Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A high school football player in Arkansas noticed something unusual about his helmet and brought it to coaches who discovered a venomous snake hiding under the padding. Maumelle High School Athletic Director Kirk Horton said the player noticed unusual movement inside his helmet aft»»»

Moderate Democrats are damaging their brand by campaigning alongside crazy leftist radicals who openly call for the destruction of the West, White people, and the United States. Democrats are quietly expressing concern that the entire Democratic Party is about to go up in flames as increasingly rad»»»

CASABLANCA, Morocco: Morocco said Wednesday it has beefed up security along its border with Spain as calls resurfaced on social media for mass crossings into the Spanish city of Ceuta, raising concerns of another surge, similar to the one last month when tens of thousands of migrants rushed the bor»»»

MARSEILLE: Manchester City have signed Argentina international goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille on a two-year deal, both clubs announced on Wednesday. The 34-year-old will serve as City’s number-two goalkeeper behind Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma. “This is an amazing opportunity for me and o»»»

LONDON: Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans ‌is ready to leave behind a disappointing end to the World Cup as he embraces life at his new club, Manchester United. Tielemans, who joined United from Aston Villa last month, captained Belgium to the quarter-finals but the 29-year-old had to pull out of »»»

BIRMINGHAM, UK: Karsten Warholm kept his bid for a second gold of the European championships in Birmingham and a fourth 400m hurdles title on track as he sailed through qualifiers on Wednesday. Warholm, who set the 400m hurdles world record of 45.94 seconds when winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics i»»»

A Hungarian court has ordered a prison to pay HUF 8 million in compensation to a former inmate who was beaten by guards so severely that he required life-saving surgery to remove his spleen. The man was also left with permanent health damage and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Budapest C»»»

The search for survivors continues in Colombia, more than 48 hours after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country. More than 200 people have been confirmed dead, while more than 2,000 are reported missing. The new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, has declared a state of emergency, as many »»»

LONDON: A vast oil spill in the Gulf is quickly becoming one of the world’s ​worst in years after being allowed to spread almost unchecked for weeks, according to international agencies, satellite imagery and environmental groups. The slick off the coast of Oman from a grounded tanker carrying Russ»»»

PoliticsEritreaEritrea: Key player in the geopolitical gamble at the HornMartina SchwikowskiAmid growing tensions and security risks at the Horn of Africa, Eritrea, with its strategically important coastal points on the Red Sea and a perceived lack of conflict, is emerging as important player in th»»»

LONDON: A British serial sex attacker was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in jail on Wednesday, after he was convicted of two murders and rape following an escalating spree of sexual offenses which police and prosecutors failed to stop. Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty last week of the murd»»»

Druzhkovka's encirclement could trigger a cascade of Ukrainian defensive collapses in Donbass, retired Colonel Rustem Klupov, a decorated military intelligence veteran and Hero of Russia, tells Sputnik. "Ukraine's defenses here were built around three key strongholds: Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, and Sl»»»

Harare, Zimbabwe: At least 44 people drowned after an overcrowded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba, police said Wednesday, releasing an updated toll a day after the disaster. A witness told AFP soon after the government ferry sank in rough weather on Tuesday that bodies could be seen in the»»»

Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Chinese man managed to spin 33 hula hoops around his body while suspended upside down to break a Guinness World Record. Yan Yanjia was suspended upside down from playground equipment in Guilin, Guangxi, and two friends then helped pull the hula hoops over his head and down to his»»»

Five of the games were rated PSA 10, becoming the first-ever Nintendo cartridges to receive a perfect grade Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A box of games brought into a Wisconsin retro store turned out to contain a video gaming history mystery: 97 copies of a previously unknown variant of Super Mario Bros./Duck »»»

Marseille, France: Manchester City have signed Argentina international goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille on a two-year deal, both clubs announced on Wednesday. The 34-year-old will serve as City's number-two goalkeeper behind Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma. "This is an amazing opportunity for »»»

Restrictions on children's use of social media are among the measures considered by the government to address juvenile delinquency and antisocial behavior, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova told a briefing at the Council of Ministers. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Rumen Radev called »»»

Britain's Count Binface, a man wearing a metallic rubbish bin over his head, challenges far-right politician Nigel Farage on Thursday in the Clacton by-election sparked by the Reform UK leader's shock resignation from his post in July. None of the UK's mainstream political parties are fielding cand»»»

Bulgaria has missed several opportunities over the years to establish a stable and effective air defense system, according to Ivan Anchev, a former deputy interior minister, diplomat and national security expert. Speaking to Bulgarian National Radio, Anchev said the recent downing of a foreign dron»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara ahead of NATO's annual summit in July. Photo by Turkish Presidency Office/UPI | License Photo Aug. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump confirmed he was smuggled off Air Force One and secretly boarded onto a di»»»

Law enforcement officers from Kyrgyzstan and Russia have rescued a citizen of Kyrgyzstan in Yekaterinburg who was allegedly kidnapped following threats and demands for a large sum of money, the Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan reported. According to the ministry, the man had previously contacted its»»»

Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A retired Royal Air Force fighter pilot who is the only person to have traveled faster than the speed of sound on land, set a world land speed record for a hydrogen-powered car of more than 400 mph in Utah. Powered by two 800 horsepower hydrogen internal combustion engines, Briton »»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev Wednesday reacted to a brutal murder in Plovdiv last week. "There is no place in Bulgaria for fascist atrocities, and we will take the necessary measures," he said at the beginning of the government's weekly meeting. In his words, "all Bulgaria was shocked by the sadistic»»»

New Delhi: The pilot commanding an Air India flight that suddenly plunged 300 feet was reportedly found sitting on the cockpit floor after a stall warning and later struggled to stand after landing — fresh allegations that have deepened concerns over an incident in which more than 20 passengers and»»»

Dubai: Andy Green, the only person ever to break the sound barrier in a car on land, has set another world record. This time on hydrogen. The 64-year-old retired RAF pilot averaged 406.320mph, or 653.908km/h, across two runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Tuesday. That is the fastest a hyd»»»

Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Kansas said a family of six is dead after the 53-year-old father killed his wife and four children before reporting the shooting to police and then turning the weapon on himself. The incident occurred Tuesday morning at a residence in Winfield, Kansas, located about »»»

A 22-year-old Hungarian man has been placed in temporary extradition custody after Danish authorities issued a European Arrest Warrant over allegations that he lured a 15-year-old Danish girl to Hungary for the purpose of subjecting her to sexual offences. The Budapest-Capital Regional Court ordere»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev Wednesday reacted to a brutal murder in Plovdiv last week. "There is no place in Bulgaria for fascist atrocities, and we will take the necessary measures," he said at the beginning of the government's weekly meeting. In his words, "all Bulgaria was shocked by the sadistic»»»

Members of the so-called Kosovo Police raided the family home of Nenad Rašković in the village of Dren, the municipality of Zubin Potok, this afternoon, beat him, took him into the woods and tied him to a tree, demanding that he confess to committing war crimes against Albanians, the Serb List said»»»

Lebanese lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to discuss the abolition of the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Lebanese lawmakers have approved legislation prohibiting the death penalty, making Lebanon the first Middle Eastern country to en»»»

Criminal investigation officers in Osh city detained two Uzbek nationals who were on an international wanted list, the city’s police department reported. The first man, 38, was detained on August 6 at an apartment on Masaliev Street. According to police, he is a resident of Andijan and had previous»»»

Officers of Naryn Customs Office, together with colleagues from the Border Service, prevented an attempt to transport a shipment of undeclared goods into Kyrgyzstan, the State Customs Service of Kyrgzystan reported. During an inspection of a passenger bus driven by a Chinese citizen, customs office»»»

LONDON: British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful. But in a pantheon of colorful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show. The self-described “intergalactic space warrior” from the fictional planet Sigma»»»

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States. The executions come as a small number of states, including the three with scheduled letha»»»

Dubai: You do not need an address to get to Pakistani Chowk. You need a taxi and a driver who understands you, and in Sharjah's Al Mujarrah, he will get you there. "When you ask a taxi driver that you want to go to Pakistan Chowk, you don't have to tell him how to get there," says Sohail Khawar. "Y»»»

North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, days before the planned start of massive US-South Korea joint drills. The 11-day exercises due to begin on Monday are a regular fixture of the summer calendar, designed to steel the Uni»»»

Dubai: Three minutes. That’s roughly all it took for Usha Uthup to become Usha Uthup. When the legendary Indian singer first logged onto our zoom video call, there had been a small but crucial miscommunication: she had been told it was an audio interview. “I thought this was not a video chat,” she »»»

A former US Marine detained by Russia since 2022 was headed back to the United States on Tuesday after being released on humanitarian grounds, President Donald Trump said. Robert Gilman, a teacher from Massachusetts, had been serving a ten-year prison sentence over disputed charges of assaulting a »»»

Dubai: A Dubai-based Indian expat's journey home for Onam celebration with family ended in heartbreak after he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at Hyderabad airport, just hours before he was due to reunite with his family in Kerala. The deceased has been identified as Saneesh Babu, 48, who worked as»»»

LONDON: For almost a quarter of a century, Bashar Assad stood at the apex of a Syrian state in which the president appeared beyond the reach of its courts. On Tuesday, that relationship was dramatically reversed. Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced the ousted president to death in a»»»

HARARE: A ferry carrying 95 people capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe Tuesday, police said, with rescue operations under way as reports said several people were feared dead. The boat, which provides transport between the northern town of Kariba and several islands and fishing camps, overturned aft»»»

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 10 people overnight and wounded dozens, Kyiv said Tuesday, accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The allegation comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was receiving more ballistic projectiles and troops from its»»»

Legislative and organizational changes aimed at preventing juvenile crime were discussed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev with representatives of the involved institutions at the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The meeting was held in response to recent cases of aggression involving minors and youths»»»

Two acquaintances of the teenagers accused in the fatal beating of a 37-year-old man in Plovdiv have been detained in connection with another violent incident involving two Nepalese citizens. The Plovdiv District Prosecutor's Office charged an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday with c»»»

One moment he was partying with his friends; the next, he was walking towards the toilets. After that, his next memory was of lying on a bed with a doctor standing beside him, a number marked on his stomach. This was not the opening scene of a horror film but a real-life ordeal – and it happened th»»»

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Maciej Berek is stepping down as minister responsible for overseeing the implementation of government policy and will move to other public duties. His responsibilities will be taken over by Joanna Knapińska, head of the Government Legislation Center »»»

Hungary’s parliament elected András Baka, the former head of the Supreme Court, as President of the Republic on Tuesday. Baka, the candidate of the ruling Tisza Party, was elected head of state with 140 votes in favour and 6 against in a secret ballot. Orbán’s Fidesz and the KDNP did not participat»»»

The Plovdiv District Prosecution Office has charged two boys, aged 18 and 17, with causing bodily harm to two Nepalese nationals on the night of July 24 to 25 in Plovdiv. The assault was captured on video, the prosecution service said on Tuesday. The boys were arrested on August 10. They are accuse»»»

ALKHOBAR: For Ruqayah Suliman, the medal that matters most came only after she learned how to lose. Saudi Arabia’s 26-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete had already suffered several defeats when she began to understand that improving her technique alone would not be enough. Competition brought ot»»»

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