A man with a bulletproof BMW reportedly rescued more than 70 people from an Iraqi city after they were pinned down under fire from Isis snipers.Ako Abdulrahman, a fighter in the Kurdish Peshmerga, bought the armoured vehicle after earlier being attacked by Isis militants.He paid $10,000 for the early 1990s model so that he and his friends could travel around …

The movie that really boosted the economy of homeland cinema and initiated a new genre was Ganj-e-Qarun, made in 1965 by Siamak Yasami. Yasami had worked with Kooshan prior to establishing his own company; Porya Film, in 1960. A huge financial success, Ganj-e-Qarun grossed over seventy million Rials. The theme of the film concerns the worthless and desperate life of …

Theresa May – England She (born 1 October 1956) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party, in office since July 2016. She has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Maidenhead constituency since 1997. May identifies as a one-nation conservative and has been characterised as a liberal conservative and Christian democrat. …

9. Cornelius Vanderbilt – $185 billion One of the most famous names in American history was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt, a man who came to fortune through the building of railroads and shipping lines during the 1800s. He is also the founder of Vanderbilt University, and his family name still carries much clout today. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is even a …

Scarlett Johansson She (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North (1994). Johansson subsequently starred in Manny & Lo in 1996, and garnered further acclaim and prominence with roles in The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Ghost World (2001). She shifted to adult roles with her performances in Girl with a …

The opening of the world’s biggest Lego store has been marked with the unveiling of a Big Ben built from the colourful blocks – measuring six-metre high and made of 200,000 bricks.The structure, which took 2,280 hours to build, is the centrepiece of the Danish brand’s new London store which has opened in Leicester Square, and it even features a …

In celebration of GWR Day 2016, the title holders for Smallest married couple have travelled to London this week to visit the London HQ of Guinness World Records.Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros and Katyucia Lie Hoshino, both of Brazil, have been verified at a combined height of just 181.41 cm (71.42 in), and became world record holders back in September …

San Fransisco – 1995 A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, shakehole,swallet, swallow hole, or doline (the different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably), is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Most are caused by karst processes—for example, the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion …

Russian aerobatic team “Russian knights” and “Swifts” will perform in homeland in the framework of the international homeland air show Airshow on Kish island. Reports TASS, reports on Friday, October 14, homeland news Agency Tasnim, citing the organizers of the exhibition.In addition to these groups, according to the organizers, an agreement was reached with the Latvian aerobatic team Baltic Bees …

John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy He (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the …