Summary executions and forced conscription: Aleppo cease-fire deal reached amid 'complete meltdown of humanity'

Pro-government forces in Syria are on the brink of fully recapturing the city of Aleppo from opposition forces, after a month of intense bombing accompanied by a ferocious ground offensive that has forced rebels and civilians into hiding.

Talks between Russia — an ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad — and members of the opposition, aimed at establishing a cease-fire and evacuating civilians from the city, are being mediated by Turkish officials in Ankara.

The rebels announced late Tuesday morning Eastern Time that they had reached a cease-fire deal with Russia to evacuate some opposition forces and civilians from the city.

About 40,000 people will be allowed to leave, a source within the opposition with knowledge of the talks told Business Insider, though rebels are still pressing for more to be evacuated.

A Turkish official tweeted that the "opposition's armed groups also can leave Aleppo, following the civilian population." The official added: "They may go to Idlib, according to the agreement."

It is unclear whether the regime has agreed to the terms of the cease-fire, which had not yet been formally announced.

Student discovered alive by parents five weeks after car crash claimed the lives of four of her classmates

A woman whose family thought she had died in a car crash described the surreal moment they held her funeral - as she lay in a hospital bed.

Whitney Cerak was in a horrific accident in 2006 that killed four of her fellow students and a staff member.Their van was hit by a truck, which crushed the vehicle and caused the death of the five victims.

Whitney survived the ordeal but was wrongly identified as her classmate Laura Van Ryn, who had passed away.

They looked strikingly similar and were both students at Taylor University in Indiana.

Hypersonic passenger plane can fly from London to New York in less than two hours through SPACE

Future generations of air travellers could one day fly from London to New York in less than two hours instead of six if this stunning passenger plane is ever built.

Long-distance flights on the concept supersonic/hypersonic aircraft, called Paradoxal, would be a life-changing experience, as they would include a trip through sub-orbital space at a speed of Mach 3.

Flight times between distant parts of the globe would be slashed to just a few hours and passengers would be able to take in the stars and sights below like never before.

The aircraft would be so fast that it would be able to fly from Los Angeles to Sydney - a flight that currently takes an agonising 15 hours - in less than three hours.

Protests Erupt in Colombia Following Savage Rape and Murder of 7-Year-Old Girl

Protests have sparked after the brutal rape and murder of a 7-year-old indigenous, Colombian girl who was found dead in an apartment earlier this month in one of the country’s affluent neighborhoods.

Yuliana Andrea Samboni was reportedly kidnapped December 4 while playing with her brothers in the poor neighborhood of Bosque Calderon Tejada. A man driving an SUV snatched the girl in a moment captured on surveillance video.

The suspect, Rafael Uribe, a 38-year-old architect, has been charged with aggravated femicide, kidnapping, torture and “violent sexual intercourse."

Authorities say Uribe allegedly took Yuliana to his family's luxurious apartment, where he sexually abused and tortured the girl before strangling her. Her body was found under a hot tub on the terrace of the apartment, according to reports.

Uribe and one other person tried to cover up the heinous crime, reports said. Uribe was later arrested in the hospital where his brother reportedly checked him in for a "drug overdose."

Since the murder, protests have been held across the country out of fear that Uribe, who is reportedly a known socialite, will use his influence to avoid accountability.

Investigations: See the thin pillars used to build the Akwa Ibom state church that collapsed last Saturday

These are photos of the Reigners Bible Church Akwa Ibom state when it was under construction. 

According to some engineers, the structural integrity of the building is flawed. The pillars are thin and so could not carry the iron roofs placed on them. See more photos after the cut.

'We're drawing very different conclusions': The FBI and the CIA can't agree on the motives of Russian hacks

The CIA and the FBI seemingly can't agree over why Russian hackers targeted the inboxes of prominent Democrats and Democratic organizations in 2016.

In a secret assessment — the content of which has been leaked to the press via high-level officials briefed on the intelligence — the CIA revealed that the Russians were working toward a specific goal: "to help get Trump elected."

The assessment said Russia was not just trying to undermine confidence in the US election process when they hacked into the emails of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, and the Democratic National Committee.

"It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected" a senior US official briefed on the CIA report told The Washington Post. "That's the consensus view."

Bomb blast kills dozens at Cairo Coptic church

A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years.

The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms have angered the poor, a bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has seen thousands jailed, whilst an insurgency rages in Northern Sinai, led by the Egyptian branch of Islamic State.

The militant group has also carried out deadly attacks in Cairo and has urged its supporters to launch attacks around the world in recent weeks as it goes on the defensive in its Iraqi and Syrian strongholds.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but exiled Brotherhood officials and home-grown militant groups condemned the attack

Anthony Joshua beats Eric Molina to retain IBF heavyweight title

Anthony Joshua emerged victorious in the fight against Eric Molina after only three rounds, with Anthony dominating the fight in all the rounds.

