A suspect linked to a far-left movement has been arrested in France after a 19th Century city hall was gutted by a fire over the weekend that broke out during mass disorder, French media report. The clock tower and parts of the roof of the ornate city hall in the central city of Limoges we...
A South African woman has been killed in a shark attack off the country’s east coast, in what is the first recorded such fatality this year. Janine Lochrenberg was swimming off a beach in KuGompo City (formerly East London) on Tuesday morning when she was attacked. Witnesses said the...
Monday’s attack in Shabwa was the deadliest reported since the start of the escalation. Shabwa province’s media office said in a statement that ballistic missiles struck the Martyr Ahmed al-Sulaimani Training Centre, where recruits from several provinces were undergoing trainin...
By making Monday’s result non-binding, she got around a court decision blocking the pro-separation petition because it failed to consult indigenous First Nations whose land would be affected if the province separated. That gamble could test her leadership of the United Conservative P...
On Monday, Stephen Mwiti, 48, who said he had lost all six of his ankle biters to the cult, welcomed the verdict. “I’m a happy man, that all persons have been convicted,” he told the BBC outside court. His former wife was one of those convicted of murder alongside Mackenz...
While the ban on public gatherings in Marseille and partial overnight curfews in other French cities have brought some temporary calm, more demonstrations are planned for the weekend. At a smashed out tram stop, 79-year-old grandmother Chantal Bellanger said she had been “worried ...
There would probably be signs beyond North Korea’s borders if there were a sudden collapse in Kim’s health. China could tighten security along its frontier to prepare for potential instability or refugee flows. Activity around North Korean diplomatic missions might also increas...
A 43-year-old man has been charged after Australian MP Helen Haines was hit by a car in the state of Victoria on Monday. The suspect will appear in court on Wednesday to face charges of dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and the federal offence o...
More than half a million first-time voters will cast their ballots in this election, which many Israelis see as existential for Israel’s future security and identity. Polls suggest it will be a tight race, and the new young voters could help decide the result. More than 16% are plann...
A Canadian man has been found guilty of animal cruelty after he took a flamingo from its enclosure in Las Vegas and brought it back to his hotel room during an alcohol-fuelled bender. Mitchell Fairbarn, who was visiting the US city, took the Chilean flamingo named Peachy from the Flamingo ...