Dutch police kept up a huge manhunt on Saturday for an assailant who stabbed three youths in The Hague’s main shopping area. Officials said they were keeping an open mind about the motive for the attack, which came as shoppers hunted […]
An Australian lecturer held hostage by the Taliban has said some of his guards were "lovely people" as he disclosed American special forces launched six unsuccessful rescue bids to free him. Timothy Weeks spent more than three years locked up, often […]
At least 21 people have been shot dead in gun battles between Mexican security forces and members of a suspected drug cartel near the Texas border. Four police officers were killed and six injured in hour-long firefight erupted when an […]
Chinese police clashed with protesters in a southern province near Hong Kong over the weekend, in a rare case of public dissent which saw hundreds demonstrate against the building of a crematorium. Video footage circulated on Twitter, purported to be of […]
Malta’s prime minister was expected to resign last night amid an acute political crisis precipitated by the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Joseph Muscat was on the brink of quitting, according to The Times of Malta, in what […]
Britain’s multi-million pound scheme to cut opium cultivation while troops fought in Helmand only paved the way for a boom in drug production and record harvests, according to new research. The UK’s four-year programme to encourage farmers to grow wheat […]
Click:Handbag packaging Aboriginal people in the south west of Western Australia have launched an unprecedented compensation claim for more than £150 billion. The Noongar nation filed the claim, which is equivalent to just under a quarter of Australia’s annual GDP, […]
Beijing has amped up efforts to discredit a man claiming to be a former Chinese spy, who is seeking asylum in Australia and has given Canberra information, alleging Chinese political interference abroad. On Wednesday, Chinese state media released video footage […]
French hunters are facing calls for compulsory breathalyser tests before bearing arms amid fears that a spike in the number of deaths this year could be drink-fuelled. Eight people have already died in hunting accidents since September and the season […]
The new European Commission will inherit an EU bitterly divided over migration and between Eastern and Western governments, Britain’s last ever commissioner has warned. Sir Julian King told the Sunday Telegraph, as he cleared out the UK’s office for a […]