals the bomb which brought down the Russian jetliner killing 224 people - disguised as a drinks can.

The image appeared in the latest edition of the extremists' magazine Dabiq.

The edition celebrates the recent Paris attacks and is entitled 'Just Terror'.

The magazine also claims to have images of passports belonging to victims who perished after the Metrojet flight exploded over Sinai.

UK Police Recruit Yoruba Speakers

The British Metropolitan Police Service has said four Yoruba-speaking officers have joined its fold.

This was contained in a response from the service to an enquiry by our correspondent.

According to the Information Manager of the MPS, Yvette Taylor, the service released the information having observed the 20 working days as stipulated in the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Taylor, in the response, said, “You have asked about Yoruba-speaking new police recruits. We currently do not have information regarding candidates who applied for the latest language campaign as we are still at the very early stages of the recruitment process for this campaign.

XENOPHOBIA: South Africa Repatriates 5,645 Foreigners

South Africa has repatriated 5,645 foreigners since the end of xenophobic attacks in late April, the government said on Sunday.

A Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, who said this in a statement, added that the foreigners chose to leave South Africa voluntarily.

Malawians made up the bulk of the foreigners, numbering 3,506, followed by Zimbabweans (1,440) Mozambicans (682), while Tanzanians had (17).

Mr. Radebe said the repatriation process started soon after the latest spate of xenophobic violence ended in April.
“The Department of Social Development continues to work closely with other relevant departments, as well as civil society organisations to provide support to displaced foreign nationals,” Mr. Radebe said.

SMART BULLET: U.S. Develops Bullet That Pursue Targets

The U.S. military said this week it has made great progress in its effort to develop a self-steering bullet.

In February, the "smart bullets" -- .50-caliber projectiles equipped with optical sensors -- passed their most successful round of live-fire tests to date, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.

In the tests, an experienced marksman "repeatedly hit moving and evading targets," a DARPA statement said.

"Additionally," the statement said, "a novice shooter using the system for the first time hit a moving target." In other words, now you don't even have to be a good shot to hit the mark.

XENOPHOBIC ATTACK: Photographer Who Snapped Killing Of Mozambican Interviewed On CNN

He checked the series of stills on his camera. It was then that photographer James Oatway realized the entire attack had taken less than two minutes.

It was the morning after a night of unrest in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township that saw foreign-owned shops looted and destroyed.

Mozambican Emmanuel Sithole was walking down a street when four South Africans surrounded him. Sithole pleaded for mercy, but it was already too late. The attackers bludgeoned him with a wrench, stabbed him with knives, all in broad daylight. And Oatway had captured it all on his camera.

"They looked like hardened thugs, just by their intensity, the way they moved, the expressions on their faces," Oatway told CNN. "They wanted one thing and that was to kill Emmanuel. They wanted his blood and nothing was going to stop them from doing that."

XENOPHOBIA: People Standing By While A Man Was Stabbed To Death In SA [PHOTOS]

People stood by while a Mozambican man, Emmanuel Sithole, was cornered, stabbed in the heart and left to die. This happened yesterday in Johannesburg and yes, he died from his wounds. Killed just for being from another African country.. and the story told by the journalist who witnessed this brutal stabbing is heartbreaking! See more photos and read the full story from Times Live after the cut…

The brutal death of Emmanuel Sithole 

As told by Beauregard Tromp and James Oatway for Timeslive.co.za

'SAINT BOKO HARAM? Boko Haram Threatens South Africa Over Xenophobic Attacks

In a reaction to the ongoing xenophobic attacks against African migrants in South Africa, the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has given a 24 hours ultimatum to Pretoria to stop the massacres or face bombing attacks from them.

This warning was reportedly contained in a brief YouTube video message, Nigerian Watch reports.

The blood thirsty sect threatened to extend its terror activities to South Africa if the killing continued, warning that that if the South African government refuse to contain the situation, it will execute all South Africans living in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and other surrounding countries.

The Boko Haram terrorists group also threatened to attack South African embassies in the aforementioned countries.

Meanwhile, it has not yet been confirmed if indeed the message is genuine or not.

