Source: thedailybeast.comSix young Iraqis used hacked accounts to attack the so-called“virtual caliphate.”Nada and Ahmed are two of those six.For obviousreasonsthey wanted to use aliases for this story. They formed Daeshgram around a year ago.It all began with “infiltrating their Telegram channels” says Nada, “we spent months observing, and pretending to beISIS members. We studied how they behaved, the sort of language they used, and tried to take note of the unwritten rules.”Some of Daesh

Source: ecowatch.comCosta Ricahas charted anotherclean energy accolade.So far this year, the Central American country has run on 300 days of 100 percent power generation fromrenewable energysources,accordingto the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE), which cited figures from the National Center for Energy Control.With six weeksleft of2017 to go, Costa Rica could easily surpass 300 days.This impressive feat bests its 2015 record of 299 days of 100 percent renewable production. The country

Source: dailymail.co.ukThe missing Argentine submarine may have been located early thismorning,after a US Navy aircraft allegedly detected a 'heat stain' from 230ft below the surface, some 185miles from the coast, and a rescue vessel separately reported hearing a sonar signal.The ARA San Juan was sailing from Ushuaia to Mar del Plata when it disappeared with 44 crew members last Wednesday, including Argentina's first female submariner Eliana Krawczyk, 35, and Luis Niz, 25, who is due

Source: reuters.comResidents on the Greek island of Lesbos went on strike on Monday to protest against European policies they say have turned it into a “prison” for migrants and refugees.Islanders shut businesses, shops, municipal offices, nurseries and pharmacies and dozens rallied on a central square, calling on the government to transfer asylum-seekers to the mainland.“Lesbos is not a place of exile,” a banner read.Just a few miles from Turkey’s coast, Lesbos has borne the brunt of Europ

Source: washingtontimes.comA 61-year-old local man is dead and a U.S. Marine facing criminal charges after a fatal car accident Sunday in Okinawa’s capital city of Naha, CNNreportedMonday.Marine Pfc. Nicholas James-McLean was behind the wheel early Sunday morning when his truck collided with a vehicle driven by a local man, 61-year-oldJun Tamanaha, who died from his injuries, police said, CNN reported.Pfc. James-McLean was subsequently determined to have had a blood alcohol level three times th

Source: theguardian.comAstronomers are now certain that the mysterious object detected hurtling past our sun last month is indeed from another solar system.They have named it 1I/2017 U1(’Oumuamua) and believe it could be one of 10,000 others lurking undetected in our cosmic neighbourhood.The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes froman analysisthat shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system.Its name comes from a Hawaiian term for messenger or scout. In

Source: wnd.comWas it a supersonic aircraft?A meteor?A ground explosion?The end of the world as we know it?Those are the questions experts and non-experts around the world are asking themselves in recent weeks as curiously loud mystery BOOMS have not only been hear around the world, but felt – shaking buildings and rattling nerves from Alabama to Michigan, Idaho to California, Russia to Denmark.The Alabama boom last Tuesday at 1:39 CST was heard and felt through 11 counties, but an earthquake e

Source: bbc.comZimbabwe's ruling party has sacked Robert Mugabe as its leader, as pressure intensifies for him to step down as president.Zanu-PF has also givenMrMugabe, 93, until 10:00 GMT on Monday to resign as president, or face impeachment.He is currently addressing the nation, after meeting military leaders who have called on him to step down.The military intervened last week, in an apparent attempt to block him from installing his wife as his successor.The first lady, Grace Mugabe, and

Source: express.co.ukThe powerful force emerged in the Pacific east of New Caledonia and Vanuatu.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said: “Government agencies responsible for threatened coastal areas should take action to inform and instruct any coastal populations at risk.“Persons in threatened coastal areas should stay alert for information and follow instructions from national and local authorities.”Areas of land shook 51 miles (82kms) east of the Loyalty Islands.The Pacific Tsunami Warnin

Source: theguardian.comScientists have warned there could be a big increase in numbers of devastatingearthquakesaround the world next year.They believe variations in the speed of Earth’s rotation could trigger intense seismic activity, particularly in heavily populated tropical regions.Although such fluctuations inrotationare small – changing the length of the day by a millisecond – they could still be implicated in the release of vast amounts of underground energy, it is argued.The link betw