The Israel Defense Forces say that two Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting on Tuesday, the first such casualties in Gaza since Israel began its ground operations there. Until this week, Israel had largely relied on airstrikes and artillery to retaliate against
Three foreign residents were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis hit Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco last week, officials said Monday, as the continuing search for the missing focused on submerged boats. Those confirmed dead included one American, one
Four Bulgarian construction workers died when scaffolding fell down an elevator shaft inside a building site in Hamburg on Monday and another suffered life-threatening injuries, German authorities said. There was no immediate word on why the scaffolding collapsed from the eighth floor,
The country was split 50:50, with Labour gaining more of the popular vote. The Tories’ small majority failed to give the party a clear mandate to reverse Labour’s groundbreaking post-war policies. 87 years ago (1936) American socialite Wallis Simpson was granted a
Authorities who responded to a call about possible human remains being at the bottom of a Washington river ended up discovering a ghoulish prank in lieu of actual bones. Officer Severin Erickson with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Police,
The Caribbean island was stormed by a combined force of US Marines and troops from six other neighbouring countries, who seized control of the airport in the capital St George’s. The UN condemned the invasion as a violation of international law. 105
Dozens of “UFO sightings” are being reported to the US Government every month, the director of the office established to investigate the incident has said. The office is anticipating that “hundreds, if not thousands” more reports will come its way as Sean
A senior Conservative MP has demanded Ofcom intervene and slap down claims from the BBC that reporting Hamas as terrorists would contravene impartiality rules set down by the regulator. Sir Michael Fabricant was furious with Today programme presenter Mishal Husain, who last
A 90-year-old grandfather was reported to the police by his local council, for clearing land behind his home. Keith Ramsell paid contractors £1,300 to chop down the “wall of vegetation” in Bushey, Hertfordshire, after he fell and injured his arm. He had spent
Rishi Sunak has been reported to police in Scotland over a prison joke made about Nicola Sturgeon in his Tory conference speech. The Prime Minister mocked the former Scottish First Minister over her arrest as part of a police probe into the