Saudi man divorces wife on wedding night

Saudi man divorces wife on wedding night. A Saudi man is said to have divorced his wife on the night of their nuptials after he was given explicit pictures of his bride by her former lover.

According to local reports, which cite a story by religious preacher Shaikh Ghazi Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shammari, the newlyweds were celebrating their marriage at a hotel when the groom received a bouquet of flowers with a memory stick containing the offending photos.

Meriam Ibrahim Ishag set free from prison in Sudan

Meriam Ibrahim Ishag set free from prison in Sudan. A Sudanese woman who gave birth in prison after being sentenced to death for converting to Christianity, has been set free.

The case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag sparked an outcry from Western governments and rights groups after a judge sentenced her to hang on May 15.

The young 27-year-old physician, was convicted under the Islamic sharia law that has been in force in Sudan since 1983 and makes conversions of faith punishable by death.

Abu Dhabi is set to build the world’s first underground park, Al Fayah Park, in the desert

Abu Dhabi is set to build the world’s first underground park, Al Fayah Park, in the desert. What happens when one of the richest countries in the world sits in the middle of a desert? They go underground.

The urban planners of Abu Dhabi asked London design studio, Heatherwick, to create a park that would provide some relief for its residents from the oppressing heat and as a place to wind down.

Spread over 1.3 million square feet, Al Fayah Park will look like a 65 foot high mound of earth from the outside. Using the natural landscape as inspiration, Heatherwick studied the surrounding desert to come up with their one of a kind design.

MH370 families star whistleblower fund

MH370 families star whistleblower fund. Relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are launching a crowd-funding campaign that aims to raise a US$3 million ($3.22 million) reward for whistleblower information about the missing plane.

“We are taking matters into our own hands,” said Sarah Bajc, whose partner, Philip Wood, 50, was on the flight when it disappeared on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Although an extensive and costly search has been underway for weeks, “there is no credible evidence” the jet is in the southern Indian Ocean, Ms Bajc says.

Mystery man in boxers stops traffic in Scotland

Mystery man in boxers stops traffic in Scotland. A MAN who was only dressed in a pair of green tartan boxers caused traffic chaos in Scotland, after he ran on to the road, and jumped on to cars.

The man, whose identity has not been revealed yet, ran on to the M8 motorway during the morning peak hour, and brought the motorway to a grinding halt, STV News reports.

Mother of MH370 passenger with stolen passport breaks silence

Mother of MH370 passenger with stolen passport breaks silence. He was suspected of being a terrorist and accused of killing all on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370, but Pouria Nourmohammadi was just an “ordinary kid” fleeing Iran in fear of religious persecution.

It was 12 weeks ago that his mother, Niloufar Vaezi Tehrani, was waiting for her son to land in Frankfurt.

Since then she has suffered in silence, isolation and under intense scrutiny after it was revealed Pouria and another Iranian passenger — 29-year-old Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza — had used stolen passports to board the ill-fated flight.

Nigerian President afraid to visit kidnapped schoolgirls town

Nigerian President afraid to visit kidnapped schoolgirls town. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the home town of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants.

“The president has cancelled his visit to Chibok. It was on his schedule up until this morning,” a presidential official said on Friday, without giving a reason.

Instead of visiting the remote town in northeastern Borno state, Jonathan is now due to head direct to a security summit in Paris on Saturday to discuss the Boko Haram threat to regional stability.

South African politician eats a hat

South African politician eats a hat. A South African politician has gnawed a hat after swearing to eat one if his party lost votes in this week's elections.

Mosiuoa Lekota, leader of the small Congress of the People (COPE) party, picked one out several hats that were offered to him - with tomato sauce on hand.

Dating show contestant reveals he killed his wife and lover [VIDEO]

Dating show contestant reveals he killed his wife and lover. Honesty will take you a long way to making an impression on your first date.

But there are some things you probably should keep to yourself.

If only someone had mentioned that to Sefer Calinak, a 62-year-old man looking for a wife on a TV dating show in Turkey.

Calinak stunned the host and studio audience after revealing that he had murdered his first wife and later killed a lover with an ax during an argument, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reports.

Brazil football fan killed by toilet

Brazil football fan killed by toilet. Just 40 days before the nation hosts the FIFA World Cup, a soccer fan in Brazil has died after being hit in the head by a toilet bowl thrown following a match in the host city of Recife.

Paul Ricardo Gomes da Silva was killed after Santa Cruz played Parana at the Arruda stadium on Friday, when rioting fans ripped three toilet bowls from restrooms and dropped them on crowds below the stands.

Estimated to have landed with more than 750 pounds of force, the 26-year-old fan died instantly and his mother, Joelma told local radio, 'They killed my son and me too - I would not wish the pain I am suffering on anybody.'

Three weeks after mass abduction 276 Nigerian schoolgirls still missing

Three weeks after mass abduction 276 Nigerian schoolgirls still missing. DEBORAH Sanya thought she was going to die.

In the pre-dawn hours of April 15, men dressed in Nigerian military uniforms showed up at Deborah’s school, in a village called Chibok, and claimed they were there to help.

“There were many, many of them,” she tells the New Yorker . “They said, ‘Don’t worry. Nothing will happen to you.”

That facade was short-lived. As they herded the school’s students into trucks and onto motorbikes, the men started shouting “Allahu Akbar” and shooting their guns into the air. Then they set the building on fire.

