JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning Iraqi-Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, died on Monday. He was 97. His characters, who were often Arabic-speaking Jews like himself,
A devastated family has paid tribute to their “kind and lovely” boy who sadly died following a bike crash on a farm. Hector Eccles, who was 16, was riding his Polaris Ranger Farmbike when it came off the road and crashed into
A security officer for Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s leader, has died under suspicious circumstances. The incident, believed to be linked to poisoning, has raised concerns about security and potential foul play. Telegram channel ‘Kremlin snuff box’ revealed the news in an ominous message,
A little boy has died after being found in the River Thames. An urgent hunt was launched after Daniel Alaby, five, went missing from his home in Bexley, south east London at 5.30pm yesterday (Friday, March 29). He had last been seen
A man has died after a light aircraft crashed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire, it has been confirmed, with the Airline Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) currently on site. A statement issued by the IWM Duxford said emergency services were
Campaigner Richard Taylor, whose son Damilola Taylor was murdered at the age of just 10, has died, his family have announced. The former Nigerian civil servant dedicated years to improving the lives of disadvantaged children in the wake of his son’s tragic death in November 2000,
Larry Whittaker from the most inbred family in America has died at 67. The Whittakers are known worldwide because they have a lot of inbreeding in their family, which has caused some startling health problems. Some people in this family from West
A student at Prince William and Harry’s former school died after collapsing whilst playing Field Game – a Etonian version of football. Sixth-form student Raphaël Pryor was on the school’s playing fields on Saturday when he suddenly became unwell. The school has
Konstantin Koltsov, boyfriend of tennis ace Aryna Sabalenka, has died suddenly while in Miami. Sabalenka was set to compete at the Miami Open this week, before news that her partner Koltsov had passed aged just 42 years old. Koltsov was a star
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry died on this day in history, March 18, 2017, at age 90. “Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock ‘n’ roll,” said Neil Portnow, Recording Academy president and CEO, in an article on the