A wife from Tyumen in Siberia said: ‘I will not let my husband go. I’ll break his both legs. His duty is to raise his children.’ The authorities issued a a special warning issued to potential recruits that they face legal sanctions if they self-harm by breaking arms or legs to avoid the call-up. Photos and videos have also emerged of airports crowded with young men and heavy traffic... 

A Syrian migrant shouting in Arabic about Allah ploughed a truck into traffic in the German city of Limburg, injuring 9 people in an incident being treated as a terrorist attack. The suspect dragged the driver of a white Mercedes truck from his vehicle before accelerating into other cars at a traffic light. Witnesses said the terrorist said “Allah” several times and spoke Arabic. It’s a miracle... 

If you haven’t heard of Clichy yet, you likely soon will. The town of 60,000 inhabitants, minutes north of Central Paris, is the latest flashpoint between the secular French Republic and its burgeoning Islamic population, members of which were involved in a tense stand-off with police Wednesday morning over the closure of a temporary mosque. The mood was extremely taut during the police operation... 

The New York Times bragged this week that during the last three months of 2016 they added 276,000 net digital subscribers. That’s more than the 184,000 net subscribers who signed up for the news organization’s digital editions in the whole of 2015. Since the election these three sites: The New York Times, Washington Post and London Guardian have received massive amounts of traffic from China,... 

Beijing has introduced new traffic rules to combat the massive smog that has cloaked the Chinese capital for years. When city authorities issue a ‘red alert’, a number of cars will be banned on the roads and heavy vehicles completely banished. Four types of pollution alerts, blue, yellow, orange and red, will be issued on ‘heavy pollution’ days, according to Beijing’s Environmental Protection... 

The snowiest winter in a century has hit the Russian capital, causing Muscovites to get stuck in traffic jams 3,500km in length on Monday evening – the distance from Moscow to Madrid. ­Since the beginning of the winter, over 2 meters of snow has fallen on the Russian capital, the Moscow mayor’s aide in housing and public utilities Pyotr Biryukov told Interfax. Snowfall is expected in Moscow for... 

Drunk drivers in Russia from now on face a brand-new nemesis – a laser device which detects alcohol in the air of your car with sophisticated precision. This brainchild of Russian science is a world first and will be in use by traffic police by 2013. The new invention, dubbed “Bouton” (flower bud), was demonstrated at the XV Anniversary International Exhibition of Police and Military Equipment... 

An Aiken fugitive who, along with two other individuals, reportedly robbed a wheelchair-bound man at a local hotel last month has been arrested in Houston County, Ga. Few details were available on the man’s arrest, but Aiken Public Safety officials said they will extradite the 33-year-old man back from Georgia, where he was arrested Tuesday. Aiken Public Safety investigators said Sherone Nealous,... 

Johannesburg used to be an orderly First World city. They used to call it the “Golden City”. But these days Johannesburg is quite chaotic. You can hardly drive through any part of Johannesburg anymore without coming across traffic lights that aren’t working. The black taxi drivers of South Africa are known for their terrible driving, their constant breaking of the rules of the road...