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6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan killing at least 20 and injuring hundreds
03/11/25 07:08
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was located 22 kilometers (14 miles) west-southwest of the town of Khulm, and that it struck at 12:59 a.m. at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles)....read
Belgium's descent into a narco state: How cartels have taken control, with machine-gun street battles killing kids as young as 11 and so much cocaine flowing that police incinerators can't destroy it all
01/11/25 12:20A top Antwerp judge has warned in an 1000-word anonymous open letter that Belgium is well on its way towards becoming a 'narco-state' dominated by 'mafia-like' gangs.
Sudanese warlord dubbed 'Butcher of the Century' arrested for his atrocities after posting TikToks of him committing brutal executions and boasting of killing more than 2,000 civilians
31/10/25 10:39The sadistic fighter is one of several paramilitaries accused of abuses during the capture of the city of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The TikTok-loving Sudanese 'Butcher of the Century' warlord who boasted of slaughtering 2,000 people after horrific footage showed him coldly executing men one by one
31/10/25 09:05Sudanese fighter Abu Lulu - whose real name is Brigadier General Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris - has been called the 'butcher of the century' on social media.
Images show devastation across Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa
30/10/25 12:29Hurricane Melissa has wreaked devastation across Jamaica, decimating homes and infrastructure and leaving thousands of tourists stranded.
Apocalypse Jamaica: New images show widespread devastation across the island following Hurricane Melissa, with buildings obliterated, whole areas cut off and thousands of tourists left stranded
30/10/25 08:11Hurricane Melissa has wreaked devastation across Jamaica, decimating homes and infrastructure and leaving thousands of tourists stranded.
Cruise ship crew who left woman, 80, to die on deserted island at the start of £40,000 dream voyage only realised she was missing when she didn't turn up for dinner - and 'assumed she had fallen overboard'
29/10/25 02:43The crew of the Coral Adventurer ship reported the 80-year-old missing at 10pm local time, five hours after the vessel left her behind on the Great Barrier Reef's remote Lizard Island.
Brave women defy Iran's compulsory hijab ruling at street party as regime 'shuts down female singers' social media, accusing them of creating "criminal" content'
27/10/25 02:16Footage filmed at the outdoor gig in the Iranshahr neighbourhood shows unveiled women cheering and nodding along as a band played 'Seven Nation Army' by The White Stripes.
Ten people go on trial for cyber-harassment of Brigitte Macron
27/10/25 12:20The trial comes after she and Macron filed a defamation lawsuit in the U.S at the end of July, in connection with a rumour repeated online that Brigitte Macron was assigned male at birth.
Argentina's President Javier Milei scores midterm win
27/10/25 11:15Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday.
Ten people go on trial for cyber-harassment of Brigitte Macron: Group faces two years in jail 'for claiming she is a man and comparing her age-gap relationship to paedophilia'
27/10/25 10:43The trial comes after she and Macron filed a defamation lawsuit in the U.S at the end of July, in connection with a rumour repeated online that Brigitte Macron was assigned male at birth.
Girl, nine, and her 12-year-old brother are killed when rally car shoots off the road during a race
27/10/25 09:36An investigation into manslaughter has been launched and the driver was being questioned by the police until late afternoon.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke says he wouldn't now perform in Israel, a year after walking off stage when he was yelled at by pro-Palestinian heckler
27/10/25 07:55'Absolutely not. I wouldn't want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime,' the band's main songwriter said, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's government.Argentina's state-slashing President Milei wins landslide midterm elections after two years of chainsaw austerity and spending cuts
27/10/25 07:15Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday.
The incredible rise of Giorgia Meloni - from fresh-faced 19-year-old activist to hugely-respected leader after bringing down illegal migration, cutting taxes and clamping down on left-wing protesters
26/10/25 01:38Three years have passed since Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assumed office and her hard-right party is more popular than ever.
Trump shuts down reporter over Israel's vote to annex West Bank
24/10/25 01:24The reporter's question centred on the Israeli Knesset, where right-wing lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank.
Brit who tried to stage a fake wedding to nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris complains of violence in French jail after inmates torched his mattress - as he is denied bail
24/10/25 11:19Jacky Jhaj, the 40-year-old convicted paedophile, was denied bail after he was charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, and identity theft and placed in pretrial detention.
