Barack Obama has tested positive for COVID-19, the former U.S. president announced in a tweet on Sunday afternoon. According to the 60-year-old, who is vaccinated and boosted, he is "feeling fine" aside from what he described as a "scratchy throat." He added that former First Lady Michelle Obama has tested negative for the virus. I […]

Putin’s ‘troops stretched to their limit’ says expert We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The first signs of possible progress have […]

A former Paralympic skier now working as a physiotherapist has been charged with attempting to covertly film a female student during a consultation at Geelong Grammar last year. Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, 38, was charged by detectives from the Geelong sexual offences and child abuse investigation team following a complaint by the private school on October 20. […]

Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter WWE superstar Scott Hall is reportedly on life support in hospital following major complications after surgery on a broken hip. Specialist Pro Westling site PW Torch, reports that the former wrestler – also known as Razor Ramon – is barely clinging to life at […]

Saudi Arabia has executed 81 people in just one day, making it the largest mass execution carried out in the kingdom in decades. The interior ministry confirmed that the horrifying figure included seven Yemenis and one Syrian national who were killed on charges including "allegiance to foreign terrorist organisations” and holding “deviant beliefs”. The number […]

When Border Force called detainee Ismail Hussein into a meeting on Friday night, he was scared. The Somali refugee had been detained for almost nine years, including 1½ years at the Park Hotel in Melbourne’s Carlton. He thought he was going to be sent back to offshore detention or transferred elsewhere. Fifteen minutes to pack: […]

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Yuliya Grytsenko, who is caring for her 10-year-old daughter, Polina, infirm father Mykola and ill […]

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YURAS KARMANAU MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pounded the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, shelling its downtown as residents hid in an iconic mosque and elsewhere to avoid the explosions. Fighting also raged in the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, as Russia kept up its bombardment of other […]

Pictured: Father-to-be, 28, who died after falling 1,000 feet from Ben Nevis is named as tributes pour in for a ‘fantastic husband’ who ‘would have been the best dad’ Samuel Crawford, 28, named as tragic climber who plunged 948ft at Ben Nevis Father-to-be Mr Crawford, from Belfast, had married his wife just 18 months ago  […]

A fed up mum says she and her three children have been forced to sleep on a sofa bed for months due to a stomach-turning mould infestation in their property. The mould has ruined their home, rotting her children's bedding and wardrobes and she says the issue has been ongoing for three years. Latesha Banton […]