Khaleesi has been crowned Esquire's 'Sexiest Woman Alive!' The Mother of Dragons is having a moment. Emilia Clarke has been crowned Esquire magazine's 2015 Sexiest Woman Alive – just after nabbing British GQ's Woman of the Year honor. In the interview that accompanies Clarke's sultry,...
THE "secretive" and "impenetrable" European Union does not have Britain's best interests at heart, the David Cameron’s former strategy guru has claimed. Steve Hilton, one of the Prime Minister’s oldest advisors, said Britain is "ungovernable" as long as it remains within the...
American pop diva Rihanna shocked fans, laying out in the "Instagram" photos of naked buttocks, decorated...
INFAMOUS terror group al-Qaeda is planning major attacks against the West from its newly recaptured base in Afghanistan, experts warn. The violent extremists had fled the country, taking up residence in rural Pakistan – but they have now reclaimed their stronghold after allied troops left the country in 2014. Security...
Postal ballots will decide Austria's presidential election after polling station results from Sunday's vote gave the far-right candidate a slender lead. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party was slightly ahead of his rival, Alexander Van der Bellen, the interior ministry said on Sunday. If elected, Mr Hofer would be the...
At least 17 girls have been killed by a fire which swept through their school dormitory in northern Thailand. The fire broke out on Sunday evening when many of the girls, aged between five and 13, were asleep, said police. One official told AFP that 38 students had been in the dorm at Pithakkiart Witthaya school in Chiang Rai,...
Barack Obama has arrived for the start of his three-day visit to Vietnam, only the third by a sitting US president since the end of the Vietnam War. The trip comes amid warming ties between the countries as the US seeks to build relations with Pacific allies. Vietnam is keen for the US to lift an arms embargo that has been in...
Advice to eat more fat is irresponsible and potentially deadly, Public Health England's chief nutritionist has said. Dr Alison Tedstone was responding to a report by the National Obesity Forum, which had suggested eating fat could help cut obesity and type 2 diabetes. The charity had said promoting low-fat food has had...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a military operation to retake Falluja from so-called Islamic State (IS). "Zero hour for the liberation of Falluja has arrived. The moment of great victory has drawn near," he said, adding IS had "no choice but to flee." Iraq's military has...
ELIZABETHAN children were snatched off the street and forced into theatre companies but Shakespeare tried to stop it from happening, researchers have claimed. Children as young as 11 were being kidnapped on their way to school and made to dress up as girls in exclusive plays for the gentry. If they failed to learn their...
Labour risks losing northern strongholds if party fails to tackle 'immigration worries' Tristram Hunt has predicted Labour will lose voters if it ignores the "dramatic changes" immigration has prompted in some communities. Hunt, a prominent critic of leader Jeremy Corbyn, claims the party is failing to address...
A dressed down Kate Middleton looked a picture of health as she demonstrated her impressive sailing skills on the south coast. The Duchess of Cambridge was snapped leaving the Sir Ben Ainsley Racing (BAR) team base in Portsmouth in black jumper, black skinny jeans and Adidas trainers. Earlier in the day, the 34-year-old Duchess...