EXCLUSIVE-Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture -Iraqi intelligence sources
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, Oct 27 (Reuters) – In their long hunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi intelligence teams secured a break in February 2018 after one of the Islamic State leader’s top aides gave them information on how he escaped capture for so many years, said two Iraqi security officials. Baghdadi would sometimes hold…
The best dressed racegoers from 2019’s spring racing season
Image credit: Katie Fergus Now that spring racing season is well under way, we have certainly viewed our fair share of trackside looks over the last few weeks. And upon observing racegoers both from afar, and in great detail, the wide array of inspiration drawn on for a day at the races is becoming increasingly…
A festive rom-com based on young adult novel, Let It Snow, is coming to Netflix
Share 23rd Oct 2019 Is there anything better than a festive season romance? Whether it’s in book form or on our screens, there really isn’t anything more charming, enjoyable and downright feel-good festive-spirited than watching the familiar tropes of a rom-com play out in a tinsel-clad setting. Romance and the holiday season really are just…
Bison are back in Bulgaria as first calf is born in the wild for 800 years
They were once lords of the forest, hulking great beasts that provided sport for kings and counts as they wandered the wilds of Bulgaria. Now, the bison is back, with conservationists in the Balkan country celebrating the birth of the first bison calf in the wild for more than eight centuries. A small herd of…
AfD candidate compared to Hitler inflicts crushing losses on Merkel’s party in regional vote
The nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) made sweeping gains in regional elections on Sunday, inflicting heavy losses on Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). Björn Höcke, a politician who has been compared to Hitler by German national television, led the AfD to second place in the eastern state of Thuringia with 23.8 per cent, according…
Why so many residents of one Chinese province put their lives in the hands of ‘snakehead’ smugglers
Mr Wang was a newlywed with a baby when he decided to shell out £22,000, to "snakehead" smugglers who promised him safe passage to the UK from China. Going abroad seemed a better bet than farming at home in Changle county, among many poor communities on a circle of islands in south-eastern Fujian province. “Life…
UK student left with brain haemorrhage in violent arrest by undercover Hong Kong officers
It’s hard for “K” to pinpoint the exact moment he believes he suffered a brain haemorrhage during a violent arrest by two undercover officers in Hong Kong’s main shopping district at the end of a long day of pro-democracy protests in August. The Hong Kong teenager, too afraid to be named, has now returned to…
British woman dies in floods in southern France
A British woman was among three people who have died in floods in southern France, where heavy rain caused rivers to burst their banks, it emerged on Friday. The 68-year-old woman, who has not been named, was found by firefighters near her home in the village of Cazouls d’Hérault, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. She was…
Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘died like a dog and coward’ in US special forces raid, says Donald Trump
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, died "like a dog and a coward" in a raid by US special forces, Donald Trump said. The terrorist leader was "whimpering and crying" in a tunnel after dragging three of his children with him, the US president said. As US soldiers closed in Baghdadi, an Iraqi…
Residents of opioid-blighted town create ‘haunted house’ to tell the destructive story of addiction
Click:Hyperbaric Chamber 1.5 ATA A nine-year-old girl roots through the pockets of her 17-year-old’s sister’s discarded coat. She finds a vaping device and, sitting on her bed, mischievously inhales. Unbeknownst to her, inside are a few grains of fentanyl, the killer opioid. The sister comes back. She screams, paramedics arrive and perform CPR. But it…