22 Jan 2016

Facebook launches real-time sports platform

Facebook is tackling the sports arena with a new platform called Facebook Sports Stadium, which the social media site said will provide real-time updates on games, popular posts from fans, statistics and commentary from experts.

“With 650 million sports fans, Facebook is the world’s largest stadium,” it wrote in a post Wednesday announcing the feature.

The Italian MAFIA vs ISIS?: Jihadis plot all out war but are scared of Italian Mafia

Islamic State (ISIS) have released a terrifying threat warning of impending all-out war in Europe and claim only the Mafia could stop them in their tracks. 

New ISIS propganda announced a brutal plan to march through western Europe and take control of Italy - but the jihadis admit they're not yet ready to take on the infamous gangsters.

Italy senators propose jail for gay couples who use surrogates abroad

Italy’s gay civil union debate started early Thursday (21 January) with proposals to jail couples who use surrogates abroad.
Catholic senators from the ruling Democratic Party tabled an amendment to the draft law with punishments of up to two years imprisonment and fines of up to one million euros.

West Hollywood man gets 12 year sentence for killing and mutilating doctor boyfriend

Andre Davids has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the gruesome killing of his boyfriend, an emergency room doctor named Kurtland Ma.
Ma was just 34 when he was stabbed in the couple’s West Hollywood apartment 40 times by Davids who thought the couple were about to break up.

India's first Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual and Transgender taxi service launched

'We want to ensure that the LGBT community in India enjoys the same rights and livelihood opportunities in India as their counterparts in the West'

India’s first LGBTI taxi service was launched Wednesday (20 January) in Mumbai. The Rainbow Wings initiative, by Wings Travels and the Humsafar Trust, hopes to empower members of the often marginalized community by providing a dignified livelihood.

ISIS pushes another man off building for being gay - (Graphic content)

Islamic State militants have pushed another gay man off the roof of a building in the Iraqi city of Rawa, in al-Furat province.
Shocking photos of the execution were released minutes after a sharia court sentenced the man to death on Sunday (17 Sunday) for allegedly being gay.

Two transgender women stoned in street by migrants in Germany 'You sl**s need to be stoned!'

Two transgender women have allegedly been ‘stoned in the street’ by migrants in Germany.
Two transgender women were set upon by three teens near Dortmund main station
The two victims, only identified as Yasmine, 50, and Elisa, 37, described how three North African teens grabbed their hair and breasts last Monday (11 January) near the main train station in Dortmund.