BAGHOUZ, Syria (Reuters) – Islamic State was close to defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday after ferocious bombardments overnight and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the offensive to capture the area was nearly over. The besieged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the jihadists who have been driven from roughly one third […]

Gemma Fountain, 38, snapped one of the group of lads, thought to be preteens, wielding the large knife in broad daylight on a residential street in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on Saturday afternoon. Gemma watched from her window as the boy stabbed the knife into a tree trunk and ran off to a nearby play park. Once the group of youngsters […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar suggested that President Trump is not “human” when questioned about her criticisms about the commander-in-chief and former President Barack Obama. The freshman Democrat from Minnesota assailed Obama’s stance on immigration in an interview published Friday by Politico, telling the news outlet that his administration was responsible for the “caging of kids” along the US-Mexico border. When asked […]

ADDIS ABABA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore and Australia became the latest nations to suspend Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday, while identification of the Ethiopian Airlines crash’s 157 victims dragged and black box recorders were yet to yield the cause. Sunday’s disaster – following another fatal crash of a 737 MAX jet in Indonesia five months ago – has caused alarm […]

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Legally binding assurances on Brexit that Britain won from the European Union do not undermine the backstop or its application in avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday. British Prime Minister May signed up to three documents after last-ditch talks on Monday which she said were aimed […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal offers the best solution on Brexit, said French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau on Tuesday, ahead of a crucial vote in the British parliament on May’s proposal. “The withdrawal agreement that Theresa May is putting before the House of Commons is the best solution for Brexit. The European Union has brought over […]

Two men cleared of rape in Italy after judge said their victim was ‘too masculine’ and unattractive to be targeted Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the court house in Ancona on Monday The court of appeal ordered a retrial, revealing details of the 2017 ruling Two 22-year-old Peruvian men were cleared after being convicted in 2016 Judges found in favour […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, in a village in northern Yemen, the United Nations said on Monday. Medical sources quoted by the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen said the attacks in Kushar district, in Hajja Province, killed 10 women and 12 children and wounded 30 people, including […]

Shocking moment a light pole falls during high winds during a high school soccer game knocking a referee to the floor A light pole barely missed crushing a high school soccer referee The enormous pole fell onto the field during a soccer game on Saturday  The referee sustained two broken bones in his leg, and a player who was also […]

A French citizen told a jury “life goes on” as he was jailed for killing four people in a Jewish museum in Brussels. Mehdi Nemmouche was sentenced to life over the murders of tourist couple Myriam and Emmanuel Riva, and two museum employees, Dominique Sabrier and Alexandre Strens in May 2014. Nemmouche staged the attack shortly after coming back from […]