Bahrain and Israel have signed a joint communique to formalise ties during a visit by an Israeli and US delegation to Manama to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an anti-Iran bulwark and potential economic boom. Bahrain followed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in agreeing last month to normalise ties with Israel in US-brokered […]

A landslide in northern Pakistan on Sunday buried a minibus under tons of mud and rock, killing all 16 people on board, police said. Rescue workers dug for hours in hopes of finding survivors, but called off the search late Sunday after recovering 16 bodies, including the driver and four soldiers travelling to their posts, […]

Turkish Cypriots in Northern Cyprus have voted in a presidential runoff election that could decide whether they gain control over their own affairs or are pulled even closer to an increasingly domineering Turkey. Polls closed at 6pm (15:00 GMT) on Sunday in the presidential vote that pitted the incumbent and favourite, Mustafa Akinci, 72 – […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Aboulakh Anzorov, 18, attacked the father of two after asking pupils to identify his victim moments before the attack. He had stalked Mr Paty, 47, on Friday, before carrying out the murder […]

STAPHORST (Reuters) – Hundreds of Dutch worshippers from a deeply conservative branch of Protestantism gathered in churches across the Netherlands on Sunday, defying government instructions to limit indoor groups to 30 to try to contain surging coronavirus infections.Slideshow ( 5 images )Although Dutch churches are exempt on constitutional grounds from the government order, almost all […]

Top epidemiologists and business groups are critical of what they say is the Andrews government’s overly cautious approach to easing restrictions, given the state’s single-digit infections. Deakin University epidemiologist Catherine Bennett, writing in The Age with three fellow epidemiologists, described the latest steps out of lockdown as "very conservative" and "containing inherent inequities" and questioned […]

Four people have been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnap, rape and murder of a same-sex couple. Aaron James Sithole, 37, Jack Chikinya Sithole, 21, Alex Modau, 39, and Mercia Strydom, 24, were found guilty on multiple charges including the murder and rape of Anisha and Joey van Niekerk, robbery with aggravating circumstances, […]

American Murder: The Family Next Door viewers are convinced they've noticed the moment Shanann Watts sends police a message about her murder "from beyond the grave". The explosive new Netflix documentary tells the story of Chris Watts, who killed his pregnant wife Shanann and unborn son, Nico, as well as his two daughters – four-year-old […]

BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Brazilian Senator Chico Rodrigues was caught in a police raid with money hidden between his buttcheeks on Wednesday (Oct 14), a judicial source briefed on the matter told Reuters, amid an investigation into the misuse of Covid-19 response funding. In the senate, Mr Rodrigues represents the northern state of Roraima and had […]

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox A British tourist is in a critical condition after being shot in the face in the holiday resort of Marbella. The alarm was raised by a member of the public in the Spanish Costa del Sol resort […]