224 Dead in Tragic Egyptian Plane Crash

It was just announced by Russian Minister of Transportation Maxim Sokolov that rumors about the Airbus A321 being shot down by Islamic State terrorists are still unconfirmed.

A few hours ago, the Egyptian group associated with ISIL has claimed responsibility for the tragedy, but has offered no evidence. The BBC reports that the group does not have the capability to bring down a plane and authorities are skeptical.

Hague Court Will Hear West PHL Sea Claims

Finally, an international tribunal has ruled last 29 October that it had the power to hear a case brought by the Philippines over disputed islands in the South China Sea, in a move likely to trigger fury in Beijing.

Manila has insisted the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which the Philippines and China have both ratified, should be used to resolve the bitter territorial row over isolated reefs and islets, which has triggered growing international alarm.

Trans Pretender Assaults Women in Bathroom

After efforts were made to allow transgender male access to female toilets, a biological man claiming to be 'transgender' preyed and assaulted women at two Toronto shelters last 2014. The man was jailed "indefinitely" after being declared by a judge a "dangerous offender."

Pro-family leaders are pointing out that this is exactly the type of incident they warned of as the Ontario government passed its "gender identity" bill, dubbed the "bathroom bill," in 2012.

Anti-Immigrant Groups Growing in Germany

Thousands of German anti-Islam protesters has vented their fury a few days ago at Chancellor Angela Merkel over her welcoming of refugees, accusing her of "high treason" and "crimes against the German people".

With Europe's top economy expecting to take in up to a million people fleeing war and poverty this year, anger has flared among anti-foreigner groups and members of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement ("Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident").

Police in Rubber Boat Mess Dismissed

The Philippine government just proved to everyone that they are seriously in tackling the problem of corruption among the frontline personnel, especially the persons of authority.

Exactly nineteen officers as well as the resident auditor of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were dismissed from service and barred from serving in government for their alleged involvement in the anomalous purchase in 2009 of rubber boats worth PhP 4.54 million.

Anti-Feminist Speaker Barred From Speaking

"There was a time when wives respected their husbands," self-described anti-feminist author Suzanne Venker wrote in an op-ed that ran on Fox News in May.

"There was a time when wives took care of their husbands as they expected their husbands to take care of them."