The father of three children who perished in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine four years ago has condemned Donald Trump for pandering to Vladimir Putin, accusing both leaders of lacking empathy for their fellow human beings. MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. It crashed on July 17, 2014, after…
Drones are scouring the banks of Poland’s River Vistula just south of Warsaw for a 16-foot Indian python authorities have warned could be hungry and aggressive. Police from the town of Piaseczno, which lies close to the Polish capital, have asked people to stay away from the river until the renegade reptile is recovered. The four…
Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was last night arrested at an airport and ferried immediately to jail after returning home to face prison for corruption, as the country’s election campaign descended into violence. The figurehead of Pakistan’s ruling party was held and taken to a waiting plane to be flown to Islamabad soon after…
With plot lines telling the everyday stories of country folk, the long-running radio drama Across The Border would strike a chord with any devotee of The Archers. But while the popular radio soap opera may be the brainchild of a former BBC journalist originally from Surrey, its setting is a long way from the English countryside….
Two years after he was released into the Spanish Pyrenees as part of a conservation programme, Goiat the brown bear faces expulsion over a predatory rampage that has enraged local farmers. The 31-stone male was captured in Slovenia and transferred to the Alt Pireneu (High Pyrenees) National Park in Catalonia in 2016 as part of…
A German court ordered Friday that a man who allegedly worked as a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden must be returned after his deportation to Tunisia, saying the expulsion was illegal as he risks torture there. "This afternoon’s court decision shows the deportation to be grossly illegal and infringing on basic principles of the rule…
Cambodia’s tycoons are set to be big winners in a controversial election at the end of July, a new report by a leading human rights group has claimed, while calling for sanctions against the country’s business elite for allegedly eroding democracy. The South East Asian nation of 16 million will vote on July 29, in…
President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered American envoys to seek direct talks with the Taliban to end the country’s longest ever war, in a major shift after years of US diplomatic policy on the conflict. The change in White House stance rolls back a long-held position that any talks must be led and controlled by the…
Donald Trump and the European Union struck an unexpected deal and averted an all-out trade war on Wednesday night. Following a meeting at the White House with Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, Mr Trump said there was a “new phase” in relations, and it was a "very big day for free and fair trade"….
Mike Remkiewicz is in a pretty pessimistic mood as he hauls lobster traps onto his boat in Ogunquit, a picturesque town in southern Maine which owes its livelihood to fishing and tourism. In common with other lobstermen in the town, Mr Remkiewicz, 53, does not see a bright future ahead for the industry which has…