The death of 17 foreign nationals in Istanbul on Jan. 12, 2016, at the hands of a “Saudi-born Syrian national” affiliated to the caliphate ISIL, is arguably a disturbing sign that Istanbul is being slowly turned into a graveyard for tourists. According to media reports, most of the people killed by the suicide bomber were German nationals on holiday. The […]
On January 10, 2016, at 10:48 UTC, a magnitude (M) 5.0 earthquake erupted near Fiji. The epicenter of this natural event was 593.35 km deep. At the same time, two more tremblers stirred the waters nearby. One was another 5.0M at a depth of 614 km and the other a 4.7M with a depth of […]
Turkey Gay Pride festivities in Istanbul were disrupted by police violence, as the police blocked off many of the side streets that hosted the Pride walk and fired into the crowd with rubber pellets and tear gas during the parade. The police also fired water cannons into the crowd, knocking people off of their feet […]