Turkish mortars killed one 12-year-old boy and ripped off a young girl's leg yesterday as Turkey pummelled Kurdish-held towns on the second day of its assault on northern Syria.
Deaths from a mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarettes have risen to 25 across 21 US states.
Turkey's military invasion of northern Syria raises some serious questions about the future status of up to 90,000 captives affiliated with Isil who are currently being held by Kurdish-led forces.
A protester lay on top of a plane while another forced a jet to turn around on the runway as climate change activists descended on London City Airport, causing some flight disruption as the number of arrests this week topped 1,000.
US President Donald Trump has said a British teenager killed in a crash allegedly caused by the wife of a US diplomat was the victim of a "terrible accident", adding driving on the wrong side of the road "happens".
The Nobel Prize in Literature this year went to Peter Handke, a playwright with unquestionable literary achievements. He happened to have political opinions at odds with the Western establishment, however, so all hell broke loose. The Nobel committee's decision to honor Austrian author Peter Handke was met with howls of outrage – not over any...
Anti-government protesters paraded captive police officers in Ecuador's capital in defiance of authorities who are seeking dialogue with opponents after deadly unrest triggered by fuel price hikes.
