As soldiers and police officers began beating a group of protesters, journalist Gregory Jaimes whipped out his mobile phone to film. Noticing the attention of reporters, one of the Venezuelan national guardsman raised his riot gun. Then, he opened fire. […]
It is arguably the Empire’s greatest legacy to conservation, the outrageous vision of a British poacher-turned-naturalist whose misanthropic cussedness would shape Africa’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Stretching across a swathe of woodland savannah four-fifths the size of the Republic of Ireland, […]
Britain was aware the FBI was covertly approaching one of Donald Trump’s campaign advisers in London before the 2016 US election, The New York Times has reported. UK intelligence officials were notified about an operation that saw two figures acting […]
After the Nazis retreated from her town in Soviet Ukraine in 1944, 21-year-old Yelena Markova was convicted of treason and sent to the infamous coal mines of Vorkuta above the Arctic circle. Although people were crushed almost every day beneath […]
Donald Trump has voiced outrage over the disqualification of the winning horse in the Kentucky Derby, blaming the decision on "political correctness". The US president, who has not been averse to expressing strong views on sporting events, waded into the controversy […]
A judge in Malawi has sentenced the murderer of an albino teenager to death, saying the unprecedented penalty could help end a spree of similar killings linked to the country’s general election. Willard Mikaele was told he would hang for the strangling […]
A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the US outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base there during a thunderstorm, injuring […]
German police seized over 100 high performance cars on suspicion that their owners were taking part in a Cannonball Run-style road race. The cars, including Lamborghinis, Porsches and Audis, were still being held on Friday morning after being stopped on […]
Donald Trump is on course for a new clash with Democrats after he called on Robert Mueller not to testify before Congress. The US president intervened on Twitter, after it was reported that Mr Mueller had "tentatively agreed" to appear […]
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Sunday said the death penalty would not be imposed for incoming legislation prohibiting gay sex, seeking to temper a global backlash led by celebrities such as George Clooney and Elton John. The small Southeast Asian […]