A THREE-year-old girl has been decapitated in a shocking ‘random’ attack outside a subway station in broad daylight. The toddler was riding her bicycle when a man approached, pulled out a meat cleaver and attacked her in front of her mother and grandmother. The man was tackled by passers-by and the police rushed to...
AN INDIAN Catholic priest kidnapped by Islamic extremists was crucified on Good Friday, it has been claimed. Father Tom Uzhunnalil, 56, was kidnapped by Islamist gunmen reportedly linked to Islamic State (ISIS) earlier this month after attacking an old people’s home, killing at least 15 people. The terrorists crucified...
Pakistan's PM has urged better co-ordination between security agencies against terror, a day after a suicide bomb killed more than 70 in Lahore. At a meeting of security officials, Nawaz Sharif said the nation's resolve to deal with militants was growing. A number of arrests were made and weapons seized in five raids by...
A man known as Faycal C, the only person arrested and charged with involvement in the Brussels attacks, has been released for lack of evidence. Belgian media gave his name as Faycal Cheffou and said he was suspected of being the mystery third man seen in CCTV footage of the bombers. Tuesday's attacks on the airport and the...
A GERMAN railway has sparked controversy after it revealed plans to launch a women and children only carriage on its trains. The German Regiobahn line made the announcement revealing it the launch of the new compartment on its Leipzig and Chemnitz trains, in east Germany. However, the decision to only admit women and children...
BRITAIN faces Bank Holiday mayhem as megastorm Katie unleashes hurricane-force gales and torrential downpours today. The Met Office said almost a month’s worth of rain could fall with intense downpours dumping an inch in parts in a matter of hours. Tens of thousands of people travelling home after the Easter break can...
A Taliban splinter group says it carried out a suicide attack on a park in Lahore, Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people, including children. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar said it had targeted Christians celebrating Easter, though police have said they are still investigating the claim. There were scenes of carnage as parents searched...
New images have emerged from Palmyra, hours after Syrian troops recaptured it from the Islamic State group (IS). The pictures reveal the extent of destruction wrought by the group during their 10-month occupation of the Unesco World Heritage site. While some treasured monuments have been destroyed, much of the ancient...
Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitie has died after a collision with a motorbike during Belgium's Gent-Wevelgem race. The 25-year-old was hit by the motorbike after several riders came down in a crash as the race passed through northern France. Demoitie was taken to hospital in the French city of Lille but died some time later....
Readings showed that the water level in the canal connecting the river to the plant was going down rapidly. Water is used to produce steam to run the turbines and for cooling vital equipment of coal-fired power stations. By next day, authorities were forced to suspend generation at the 2,300-megawatt plant in Farakka town...
For the fourth time since Michele Harris disappeared in 2001, her estranged husband Calvin Harris will go on trial for murder in upstate New York. Prosecutors have persisted through overturned convictions and a mistrial in a high-profile case with no body, no weapon and — after 15 years — no resolution. Jury...
A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s political base of Punjab. The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet...