A riot and a fire at a prison near Monterrey in northern Mexico have left 52 inmates dead. Nuevo Leon state Governor Jaime Rodriguez said 12 other people were injured in Topo Chico jail after violence broke out overnight between prisoners belonging to rival factions. Officials say the situation is under control and no inmates...
German police report 66 complaints of sexual insults or aggression, up from 18 in 2015, during the carnival between last Thursday and Wednesday The number of sexual offence complaints almost quadrupled at this year’s carnival celebrations in Cologne, according to German police, despite heightened security aimed at...
Plenty of people hate President Obama's proposal to slap a $10-per-barrel tax on oil. The oil industry slammed the tax, and Republicans in Congress seem opposed as well. What's more, it'd probably anger American drivers who've gotten used to cheap gas: Prices at the pump now average $1.72 a gallon —...
ABINGDON, Md. (AP) — A gunman fatally shot a sheriff's deputy inside a crowded restaurant at lunchtime Wednesday and killed another deputy in a shootout, authorities and witnesses said. The suspect was killed in the exchange of gunfire not far from the shopping center where the restaurant was located, Harford County...
Exclusive: Analysis reveals nexus of right-of-centre organisations whose staff, board members and even offices are linked Supposedly “independent” research being used to make the case against Britain’s membership of the European Union is being carried out by think-tanks with close links to one of the main...
It is the second fatal incident involving a French school bus in as many days Police say six people have died after a school minibus crashed into a truck near Rochefort in western...
HE’S been labelled everything from a con-man to a rich kid and dangerous bully, but the New Hampshire vote was clear; The Don is in with a real shot at the US presidency. The outspoken real-estate tycoon scored 35.1 per cent of Republican voters, giving him a sound lead over Ohio governor John Kasich with 15.9 per cent....
A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for "factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption," a South Korean government official with knowledge of North Korean affairs. The official declined to give further details on how or when General Ri Yong-gil, chief of the North Korean Army's general...
Liverpool's owners have scrapped their controversial £77 ticket and apologised for the "distress caused" by last week's pricing announcement. Thousands of fans left 77 minutes into Saturday's draw with Sunderland at Anfield in protest at the planned top-price £77 ticket in the new main stand....
Hong Kong shares joined the downward trend across Asia as trading resumed after the Lunar New Year break. The Hang Seng was down a sharp 4.1% to 18,506.11 points. Markets in China remained closed for a longer New Year break. Those markets that were open in the region over the past days had all seen hefty losses. Japanese shares...
A SELFIE that a passenger took with a snoozing politician on-board a plane will cost him 1000 euros ($1589) per day if he doesn’t remove it from the internet, a court has ruled. French dancer Brahim Zaibat, a former lover of Madonna, took a picture of far-right National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, 87, with his head...
World powers pressed Russia on Wednesday to stop bombing around Aleppo in support of a Syrian government offensive to recapture the city and a Western official said Moscow had presented a proposal envisaging a truce in three weeks' time. Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing for a ceasefire and more aid access to Aleppo,...