Trump shuts down reporter over Israel's vote to annex West Bank after his threat to cut support
24/10/25 08:50The reporter's question centred on the Israeli Knesset, where right-wing lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank.
Moment wobbly plane aborts landing on Heathrow runway as Storm Benjamin's 75mph winds batter Britain
23/10/25 06:47Dramatic footage shows the plane travelling from New York, unable to perform its landing at the London airport due to the strong gusts.
Brit tourists face Storm Benjamin chaos in Europe as 100mph winds lash French coasts, BA flight aborts landing in Switzerland and weather warnings are put in place in Spain and Portugal
23/10/25 03:32British tourists are facing Storm Benjamin chaos in Europe as 100mph winds continue to lash at French coasts and a British Airways flight was forced to abort its landing in Switzerland.
Russian chess grandmaster is investigated over 'horrible' online attacks after death of rival Daniel Naroditsky - as haunting final video shows US star rambling during online game
23/10/25 12:42The sudden passing of the chess superstar was announced on Monday by his club, the Charlotte Chess Centre, with a cause of death not yet public.
Fugitive Chinese narco kingpin dubbed 'Mr HaHa' who helped feared cartels flood US and Europe with fentanyl is captured in Cuba months after he escaped through tunnel
23/10/25 08:55For months, a global manhunt has been ongoing for the trafficker, who also operates under the aliases 'Brother Wang', 'Mr T' and 'Nelson Mandela'.
Chess grandmaster who died had been accused of cheating by Russian rival
21/10/25 03:10In the final year of his life, Daniel Naroditsky was tormented by repeated accusations of cheating in online games by Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik.US chess grandmaster who died 'unexpectedly' aged 29 had been accused of cheating by Russian rival as part of what he felt was 'a sustained, evil attempt to destroy my life'
21/10/25 02:31In the final year of his life, Daniel Naroditsky was tormented by repeated accusations of cheating in online games by Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik.
The six-lane motorway bulldozed through the Amazon... due to be completed as COP30 climate summit gets underway
21/10/25 11:20Images show the eight-mile highway cutting through swathes of lush forest greenery, as the Brazilian government prepares to host more than 50,000 people in Belém this November.
British grandmother who has spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia is to be sent back to the UK
21/10/25 06:23A British grandmother who has spent the last 12 years on death row in Indonesia for drug-related crimes will be sent back to the UK.
'Revealing' wedding dress of daughter of Iranian supreme leader's aide who organised crackdown on hijab protestors sparks backlash in Tehran
20/10/25 09:44Footage circulating on social media shows Ali Shamkhani, a top advisor to Iran's supreme leader, escorting his daughter, Fatemeh, into a wedding hall at Tehran's luxury Espinas Palace Hotel.
My hell at the hands of Hamas torturers: I was stripped, hung upside down, whipped, forced to squat for 24 hours and told I'd be made to watch my mother and sister raped
19/10/25 02:20Moumen al-Natour, a Gazan lawyer and co-founder of the anti-Hamas protest movement 'We Want to Live', has been arrested 20 times and tortured for his anti-government activism.
The woman with the world's most powerful men at her feet: As Trump fawns over 'beautiful' Giorgia Meloni, how the 5ft 3in cigarette-loving Italian leader wraps men around her finger
18/10/25 09:49Italy's first female prime minister might be 5ft 3in, but that's never stopped her from going head-to-head with the political heavyweights of our time - and winning.
Budget airline jet almost dives into the sea at 300mph, pulling up at the last moment less than 200ft from the surface, just after take-off in Italy
17/10/25 10:58Eleven seconds after takeoff from Catania Airport, an Airbus A320 operated by Air Arabia lost altitude and fell through the air, falling to less than 200ft above the water.
Teenager is killed in 'frenzied' knife attack on his head, eyes and chest at Irish refugee centre as Somali youth faces questioning
17/10/25 08:19Vadym Davydenko, 17, was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife at a Tusla refugee centre in north Dublin on Wednesday morning.
Teen girl jailed for 13 days after leading anti-Putn song
16/10/25 02:10A teenager who led a huge crowd in singing an anti-Putin song in St Petersburg has been jailed after hundreds of Russians called for the dictator to be overthrown in a rare show of public dissent.Teenage girl who led huge crowd singing anti-Putin song in St Petersburg is jailed for 13 days after the rare show of dissent sparked fury among Russian officials
16/10/25 01:49A teenager who led a huge crowd in singing an anti-Putin song in St Petersburg has been jailed after hundreds of Russians called for the dictator to be overthrown in a rare show of public dissent.
Crowds chant for Putin to be overthrown in St Petersburg gathering
16/10/25 10:49Russian authorities opened a fresh investigation against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the country's richest man and one of Putin's fiercest critics.Jittery Kremlin fears coup attempt to topple Putin from within by exiled billionaire Russian oil tycoon - as crowds chant about overthrowing regime in St Petersburg
16/10/25 08:40Russian authorities opened a fresh investigation against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the country's richest man and one of Putin's fiercest critics.
'It's finally over': British father who faced jail for punching local yob who died days later is CLEARED and vows he'll never return to Malta as court rules hotel brawl did not cause the death
15/10/25 02:35Liam Stacey, 29, was found not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm during the fight involving a group of men who were allegedly exposing themselves to sunbathers.
British teenager is rescued after getting lost in Thai jungle for two weeks and 'eating insects and tree bark to survive' after trying to cross into Myanmar
15/10/25 11:50It was originally feared that Lawrence Stallard Honour, 19, was lured into a scam compound, after he went missing on September 27
Benjamin Netanyahu appears in court to face corruption charges - after Trump told the Knesset: 'Cigars and champagne, who the hell cares about that? Why don't you give him a pardon'
15/10/25 11:01The prime minister kept a smiling face as he and his entourage of several ministers from his conservative Likud party were heckled by protesters en route to the tribunal.
Full horrors of torture suffered by Noa Argamani's commando boyfriend are revealed - including how 6ft 5in hostage was beaten and kept chained in 6ft cell for a year after he tried to escape from Hamas
15/10/25 09:44Avinatan Or, 32, was abducted by Hamas gunmen from the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023 and spent 738 days in captivity in the Gaza Strip.
The battle to keep peace in Gaza: Experts fear Hamas will bring ceasefire to an end as it unleashes bloody revenge - and the mistake Trump could make to undo his hard work
14/10/25 02:31Experts on the conflict in the Middle East have warned that despite the recent success of Trump's 20-point peace plan, it could easily descend into renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas.
How freed Israeli hostages have been transformed by a two-year nightmare: Their dramatically different appearances as they are reunited with families after 738 days in captivity
13/10/25 03:24The photographs that accompanied each release told a parallel story of what extreme deprivation, uncertainty, and suffering can do to a human body and spirit.
Israeli hostages reunite with their families after 738 days
13/10/25 12:31All 20 living hostages have been released following the Donald Trump-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas, that aims to bring an end to the devastating two-year war in Gaza.
The moment they have been praying for: Emotional images show Israeli hostages reunited with their parents, families and friends after 738 days held captive in Gaza
13/10/25 10:11All 20 living hostages have been released following the Donald Trump-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas, that aims to bring an end to the devastating two-year war in Gaza.
Hostages embrace as they are released from Gaza
13/10/25 09:45The historic exchange is part of a Donald Trump-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas that aims to bring an end to the devastating two-year war.
Free at last! Israeli hostages hug one another in joy as all 20 living captives are finally handed over by Hamas following 738 days in Gaza hell as part of Trump's historic peace deal
13/10/25 04:32'This is my great honour. A great and beautiful day, a new beginning,' Trump wrote in the guestbook, standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Rape ordeal of the October 7 hostages: Lawyers battling to bring Hamas sex attackers to justice reveal horrors endured while they were held in captivity
12/10/25 10:26On October 7, armed militants stormed the border and engaged in gang rape and genital mutilation, often tying up naked victims to trees and executing most of them afterwards by gunfire.
What now for Gaza? Hamas won't lay down its weapons, still wants to run the Strip - and Netanyahu is already making threats of more military action... so can peace last?
10/10/25 01:39Even as Israelis and Palestinians take to the streets of Tel Aviv and Khan Younis to celebrate the ceasefire, it remains to be seen whether the peace agreement will be lasting.
