THE crazed jihadi who detonated a bomb on the Brussels Metro was inspired to commit mass murder in the name of Islam by a bizarre set of dreams. Khalid el-Bakroui was responsible for the blast at Maelbeek station in March that killed 14 people — part of coordinated attacks that left 35 dead across the Belgian capital. The...
TWO people have been rushed to hospital after a supermarket was struck TWICE by lightning. A Morrisons in Kent had to be evacuated after lightning hit the roof twice within seconds during a thunderstorm. Emergency services including two fire engines and two ambulance and two paramedic cars were called to the scene in Wincheap,...
A MOTHER and her baby girl were mown down by a lorry just yards from a supermarket, killing the mother and causing head injuries to the baby, who this afternoon is in hospital receiving treatment. It’s believed the mum had been pushing the baby in a stroller when the lorry collided into the pair, crushing the woman and...
Donald Tusk told MEPs that it would not be possible to apply the same approach used for the Balkans to unstable Libya. Italy's coastguard says 4,000 people were rescued from the Mediterranean between Libya and Sicily on Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, Macedonian police again fired teargas at migrants protesting at the border...
A HUGE operation is underway in Amsterdam after a bomb threat forced an airport to be evacuated and closed. Amsterdam's Schiphol airport and the Sheraton Hotel next door were emptied because of a "suspicious situation". One man was arrested at the airport and a second was arrested at a major train station in the...
Police in Panama have raided the headquarters of the law firm at the centre of a massive data leak. Prosecutors said the operation had been carried out at the offices of Mossack Fonseca in Panama City "without incident or interference". The leaked "Panama Papers" have shown how some wealthy people use...
Police in Central California captured the moment a gigantic sinkhole opened up in a residential neighborhood Monday evening. The police department in Madera, just outside Fresno, posted the 47-second video to its official Facebook page showing a large portion of the roadway collapsing. Police said the road fell into a sewage...
A Texas school district placed a teacher on administrative leave after a video surfaced appearing to show her hitting a student in class, resulting in her arrest. “The Beaumont Independent School District can confirm that an Ozen High School teacher was arrested today for physically assaulting a student,” district...
A 37-year-old man has been arrested after human remains believed to be those of a missing Seattle-area mother of three were found in a recycling bin, authorities said late Monday. Ingrid Lyne, 40, was last seen Friday night before going on a blind date to a Seattle Mariners game, Q13 Fox reported. Seattle Police said late...
RESCUE workers are sifting through a Hindu temple in southern India where at least 110 people died when a fireworks display — an unauthorised pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong — swept through a temple packed with thousands for a religious festival. The death toll so far from the pre-dawn fire at the...
Across rural Indonesia, young female singers, driven by poverty, compete for larger audiences with dangerous — even deadly — props The bizarre death of a singer in Indonesia became international headlines in recent days. Irma Bule lost her life on Sunday after being bitten by a venomous king cobra she brought on...
Joe Carter was known as the railroad engineer who could thread a needle with a backhoe. He was on his machine last Sunday morning when a southbound Amtrak train barreled down the track at 106 mph near Chester, Pa., and caught Carter and his colleague Peter Adamovich in an area they likely thought had been shut down by...