German leader Angela Merkel, who took months to form her fractious coalition, announced in October she would not stand for CDU leadership at the party convention and as Chancellor in 2021, following 13 years of leading Germany’s top conservative political party. Matteo Renzi has warned the German Chancellor has gone from having an “unbelievable record […]

Is this the proof Jack the Ripper killed six? Victorian killer’s crime scenes are recreated as Silent Witness star Emilia Fox joins forces with a real-life criminologist – with all evidence pointing to Polish butcher suspect Jack the Ripper murdered six women in East London in 1888, experts believe New BBC documentary uses modern forensic […]

A fisherman discovered the huge severed shark’s head in the ocean off the coast near Sydney, Australia yesterday morning. Trapman Bermagui – also known as Jason – was shark fishing off the coast of Bermagui, a town in New South Wales, when he picked up the mako shark head – weighing 100kg. He is desperate […]

This year’s Qatar Grand Prix also saw a new record for fastest lap. Italian Andrea Dovizioso won his first Qatar Grand Prix, the opening round of MotoGP 2018, which was hosted by Doha over the last three days at Losail International circuit. Ducati’s Dovizioso came in first place after completing the 22 laps in 42 […]

Traveller gang ‘attacks teachers and tour guides taking 150 students on day trip to London in a busy Sainsbury’s car park after emptying their coach’s fuel tank’ Gang of travellers attacked teachers and students in Sydenham, south London The teachers and tour guides were set upon as they accompanied 150 students   Travellers emptied the fuel […]

Lack of healthcare in a country devastated by civil war has left many with untreated injuries, leading some to develop serious infections that require amputations. In South Sudan, injuries that are relatively simple to treat by doctors in other countries often result in amputation. Three years of civil war have devastated the healthcare system and […]

The 50-year-old watched Schumacher Jr in action alongside staff from the Ferrari Driving Academy as he completed laps in his Formula Two Prema team car, prior to getting into the cockpit of the iconic red Ferrari on Tuesday. Corinna has been fiercely protective of her husband ever since he sustained serious head injuries in a skiing […]

Police rushed to the scene, on Elmton Court, Cunningham Place, just after 6pm following reports of a man having been attacked. Armed officers were pictured running along the street and London Ambulance Service was also on the scene. A man believed to be in his early 20s was found with stab wounds near Regent’s Park […]

More than a dozen people also wounded after deadly explosion on the outskirts of Lahore. At least four Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a checkpoint on the outskirts of Lahore.  The blast occurred on Wednesday in Raiwind, a town near the eastern Pakistani city, and […]

The Listening Post looks at the way the Egyptian media is covering the upcoming presidential election and its role in generating a narrative of national security threats against Egypt. Egyptians head to the polls on Monday in a presidential race pitting the incumbent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi against El Ghad party chairperson, Moussa Mostafa Moussa. The […]