All through the fight Eric was mostly on the defensive and rarely succeeded in throwing a punch, making the fight look like a mismatch. 

It ended halfway into the third round with Anthony knocking Molina to the canvas with several punches. The referee stepped in then to end the fight.

Moments after the win, Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, brought Wladimir Klitschko into the ring to announce that he will be fighting Anthony Joshua on April 29^th at Wembley Stadium.  It is believed that this fight will be the toughest so far for the Nigerian born British boxer, considering Klitschko’s numerous years in the ring.

Klitschko’s defeat to Tyson Fury at the end of last year came as a surprise to most, including to Klitschko. No doubt this fight with Joshua will be seen by Klitschko as a way to redeem himself and this makes the fight all the more intriguing. Joshua on his part seems confident about the fight and he expressed this in his speech to his audience;

 “Klitschko wants his belts back, may the best man win. I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.

Photos show Aleppo before and after war

It has been reported on Monday that the battle for Aleppo was nearing its end after over five years of bloody civil war.

Sky News cited the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, saying the rebels had retreated from the remaining six neighbourhoods, clearing the way for a government reclamation of the city.

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and backed by Russian air support have been making steady gains in the city for several months, slowly pushing from the west into the opposition-held east. 

Since the war broke out five years ago, 250,000 people have been trapped in the besieged city, thousands more have died, there are no more working hospitals, and airstrikes have left ancient mosques and homes under blankets of dust and rubble.

The city is a shell of its former self.

Looking at photos of the city before and after the war serves as a sobering reminder of the catastrophic consequences of the conflict.

Forbes' List of the top 10 highest paid YouTube stars of 2016

Forbes Magazine hass released their list of the top 10 highest-paid YouTube stars in 2016. This year, the top ten made a collective $70.5million, with the top earner raking in $15million. They are:

1. PewDiePie (Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg) -  $15million
2. Roman Atwood  - $8million
3. Lily Singh  - $7.5million
4. SMOSH (Ian Andrew Hecox and Daniel Anthony Padilla) - $7million
5. Tyler Oakley - $6million
6. Nerdy Nummies - $6million
7. Mark Fischbach (Markiplier) - $5.5million
8. German Garmendia - $5.5million
9. Miranda Sings (Colleen Ballinger) - $5million
10.  Good Mythical Morning ( Rhett McLaughlin, Charles 'Link' Neal III) - $5million

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Photos of crew members recovered from crashed Pakistan plane that killed everyone on board

A Pakistan International Airlines flight carrying 47 people crashed on Wednesday en route to Islamabad from the northern city of Chitral. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, 42 bodies have been recovered from the plane's wreckage. 500 army personnel are reportedly taking part in the operation.

EFCC officials storm Lagos home of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), this morning, stormed the home of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, at Park View Estate in Ikoyi, Lagos to conduct a search.

They were however unsuccessful as they were denied access into her home. They left immediately with a promise to come back again.

Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia is currently standing trial on a 26-count charge of unlawful enrichment, forgery and giving false information to an official of the EFCC, among others. She was arraigned before Jutice Akeem Oshodi of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on November 28th.

She is accused of also receiving N5 million bribe from Godwin Obla, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, to pervert justice in a case brought before her.

Japan's sex problem is so bad that people are quitting dating and marrying their friends

The Japanese sex problem has become so desperate that its young population has given up on dating and is just marrying friends.

A government survey found 69% of Japanese men and 59% of Japanese women do not have a romantic partner.

One Japanese aggregator website has since been awash with stories of how people have simply married lifelong friends.

The country has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, with just 8.4 children being born per 1,000 inhabitants over the past five years.

Its population of 127 million people is predicted to decrease to 87 million by 2060.

The survey, carried out by the country's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, also reported that about 80% of unmarried Japanese want to get married.

In recent weeks, people have posted stories to the aggregator website Matome Naver, telling how in one case a colleague married a friend of 10 years.

Life inside North Korea - the secret pictures Kim Jong-un doesn't want you to see

Eating grass, sleeping on the floor and lights out at 9pm doesn't sound like much fun, but these are the ingredients that make up an Airbnb - North Korean style.

These eye-opening images of life inside the country were snapped by a photographer who ventured to the notoriously secretive nation for a unique project.

And the images have been termed so damning by the totalitarian dictatorship that Eric Lafforgue has since been BANNED from returning there.

The 52-year-old first visited the country in 2008 and has since been there five times, and was thrilled to be able to return as a guest at a "sort of North Korean Airbnb", as he describes it.

As a guest of a fisherman in the village of Jung Pyong Ri, in Myongchon county, situated in the North Hamgyong province, Lafforgue points out that the remote village with white sandy beaches "doesn't exist on any map".

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