Share       Burger King, a giant US hamburger chain, cancelled its contract with its Indonesian supplier, PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology for palm oil supply.  Burger King said Friday the Indonesian supplier had not adopted sustainable farming practices which are inconsistent with the corporate responsibility [Read more]

Share The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has warned suspension of BlackBerry access through internet from Oct. 11 if the UAE government could not get access to encrypted messages. Dubai Police Chief Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said the United States in an interest to spy on the United Arab Emirates, is the primary beneficiary of having the [Read more]

Share A state of emergency was announced  in New Zealand’s second largest city Christchurch when a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit before dawn on Saturday, which caused widespread damage. Share [Read more]

Share A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the South Island of New Zealand Saturday morning. Report was from US Geological Survey. The quake hits at a depth of 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles) some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the island’s largest city of Christchurch at 04:05 am (1635 GMT Friday), the USGS said. Fortunately, there [Read more]

Share Early Friday in northern Sumatra, a volcano was reported to have erupted again in Indonesia  making  hundreds of villagers leave as it let loose  tremors and emitted powerful bursts of hot ash and debris. "Constant tremors were felt since yesterday and, between 4:38 and 4:51 a.m. this morning, the volcano erupted, [Read more]

Share Reportedly, a passenger was detained, at the same time  four of Miami International Airport’s six concourses were evacuated on Thursday following the discovery of  suspicious item was spotted in a checked bag during screening. US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) refused  to name the item, detected at 2100 [Read more]

Share Reportedly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, lasting peace with the Palestinians can only be  obtained with “mutual and painful concessions.” “A true peace, a lasting peace would be achieved only with mutual and painful concessions from both sides,” Netanyahu said today in opening remarks at the [Read more]

Share   Updates on Maryland hostage: A gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communication  building in the US has been shot dead by police and his captives were set free. The gunman, was identified by US media as James Lee, had metallic canisters strapped to his body and armed with a handgun when [Read more]

Share A gunman  named James Lee entered the lobby of Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.,Around 1 p.m. this afternoon. Reportedly, he fired shots while announcing, "Nobody is going anywhere." The guy may also have explosives. Despite the building has been evacuated, he took one [Read more]

Share NASA’s Terra satellite flew over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean at 02:30 UTC on August 31 (10:30 p.m. EDT Aug. 30) and captured Tropical Storm Lionrock (lower left), Tropical Storm Namtheun (center), and Typhoon Kompasu (top right) off the Asian coast. Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team   NASA’s Terra satellite [Read more]