A New Zealand judge on Friday ordered that the man accused of killing 50 people at two Christchurch mosques undergo two mental health assessments to determine if he’s fit to stand trial. High Court judge Cameron Mander made the order during a hearing in which 28-year-old Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared via video link from […]

Met Office forecasters are predicting a mild, but cloudy, day ahead for day two of races at Aintree, Liverpool. Ladies Day is a chance for the gals to get their glamour on as they strut their stuff in their best cobbler.  It is famed for its eye-popping fashion and intricately designed and dazzling hats. Aintree […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – All of Pakistan’s F-16 combat jets are accounted for, U.S.-based Foreign Policy magazine said, citing a count by U.S. officials, contradicting an Indian air force assessment that it had shot down one of the jets in February. India and Pakistan engaged in an aerial battle over the disputed region of Kashmir […]

This is what will happen when our sun dies. First, the hydrogen-powered nuclear reactor in its centre will run out of fuel. The sun will expand into a red giant, swelling to 100 times its size and swallowing Mercury, Venus and perhaps even our own planet, along with all life as we know it. A newfound […]

Benghazi: Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter has ordered his forces to march on Tripoli, the capital of the UN-backed government, sparking fears of a major showdown with rival militias. The order on Thursday (local time) to his Libya National Army posted in an audio recording online came as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the North […]

Seoul: Firefighters by Friday morning had extinguished large parts of a forest fire burning in the mountainous South Korean region that hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics. It has destroyed 120 homes, forced thousands to flee, and killed one person, with another dying because of a falling object in the high winds fanning the flames. The […]

Vice-presidential hopeful Ma’ruf Amin was yesterday forced to explain an old statement he made about former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who the cleric said was the “source of conflict” in Indonesia and “must be finished off”. His remarks, caught in a video widely shared recently, reinforces his conservative stance, which could put off some […]

A man who was camping near the site of the Hart family crash told investigators he thought he heard someone crying for help on the night they died. “He felt like he heard someone hollering for help,” California Highway Patrol Officer Jay Slates testified Thursday during the Mendocino County coroner’s inquest presented by the Sheriff’s Office. […]

Icy blast takes its toll on bird numbers: 15 out of 20 species most commonly seen in gardens appear less this year after the Beast from the East Numbers of long-tailed tits down by 27 per cent, and wrens down 17 per cent The wave of cold weather dubbed the Beast from the East in […]

Nearly one in four families sold controversial leasehold homes weren’t even told by their lawyer what they were buying, reveals damning report The leasehold scandal left up to 100,000 families trapped in unsellable homes A lease only gives a family the right to live in a property for an agreed period  A report accuses solicitors of […]