Israeli government approves a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas
10/10/25 07:00Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced on Thursday that it had given its final approval to back the agreement after 734 days of war.Peace at last for Gaza: Israeli security cabinet approves Trump-brokered agreement to end two years of brutal war with all 20 living hostages released 'Monday or Tuesday'
09/10/25 10:29Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced on Thursday that it had given its final approval to back the agreement after 734 days of war.
Bookies install Trump as joint favorite for Nobel Peace Prize
09/10/25 02:55Both Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to the first phase of Trump's plan to pause fighting and release hostages, a deal that could open the way to ending the two-year conflict.Bookies reveal new odds on Trump's chances of winning Nobel Peace Prize after Gaza-Israel ceasefire breakthrough
09/10/25 01:47Both Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to the first phase of Trump's plan to pause fighting and release hostages, a deal that could open the way to ending the two-year conflict.
Is Trump the surprise winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
09/10/25 10:58With just hours to go before judges announce the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, experts are wondering whether the US president will win the prestigious award.Has Trump just won the Nobel Peace Prize at the last minute? Historic Gaza deal agreed hours before judges announce who wins the award Donald has been coveting since his election
09/10/25 08:43With just hours to go before judges announce the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, experts are wondering whether the US president will win the prestigious award.
Trump tells families of Israeli hostages 'they're all coming home Monday' in heartwarming video as he celebrates 'peace in the Middle East'
09/10/25 02:55Donald Trump spoke to the families of Israeli hostages on Wednesday night just hours after he announced a peace deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
Hamas says 'all sides optimistic' of Gaza peace deal as the group exchanges list of prisoners to swap for Israeli hostages
08/10/25 09:12The group exchanged with Israel a list of prisoners for release, in exchange for the remaining Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
German mayor was found fighting for life with stab wounds after 'screaming' row in her house, neighbours reveal as she refuses to name attacker and her adopted daughter, 17, becomes suspect
08/10/25 08:36Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.
Report: German mayor fights for life after being repeatedly stabbed at home
07/10/25 02:55Iris Stalzer was found, seriously injured, by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.
German mayor fights for life after being repeatedly stabbed at her home as her adopted son, 15, and daughter, 17, 'are questioned by police'
07/10/25 12:11Iris Stalzer was found, seriously injured, by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.
Judge is shot dead during property dispute court hearing and two plaintiffs are also wounded
07/10/25 09:44Appeals court judge Astrit Kalaja was presiding over the man's case when the man opened fire, police said.
Fury over Angela Merkel's claim Poland is to blame for Ukraine war: European politicians say she has 'blood on her hands' after 'rewarding Russia's blatant aggression'
07/10/25 08:09Her controversial comments have garnered condemnation from European politicians, with many pointing the finger at the 71-year-old for blocking Ukraine's Nato membership back in 2008.
The segregated town where only white residents are allowed
07/10/25 07:00At its entrance stands a bust dedicated to Hendrik Verwoerd, the Dutch-born sixth prime minister of South Africa nicknamed the 'father of apartheid' for his entrenchment of racial policies into law.Inside the whites-only town where new arrivals are strictly vetted and residents deny being racist
07/10/25 12:32At its entrance stands a bust dedicated to Hendrik Verwoerd, the Dutch-born sixth prime minister of South Africa nicknamed the 'father of apartheid' for his entrenchment of racial policies into law.
Report: How Merkel cozied up to Putin
06/10/25 03:46Most recently, in an explosive interview with Hungarian outlet Partizan, the former chancellor blamed Poland and the Baltic states for Putin 's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.How Merkel cosied up to Putin: As former German leader blames Poland for war in Ukraine, how she blocked Ukraine's NATO membership, filled Russia's war coffers and tried to build ties with Vladimir
06/10/25 02:45Most recently, in an explosive interview with Hungarian outlet Partizan, the former chancellor blamed Poland and the Baltic states for Putin 's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Greta Thunberg is given a hero's welcome by crowd cheering 'Free Palestine' as she arrives in Greece after being deported from Israel amid claims she was 'dragged by her hair and beaten' by IDF
06/10/25 12:48Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been given a hero's welcome after arriving in Greece following her deportation from Israel.
