Russia on Saturday fired 20 cruise missiles at Ukraine as civilians looked to welcome in the New Year, resulting in the death of at least one and dozens injured. Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 12 of the 20 missiles launched using Tu-95ms strategic
The Vatican announced Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away Saturday morning at 9:34 a.m. He was 95 years old. He is most immediately remembered outside the Catholic Church for his surprise resignation — the first papal abdication since 1415 — and subsequent life as
Legendary news reporter Barbara Walters died on Friday evening in her New York apartment, ABC News revealed. Ms Walters made history in 1976 as the first female network news anchor, earning an eye watering $1million annual salary. Through the span of her five
A Christmas shooting in Liverpool continues to baffle police 10 years on, with officers unable to find the perpetrator. Jamie Starkey, 21, was killed in 2012 outside his home in Fazakerley by a lone gunman who shot him six times as he
Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at least 32 dead and 24 missing, the national disaster response agency said Thursday. More than 56,000 people were still in emergency shelters after bad weather
Dramatic images have emerged showing people trying to flee a massive fire that tore through a hotel casino overnight in Cambodia, leaving at least 16 dead, with the death toll feared to rise. The inferno, which erupted at the Grand Diamond City
The fire began at the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet, Cambodia around midnight (5:00pm GMT Wednesday) on Thursday. Shocking footage on social media has shown the hotel and casino engulfed in flames and smoke as people hang outside of windows calling
A passenger bus slammed into a parked truck on a highway in the Sudanese city of Omdurman early on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people, police said. The bus swerved off the road and hit a parked truck in Omdurman, the twin
A Scottish woman is celebrating a Christmas miracle after learning her son, whom she believed was dead for over a decade, is still alive and may soon return home. “I can’t believe it,” Joyce Curtis, who lives in Glasgow, told The Herald newspaper.
Mrs McMahon, from Wellesley in Massachusetts, died from the flu on December 20 in what doctors have described as a “one-in-a-million” case. The mum-of-two, who was aged just 36, had no underlying health issues and was a passionate runner. Her brother Ian Meropol