INCREDIBLE: Fish Rain Over Streets In Thailand

Later Day manner has fallen on Thailand.  In Thailand Fishes Gets Litters All Over the Streets After Rainfall with many people expressing surprise.

Indeed, passersby have been held in awe as hundreds of fishes had flown to the banks of seashore and on the road.

Reports have it that most of fishes were found dead.

Whilst some people tried to save the fishes, others stood watching in amazement.

It is on record that rainy season in Thailand varies from region to region.

XENOPHOBIA:South Africans On Solidarity March Against Attacks On Foreigners

Thousands of people are expected to attend a march in South Africa's coastal city of Durban in solidarity with the country's foreign nationals.

The march, on Thursday, which includes religious leaders and concerned citizens, comes after weeks of attacks against foreign nationals in which at least five people have been killed and 74 people arrested since the end of March, according to Colonel Jay Naicker, the police spokesperson. Over 5,000 people had joined the prosession and that the atmosphere was calm with people ulilating and singing songs of solidarity.

South Korea Legalises Adultery!

South Korea's Constitutional Court has struck down a 60-year-old statute outlawing adultery under which violators faced up to two years in prison.

The nine-member bench ruled by seven to two that the 1953 law was unconstitutional in a judgement handed down on Thursday.

"Even if adultery should be condemned as immoral, state power should not intervene in individuals' private lives," said presiding justice Park Han-Chul.

It was the fifth time the apex court had considered the constitutional legality of the legislation which had made South Korea one of the few non-Muslim countries to regard marital infidelity as a criminal act.

CYBER ATTACK: North Korea Defiant As It Goes Back Online Following Internet Meltdown

The total breakdown of the web yesterday came just days after the US accused Kim Jong-Un of hacking Sony Pictures over The Interview film.

Defiant North Korea is back online following yesterday's cyber attack which caused internet meltdown in the communist nation.

Some services including the websites for the country’s official KCNA news agency and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper were back up and operating this morning.

But the recovery of service appears to be partial and unstable, with other websites that are run by the secretive state remaining down.

The state was hit by a total internet meltdown just days after the US accused the secretive Communist state of hacking Sony Pictures.

Hostage in Sydney Cafe, Gunman And 2 Hostages Dead

Amid a barrage of gunfire, police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney early Tuesday to end a 16-hour hostage siege by an Iranian-born gunman. Police said three people were killed — the gunman and two of the hostages — and four others were wounded.

Police raided the Lindt Chocolat Cafe after they heard a number of gunshots from inside, said New South Wales state police Commissioner Andrew Scipione.

"They made the call because they believed that at that time, if they didn't enter, there would have been many more lives lost," he said.

The gunman was identified as Man Haron Monis, who once was prosecuted for sending offensive letters to families of Australian troops killed in Afghanistan.

TODDLER ASSAULT: Ugandan Maid Jolly Tumuhirwe Jailed

 

A Ugandan maid has been sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a toddler, in a case which sparked national outrage after a video was released.

Jolly Tumuhirwe, 22, was filmed beating, kicking and stamping on the 18-month-old child.

On Friday, she said the attack was revenge after she was beaten by the child's mother.

The mother denied beating her. Earlier charges of torture were dropped.

Chief Magistrate Lillian Buchan told Tumuhirwe she had committed an "unjustifiable and inexcusable" crime.

Cockroach Found in Japanese Noodles

Days after a cockroach in frozen pasta sparked a mass recall in Japan, a noodle maker has shuttered its operations after claims a cooked bug was found inside a meal. Maruka Foods Corp said it was recalling two types of instant fried noodles, after "a claim from a customer that a foreign object, an insect, had been spotted inside one of the products". The company also said in a statement issued on Thursday that it had suspended its entire production line for the time being. The recall affects 46,000 packets of the popular Peyoung instant fried brand, which came into being in the 1970s and has a strong fanbase that refer to themselves as "Peyoungers". Maruka announced the recall after the customer posted a photo on Twitter showing the bug, later confirmed to be a two-centimetre (about 0.8 inch) black cockroach, entangled in noodles, local media said.

