News Headlines - 14 May 2016
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, has declared a state of emergency.
The U.S. military believes the terror organization is planning a full-scale defense of its de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria.
▽Pig's head found outside Merkel's constituency office
German police said Saturday they found a pig's head bearing an "insulting inscription" outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's constituency office in the country's northeast... A spokesman for regional police refused to be drawn on the nature of the insults, saying only that they were directed at Merkel, who was first elected to parliament in Stralsund 26 years ago.
▽Sex abuse victim in her 20s allowed to choose euthanasia in Holland | Daily Mail Online
A former victim of child sex abuse has ended her life under Dutch euthanasia laws because she could not live with her mental suffering.
The woman, in her twenties, was given a lethal injection after doctors and psychiatrists decided that her post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions were incurable.
▽Rail boss Kern chosen as Austria's new chancellor - The Local
Austria's Social Democrats have decided to appoint national railways boss Christian Kern as the country's chancellor following Werner Faymann's resignation, the interim head of the party said on Friday.
▽Dieselgate At GM? Defeat Devices Claimed To Be Found In Opel Cars - Forbes
Experts from Germany’s TÜV Nord found defeat devices in diesel cars made by General Motor’s European arm, the Opel Group, reports from Germany say. According to Germany’s Spiegel Magazin, these defeat devices cause “the exhaust gas treatment in those car to be severely limited, allowing the emissions of more poisonous NOx than permissible by law. Experts say this is illegal.”