Baby in hiding after murder charge

Baby in hiding after murder charge. Relatives of a 9-month-old baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken him into hiding, one said on Tuesday, in a case that has thrown a spotlight on Pakistan’s dysfunctional criminal justice system.

Baby Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of Lahore last week, charged with attempted murder along with his father and grandfather after a mob protesting gas cuts and price increases stoned police and gas company workers trying to collect overdue bills.

Pandas embroiled in MH370 drama

Pandas embroiled in MH370 drama. THE Chinese are furious.

They have lost 153 citizens on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and now the Chinese government is going to give some pandas to Malaysia.

Why would they do such a thing?

For decades, it has been common practice for the Chinese government to offer a pair of giant pandas to its nearest and dearest to mark an important event. Not only does it help with international relations it also shows off the grand creatures to the world.

Russian dairy plant closes after employees caught bathing in milk

Russian dairy plant closes after employees caught bathing in milk. What do you get when you add a group of drunken guys, a cheese factory, and a commercial size vat of milk? Grounds for a lawsuit or stinky cheese, depending on how long you churn it.

According to the LA Times, a Russian consumer oversight agency reported that Trade House Cheese, a Siberian dairy plant about 1,600 miles east of Moscow, was temporarily shuttered Friday after it was found some of the employees had bathed in the milk.

The plant was closed by regional authorities for 90 days for an urgent inspection due to complaints after photos and a video of the pasteurized party were uploaded to a Russian social network.

Four princesses held captive in Saudi Arabia

Four princesses held captive in Saudi Arabia. "He should be ashamed to meet a leader that has four grown women locked up" - the message from two Saudi princesses to President Obama as he meets with their father, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

In an exclusive on-camera interview with Channel 4 News, we talk to Princesses Sahar and Jawaher, who say they have been held under effective house arrest, by their father, the king, for more than a decade.

Princesses Sahar and Jawaher are the daughters of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. They say they have been held in the royal compound in Jeddah for the last 13 years, and their sisters Maha and Hala are also being held in separate villas. They claim they are not allowed to travel or leave their home.

Dictator Islam Karimov falls out with pop star daughter Gulnara Karimova accused of having her beaten

Dictator Islam Karimov falls out with pop star daughter Gulnara Karimova accused of having her beaten. THE large central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has one of the nastiest, most repressive regimes in the world for a government, led since 1991 by a man called Islam Karimov.

And Mr Karimov has allegedly fallen out with his daughter Gulnara, who accuses him of having her beaten.

Mr Karimov came to power with a massive 86 per cent of the vote, a huge margin which might give you the indication the poll wasn’t exactly legitimate.

Has the highly-contagious Ebola virus hit Canada?

Has the highly-contagious Ebola virus hit Canada? A traveller returning to Canada from west Africa has been hospitalised after displaying symptoms consistent with those of the Ebola virus that has killed dozens in Guinea, a health official says.

“All we know at this point is that we have a person who is critically ill who travelled from a country where these diseases occur,” Denise Werker, joint director of health in Saskatchewan province in western Canada, told reporters on Monday.

Kim Jong-un mocked after photos surface of lookalike

Kim Jong-un mocked after photos surface of lookalike. NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un strikes fear into some hearts, but photos of a Chinese street food vendor with a distinct resemblance to the Pyongyang strongman have fuelled online mirth.

Chubby, with a round face and sporting Kim’s trademark side-shaved haircut, the vendor was pictured cooking skewered meat on a rusty barbecue.

Though his identity remains unknown, he works in the north-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang, not far from the border with North Korea.

Like Kim, the vendor has a penchant for high-buttoned jackets, and a smoking habit.

But he appears to lead a simpler existence than his powerful doppelganger — who is reported to enjoy a luxury lifestyle — and was seen at the weekend sitting on a small plastic stool, tending to his meaty wares.

Thousands of Chinese internet users commented on the images, with many referring to Kim by the nickname “Fatty the Third’’, a reference to his weight as well as his inheritance of his position from his father and grandfather.

Beijing has long been Pyongyang’s closest ally, but the North’s continued nuclear program is said to have chilled ties, and Chinese social media users often skewer the young leader with irreverent criticism.

“This has got to be Fatty the Third’s brother — quick, bring him back!’’ wrote one user of Sina Weibo, a social media service similar to Twitter.

China provides the bulk of North Korea’s trade and aid, and another user wrote: “Fatty the Third finally has a money-making career.’’

Another added: “If Kim Jong-un saw these pictures, I’m sure he’d hire him as a body double.’’

AFP

Disney guests flee as aquarium bursts [VIDEOS]

Disney guests flee as aquarium bursts. A Disney restaurant in Florida sprung a leak as diners were enjoying their meals.

A fish tank in the dinosaur-themed T-Rex Cafe’s aquatic-themed area suddenly sent water spewing toward guests.

Restaurant patron Kate Wallace, who caught the incident on video, told CNN affiliate Bay News 9 that restaurant workers rushed in to get people out of the way and to save the fish in the tank.

Journalist Roman Romanenko explain Vologda joke

Journalist Roman Romanenko explain Vologda joke. Russian prosecutors were investigating a journalist who jokingly appealed to Vladimir Putin to send troops to his region of Vologda to protect its population from corrupt officials.

In a witty appeal posted on Facebook this month, Roman Romanenko, chief editor of a local newspaper, added the Kremlin would not face any international sanctions if it improved the lives of Russians in the region around the city of Vologda, located some 500 kilometres to the northeast of Moscow.