Meet Barack Obama's Lookalike Who Shares in His 'Fame And Dangers'

                        Barack Obama                                                            IIham Anas

Ilham Anas has travelled the world at the US President's doppelganger - work which has helped him build a home and support his family in Jakarta. If the most important man in the world ever needs a body double, he can rely on Ilham Anas.

The 40-year-old Indonesian's resemblance to Barack Obama is so uncanny he is regularly stopped at airports by admirers who mistake him for the US President. His work as Obama's doppelganger has seen him travel the world - including the US and China - build a home and support his family in Jakarta - where the real Obama spent time living as a kid. Ilham told wowzeto.com: "If I am wearing a suit, many people mistake me for the real Obama. "When I was in America, a grandmother got in the elevator with me and was so shocked to see 'Barack Obama' stood there she fainted." The unassuming father-of-two, who works as a photographer for a teen magazine, is regularly mobbed when out and about in Indonesia - thanks in part to his celebrity status as the fake US leader.

Nigeria Has The Second Highest Number Of Criminals In The UK

Nigerians always stand out wherever they happen to be; whether good or bad, a Nigerian man will be noticed.

Nigeria has emerged as one of the countries with the highest number of criminals in the UK. In a new report by Home Office, out of 106,000 Nigerians living in the UK, 832 are criminal offenders who have indulged in either rape, stealing or murder.

While Jamaica has the most notorious citizens in the UK with 1,026 of them being criminals out of just 47,000 people

ETHNIC VIOLENCE: ICC Drops Charges Against Uhuru Kenyatta

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta.

He had been indicted in connection with post-election ethnic violence in 2007-08, in which 1,200 people died.

Mr Kenyatta, who had denied the charges, said he felt "vindicated".

The prosecutor's office said the Kenyan government had refused to hand over evidence vital to the case.

Mr Kenyatta said he was "excited" and "relieved" at the dropping of charges.

"My conscience is absolutely clear," he said, adding that his case had been "rushed there without proper investigation".

South Africa Marks One Year Remembrance Of Mandela's Death

South Africans on Friday marked one year since the death of Nelson Mandela with services, blasting vuvuzelas and a cricket match to honour his enormous legacy as an anti-apartheid icon and global beacon of hope.

An interfaith service kicked off the day's events in Pretoria, at the Freedom Park amphitheatre dedicated to the country's liberation heroes.

"Twenty years of democracy has been possible because of Mandela," tribal chief Ron Martin said as the sun rose over the Pretoria hills and the smell of herbs burning in spiralled antelope horns wafted over the ceremony.

"Any sense of pride was frowned upon by apartheid," he said, "but we are reclaiming that today."

Two Americans Arrested For Filming In Gilgil Without Permission

Police in Gilgil are holding two foreigners arrested taking pictures of key installations in the town that is home to hundreds of soldiers. The two women were arrested in the town centre on Wednesday morning after a tip-off from the public. In the wake of the recent terror attacks, the two who were found filming from the top of a building were whisked away for further questioning. Sources said the women had in the past filmed some army barracks, raising suspicion among the public. Trouble started after the two were spotted early in the morning in a building in the town taking pictures without permission.

According to a witness who declined to be named, the two were acting suspiciously and tried to hide their cameras once confronted. "The two had been spotted in a different section of the town taking pictures and their intentions were not clear," said the witness. He added that they decided to call in the police. "We are worried by the goings-on in Mandera and we decided to inform the police who acted fast and arrested the two women," said the witness.

Palestinian Woman Stabs Israeli, Shot By Security Forces

A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was then shot and wounded by security forces, the military and police said. Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has risen in the past months. Attacks carried out by Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis. Twelve Palestinians have been killed, including several of the assailants.

The latest incident occurred in the Etzion bloc of Jewish settlements near Jerusalem. The Israeli was lightly wounded. A military spokesman said the Israeli was a civilian and that security forces "overcame the suspect and transferred her for further medical assistance". A police spokeswoman said the Palestinian woman who carried out the attack was shot. Reuters witnesses saw her being taken to Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital.