Hundreds injured as Islamist "rebels" unleash artillery bombardment on Aleppo

On Thursday afternoon, Syrian authorities confirmed that 12 civilians were killed and over 200 wounded after Jaysh al-Fateh fired hundreds of rockets into government-held Aleppo.

German government demands explanation for suspected Islamist prison suicide

The German Interior Minister demanded Thursday a swift and complete explanation on the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a suspected Islamist who was being held in a prison cell.

Bomb plot suspect commits suicide in German prison

Jaber al-Bakr, the Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany, has committed suicide at the prison in the German city of Leipzig, German media Spiegel Online reported on Wednesday night.

Kenya repatriating 77 Chinese telecom fraud suspects

Kenyan police are deporting 77 Chinese telecom fraud suspects, including 45 from Taiwan, to the Chinese mainland.

Obama says US to work with Jordan on investigation of shooting

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. will work closely with Jordan on conducting a full investigation into a shooting incident in which two U.S. military trainers were killed.

Jordanian police officer shoots dead two Americans

A Jordanian police officer has shot and killed two American instructors at a training facility for Iraqi and Palestinian Authority forces near Amman.

'Iran helping Hamas, Hezbollah build fleet of suicide drones'

Iran is building an explosive fleet of so-called “suicide kamikaze drones” while also providing know-how on assembling these new weapons to its terrorist allies Hamas and Hezbollah, according to a new report commissioned by the US Army.

Second black box confirms co-pilot crashed plane (Several times during the descent, the pilot changed the automatic pilot...)

Data from the second black box found in the wreckage of the Germanwings flight that crashed last week in the French Alps confirm the co-pilot acted deliberately, investigators said.

"A first reading shows that the pilot in the cockpit used the automatic pilot to descend the plane towards an altitude of 100 feet (30 metres)," said the French BEA crash investigation office in a statement.

Co-pilot appeared to want to 'destroy the plane'

The co-pilot of a Germanwings flight that slammed into an Alpine mountainside "intentionally" sent the plane into its doomed descent, a French prosecutor said Thursday.

Japanese engineer commits suicide over mishap on Turkish bridge

A Japanese engineer working on a bridge connecting İzmit and Yalova on the edge of the Marmara Sea has committed suicide after holding himself responsible for a rope that broke on the construction project.

China: Suicide attempts go live online

A series of suicide attempts have recently gone live on popular Chinese microblog website after a teenager who killed himself gave live updates of his suicide on Sina Weibo Sunday, sparking a lively debate over social media's responsibility.

Turkey denies ISIS attacked Kobane from its territory

Turkey denied on Saturday that jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have launched an attack on the border town of Kobane from its territory, an official statement said.

Deadly suicide blasts rock Iraq capital. (Anbar province could fall to ISIL fighters)

At least 50 people have been killed and scores wounded in a series of attacks in Iraqi capital, Baghdad, medical and police officials say.
At least 38 people were killed in two car bombings in Shia-dominated parts of western Baghdad on Saturday night. A third blast caused by a suicide bomber killed another 12 people and injured 40 others.
Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said the explosions happened within minutes of each other and could be linked to events in western Iraq.
"What we normally see is when car bombs go off it is normally as a result of an action that's taking place in Anbar province usually against ISIL fighters." he said.

New app designed to diagnose depression aims to curb China’s suicide rate (Driven to the edge)

Police officers attempt to persuade a woman out of jumping from a building in Beijing on June 23. Photo: CFP....
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Suicide remains an alarming social issue in China, which had suffered from one of highest suicide rates in the 1990s worldwide.

China reported 23.2 suicides for every 100,000 people annually from 1995 to 1999, equating to an estimated 250,000 deaths every year.

US confirms reports of American suicide bomber in Syria

WASHINGTON - The US State Department on Friday confirmed that an American citizen carried out a suicide bombing in Syria.
The bomber, who called himself Abu Hurayra al-Amriki, carried out one of four suicide bombings on May 25 in Syria's Idlib province on behalf of Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaida's affiliate fighting to oust the government of President Bashar Assad.

Afghanistan: le bilan s'alourdit à 21 morts dans l'attaque d'un restaurant à Kaboul/21 Dead In Attack On Kabul Restaurant (video R)

Au moins 21 personnes, dont 13 étrangers, ont été tuées vendredi soir à Kaboul dans l'attaque par un commando taliban d'un restaurant fréquenté par la communauté expatriée, selon un bilan revu à la hausse communiqué samedi matin par la police afghane.
"Le dernier bilan indique que 21 personnes ont été tuées, 13 étrangers et huit Afghans", a déclaré à l'AFP le chef de la police de Kaboul, Mohammad Zahir, précisant que l'attaque avait fait également cinq blessés.
Le précédent bilan fourni par les autorités afghanes, dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, faisait état de 14 morts.

Την ενοχή Βαξεβάνη ζήτησε ο εισαγγελέας ..«Μετατρέψατε τη χώρα σε ζούγκλα»

Την ενοχή του Κώστα Βαξεβάνη για τη δημοσιοποίηση της λίστας Λαγκάρντ πρότεινε ο εισαγγελέας στη δίκη του δημοσιογράφου που συνεχίζεται στο κτήριο 2 της πρώην Ευελπίδων.

Ο εισαγγελέας κατηγόρησε τον Βαξεβάνη ότι μετατρέπει τη χώρα σε ζούγκλα ενώ μίλησε και για διαπόμπευση και διασυρμό υπόληψης ανθρώπων, αναφέροντας χαρακτηριστικά: «Ο Κώστας Βαξεβάνης μας λέει άρον-άρον ''Σταύρωσον αυτούς'' και αυτό δεν αποτελεί λύση στο πρόβλημα της χώρας. Σε μια κοινωνία που ζητάει αίμα μετέτρεψε τη χώρα σε ένα Κολοσσαίο και πέταξε μέσα ανθρώπους και υπολήψεις»

Greek suicide epidemic continues: Debt-strapped pensioner hangs himself ...

A 61-year-old Greek pensioner has hung himself from a tree in a public park after succumbing to the pressure of crushing debt. A note in his pocket indicates he is merely the latest in a rash of economic crisis-induced suicides.

The pensioner’s lifeless body was found dangling by an attendant in a public park not far from his home in the suburb of Nikaia, Athens. The attendant also found a suicide note in the man’s pocket, The Athens news reports.

The man, identifying himself as Alexandros, said he was a man of few vices who “worked all day.”  However, he blamed himself from committing one “horrendous crime”: becoming a professional at the age of 40 and plunging himself into debt. He referred to himself as a 61-year-old idiot who had to pay, hoping his grandchildren would not be born in Greece, as the country’s prospects were so bleak.

Ακόμα δύο αυτόχειρες στην Ιταλία λόγω της οικονομικής κρίσης ...

Ακόμα δύο άνθρωποι αυτοκτόνησαν στην Ιταλία λόγω της οικονομικής κρίσης. Στην πρώτη περίπτωση ο Ντιέγκο Πελούντο, ένας 52χρονος επιχειρηματίας από την Νάπολη, αυτοκτόνησε πέφτοντας στο κενό από τον όγδοο όροφο της πολυκατοικίας στην οποία ζούσε, στην αστική συνοικία Βόμερο, της μεγαλούπολης της ιταλικού νότου.

 

Πριν από δυο ημέρες είχε και πάλι προσπαθήσει να θέσει τέρμα στην ζωή του, σκαρφαλώνοντας σε στηθαίο που βρίσκεται σε πανοραμικό σημείο της περιοχής Ποζίλιπο, πάνω σε λόφο, όπου παρενέβη άμεσα η αστυνομία και τον έσωσε.

Fuerte aumento de suicidios entre la población italiana ante los crueles ajustes neoliberales ...

1. No es solo Grecia, las recetas de recortes y ajustazos recrudecen en los países de la europa meditarránea, la europa del sur. 

Las condiciones de vida se deterioran y cunde la desesperación. Para algunos el suicidio es la salida.

Ola de suicidios en Italia por la crisis económica
MILÁN.— Un número cada vez mayor de empresarios, comerciantes y desempleados se suicidan por problemas económicos en Italia, un país duramente golpeado por la crisis de la deuda en Europa, y varias entidades y organizaciones han creado una red de ayuda para darles respaldo psicológico.