A British tribunal rejected claims of ride-hailing service company Uber that its drivers are contractors and they are not entitled to vacations. It is also learned the ruling may have implications for other companies too who rely on self-employed workers. It may affect up to 30,000 Uber drivers in Britain. […]

Finally, after five long years of negotiations, the Ross Sea in Antarctica has officially become Marine Protected Area. The deal, which is to expire in 25 years, was brokered by the United Nation’s Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in which 22 nations and European Union have […]

The National Geographic’s iconic green-eyed Afghan girl, now a woman in her 40s, is under arrest in Pakistan. Sharbat Gula was just 12 when photographer Steve McCurry captured her face while she lived in a refugee camp for Afghan nationals in Pakistan’s Peshawar. Also known as Sharbat Bibi, the iconic […]

About 300 people have been killed in two massive earthquakes in central Italy. The first quake struck about 50 miles north of the site of a deadly quake earlier this year in August and the second was at 3.2 kilometers north of Visso and 58 kilometers from Perugia on Wednesday. […]

Most of the Iris people believe Brexit would be bad for the United Kingdom public services. In a latest survey just 19 percent of the respondents from Deloitte say leaving European Union would be good for public services, which is lower than the UK average of 28 percent. It is […]

Somalia-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab attacked Tuesday Kenya’s north-eastern town of Mandera killing at least twelve people. A guesthouse hosting members of a theatre group was the target and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta called the attack as heinous. Beside this the group also exploded a truck bomb in Somalia near […]