UN head Ban Ki-moon has expressed alarm over reports emerging of various atrocities being committed in Aleppo. Groups of women and children appeared to be the victims of war crimes in the besieged city. It was not clear just who was responsible for the mass killings, nor whether any investigation will be permitted by the Syrian regime.

Not content to go to the brink of a trade war with China, Donald Trump has pivoted back to shouting at aerospace companies over costly projects. Trump has lashed out at “out of control” costs in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 project. As the most expensive jet in history, Trump may well have a point. 

A woman sentenced to death in Gaza for killing her husband has seen little to no media coverage, let alone any manner of legal recourse. The 26-year-old, identified as Nahla A, was put on trial in secret, her family declined to provide a lawyer for her defence for fear of retaliation by her husband’s relatives, and many questions remain over the first death sentence in 20 years handed down by Gaza authorities.

Faith No More frontman, Mike Patton, and Slayer drummer, Mike Lombardo, are joining their dark talents together to form a metal supergroup. Patton possesses a six-octave vocal range, one of the highest of any living artist, including those in opera. You can almost taste the delicious whiff of metal the duo intend to produce in early 2017.

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