A Southern California high school student pulled a .45 calibre semiautomatic handgun from his backpack and fired on fellow classmates, killing two and wounding three others. He saved the last bullet for himself. It was his 16th birthday. The teenage gunman, whose name […]
Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone was found guilty on Friday of lying to Congress over his contact with the website Wikileaks. Stone, a longtime Republican political operative who worked on the US president’s 2016 campaign, was found guilty by […]
For more than 1,000 years it was an independent trading republic known as La Serenissima, but there was nothing very serene about Venice this week. On Wednesday the city was inundated by the worst high tide since 1966, a 1.87 metre […]
One of Italy’s most photogenic beaches is to start charging entry and will put a cap on visitor numbers, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. The white sands and turquoise waters of La Pelosa […]
Nationwide protests that have paralysed Lebanon for nearly one month have escalated after a protester was shot dead by the army on Tuesday. Tensions spiked shortly before the shooting as Michel Aoun, the president, called for protesters to leave the […]
One of Italy’s most photogenic beaches is to start charging entry and will put a cap on visitor numbers, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. The white sands and turquoise waters of La Pelosa […]
Dutch-led investigators have released audio recordings that they say may implicate senior Russian government officials close to Vladimir Putin in the shootdown of Malaysian airlines flight MH17. In an appeal for fresh witnesses released on Thursday, the five-country Joint Investigation Team […]
The plastic gems on Fatuma’s pink midi dress sparkle as the bright sunshine streams onto the laughter-filled porch, where the 17-year-old is trading quips, tips and selfies with her friends. But beneath her carefree smile, there is stress and sadness. […]
Interim president Jeanine Anez moved Thursday to consolidate power in deeply polarized Bolivia, winning recognition from the United States and immediately shifting the country’s foreign policy on erstwhile ally Venezuela. Anez was expected to complete her government line-up, having named […]
Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country’s south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation. At least 200 elephants have already died at two other parks […]