Sickening acts Hamas terrorists were ordered to carry out on October 7 victims to 'create shocking scenes': Israel releases orders killers were given including cutting off limbs and beheading
06/10/25 11:53The chilling directives have come to light in a series of documents released for the first time by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, just days before the two-year anniversary of the massacre.
Greta Thunberg is deported from Israel today after claims she was 'given very little food or water' and subjected to 'harsh treatment'
06/10/25 09:28According to Swedish foreign ministry officials who spoke to people close to the activist, Thunberg spoke of her harsh treatment at the hands of the Israelis.
Germany's Chancellor Merz says he assumes Russia was behind incursion of 'reconnaissance drones' that sparked airport chaos and left 10,000 passengers stranded
06/10/25 08:05Munich Airport, one of Germany 's biggest, was forced to cancel flights late on Thursday and Friday, before reopening from 7.00am local time (6.00am BST) on Saturday.
Heartbreaking final phone call of Nova festival victim who rang family to send final message of love after being shot three times by Hamas... only to be executed as her mother could only listen
05/10/25 11:39Libby Cohen Meguri, described by her mother as 'the happiest person this world has ever known,' was one of the 1,200 victims murdered during Hamas' attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla crew 'taken to notorious Israeli torture prison' after they were intercepted by IDF commandos
03/10/25 08:32The Foreign Office has said it was 'very concerned' for the safety of British members of Thunberg's mission, who are understood to be incarcerated in the Ketziot prison in the Negev desert.
Report: Hamas military chief 'won't accept Trump's peace plan
02/10/25 02:21Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who played a key role in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, is thought to believe the deal was designed to finish Hamas, whether the group accepts it or not.Hamas military chief 'WON'T accept Trump's peace plan and will continue to fight Israel in Gaza'
02/10/25 02:00Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who played a key role in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, is thought to believe the deal was designed to finish Hamas, whether the group accepts it or not.
Parents whose seven-year-old daughter was crushed to death on overcrowded migrant boat celebrate birth of a new baby one year after the tragedy after giving up bid to live in UK and settling in France
02/10/25 09:53In April 2024, Sara was one of five people who died in a suffocating crush on a packed inflatable dinghy making its way across the Channel to the UK from the shores of Wimereux, south of Calais.
Elon Musk is halfway to becoming the first TRILLIONAIRE after his net value reaches $500bn
02/10/25 07:30The tech magnate's net worth hit $500.1 billion Wednesday before dipping back to $499.1 billion, Forbes magazine's 'Real-Time Billionaires' tracker reported.
Hamas leaders are split over whether to accept Trump's Gaza peace deal - with the terrorists unable to agree on giving up their weapons
01/10/25 01:15Trump's plan calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, the group's disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
British couple are left with £20,000 hospital bill following moped crash in Turkey after insurers say they were not covered
01/10/25 08:15Holidaymakers Darren Webb, 34, and Danielle Davies, 30, were rushed to hospital on the first day of their dream trip to Marmaris.
Moment rocks come crashing down on Ibiza hotel in front of screaming British tourists, injuring three people and trapping others as party island is hit by intense storm
01/10/25 06:39Four people were trapped following the landslide at the four-star Vibra Tropical Garden Apartments, a short walk from Figueretas beach.
Freak flooding turns Ibiza roads into rivers as Hurricane Gabrielle batters island - with remnants of TWO more hurricanes heading for the UK
30/09/25 12:40Extreme rainfall has flooded Ibiza with footage showing streets becoming torrents and water pouring through the roof of Ibiza Airport.
Enraged anti-Semitic attacker films himself whipping two Jewish American tourists with a belt while screaming 'Free Palestine' in Florence
30/09/25 09:46In footage posted to social media, an enraged anti-Semitic attacker filmed himself whipping two Jewish American tourists with a belt while screaming 'Free Palestine ' in Florence, Italy.
How a baseless internet rumour has forced Brigitte Macron to prove she is a woman in a US court: Astonishing full story that led to French president's wife facing Candace Owens
28/09/25 10:48The bizarre story of how an unsubstantiated internet conspiracy theory about 72-year-old Brigitte Macron secretly being a transgender woman has snowballed into a high-profile U.S. court case.
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