France and Russia on Saturday despatched a plane carrying humanitarian aid to the ravaged former Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, which was retaken by government forces in April after a five-year siege. A Russian…
An woman has survived a week by drinking water using her car’s radiator after plunging 200ft down a sheer cliff at a California beauty spot when she swerved to avoid an animal. Angela Hernandez, 23,…
An Instagram model has hit back at criticism from online trolls after being bitten by a shark while posing for photographs. Katarina Zarutskie, from California, was holidaying with her boyfriend and his family in the…
Deaths among migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean have “skyrocketed” to more than 600 in the past four weeks as a consequence of Italy’s crackdown on NGO boats, two charities operating rescues claimed on Thursday. A…
There are calls for the British divers who helped rescue 12 schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded Thai cave to be honoured. Rick Stanton and John Volanthen were the first divers to reach…
Vladimir Putin accused Britain of making baseless accusations over the Salisbury nerve agent poisonings, suggesting the case could be driven by domestic issues in the UK. In an interview after holding a summit with US president…
North Korea has published photographs of leader Kim Jong-un berating officials in a rare series of attacks on party workers for delays in key infrastructure projects. In what has been interpreted as a signal to…
President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that some of the world’s cheapest petrol that Venezuelan drivers enjoy will soon be sold at world market prices to combat rampant smuggling. "Gasoline must be sold at an international price…
A wildfire that roared with little warning into a Northern California city claimed two lives as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighbourhoods. Residents…
French feminists have launched a campaign to ban “sexist” postcards of scantily clad women which they say are degrading and contribute to a “culture of rape”. The Femmes Solidaires (Women’s Solidarity) group said the cards portray women…