Accident
Gunman opens fire outside primary school in Glasgow
A shooting has taken place outside a primary school in Glasgow as children were being dropped off. Police confirmed the gun was fired as the morning bell rang at St George’s RC Primary and are now investigating the incident. Pictures from Twitter show a police helicopter circling overhead while Police Scotland said...
Injured tramper flown out of Te Urewera National Park
A tramper is being flown out of a North Island national park after spending a night in the open with an injured shoulder. Rescue Co-ordination Centre senior search and rescue officer John Dickson said a 69-year-old man and a 14-year-old youth were being ferried to a hut for treatment after one of them was hurt on the first day...
Man dies as part of Thorpeness cliff collapses onto beach
A man thought to be in his late 50s has died after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach at Thorpeness in Suffolk as he was walking his dog. Following numerous 999 calls police were called to the scene by the ambulance service at about 1.25 pm today (14 January) and a rescue operation launched. Coastguard Rescue Teams from...
Close to 100 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Libya coast
Up to 100 people are feared dead after a migrant boat capsized off the Libyan coast. The Italian coast guard is carrying out a search operation in the frigid waters but so far only four survivors and eight dead bodies have been found. There were about 110 people on board the vessel when it overturned about 30 miles off...
Man killed after cliff collapses onto beach in the UK
Police and the UK Coastguard received multiple 999 calls at about 1pm on Saturday, after the cliff fall at Thorpeness Beach in Suffolk. Rescue helicopters, as well as fire and lifeboat crews were deployed to the scene after reports a man had been trapped. One witness, who did not want to be named, told the Ipswich Star...
Baby kidnapped from Florida hospital found safe 18 years on
A woman who was taken as a baby from a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1998 has been found safe, US authorities said today, and the South Carolina woman she believed to be her mother has been arrested for kidnapping. Kamiyah Mobley, now 18, was located in Walterboro, South Carolina, according to the Jacksonville...
Denver police horse dies after officer forgot he was tied in stall without food or water
A Denver police officer has been punished for leaving his horse without food or water before it became sick and had to be put down. A disciplinary report released Monday said Officer Joseph Teeter didn’t mean to harm the horse, named MC Hammer, when he left it unattended for 16 hours in September. The report said the...
Five Emiratis killed in Afghanistan attack
Five Emiratis were killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The men were carrying out humanitarian, educational and development work in Afghanistan. The UAE ambassador to Afghanistan, Juma Al Kaabi, was also injured in the explosion, in Kandahar, as previously reported. The dead were named on Wednesday as Mohammed Ali...
Car bomb kills at least 12 and injures dozens in eastern Baghdad
At least 12 people have been killed and 50 injured in a car bomb explosion at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, police said. The blast took place in the mainly Shia district of Jamila, Reuters reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Interior ministry spokesperson Saad Maan told AFP "A soldier at...
Former soldier charged with murder following Fort Lauderdale shooting
The former soldier arrested after a shooting spree inside a Florida airport killed five and injured six has been charged with murder. Esteban Santiago, 26, is alleged to have opened fire in baggage collection at Terminal 2 in Fort Lauderdale International Airport (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December...
Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting: Five dead after gunman opens fire on travellers
Nine people have been shot, with reports suggesting five fatalities, in an attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. One shooter is believed to have been responsible for the attack, which left at least eight hospitalised, and the gunman has been taken into custody. Fort Lauderdale Airport attack: First picture...
Божена Рынска сбежала из России после скандала с жертвами крушения самолета
25 декабря произошла трагедия: самолет Министерства обороны ТУ-154, летевший в Сирию на базу Хмеймим, потерпел крушение. Лайнер рухнул в Черное море. В полутора километрах от Сочи...