ROME (Reuters) – North Korea informed Italy last year that the daughter of its acting ambassador had asked to return home after her father left his post in Rome, the Italian foreign ministry said on Wednesday. North Korean diplomat Jo Song Gil and his wife went missing in November, and a South Korean newspaper has reported that they have applied […]

Grieving officers of the New York Police Department will come together Wednesday at a funeral for its own detective killed by friendly fire. Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was shot dead while responding to a robbery at a Queens T-Mobile store on Feb. 12. Simonsen was an 18-year veteran assigned to the 102nd Precinct in Queens. Simonsen was his precinct’s union […]

York House School is asking for more support from Vancouver police after a man allegedly exposed himself to a student. The all-girls private school emailed parents on Tuesday, saying an unidentified man driving a black vehicle approached a student and exposed himself near the school in the area of Marguerite Street and West 32nd Avenue. In a message to parents, […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin offered a raft of financial sweeteners on Wednesday to hard-pressed Russians after opinion polls showed trust in him has fallen to a 13-year low and almost half the population believe the country is on the wrong track. In his annual speech to the Russian political elite, Putin set out how he planned to raise […]

Shocking footage shows cops running after a man dressed in just a top and one sock as he wanders away from a block of flats in Moscow moments after the alleged attack. It is claimed the 24-year-old man, named in local media as Dmitry M, lurked in a lift to wait for the girl before she left for her weekend […]

Two Waterloo Regional Police cruisers were damaged after a trio of suspects fled in a reportedly stolen SUV in Galt on Tuesday. Police said that officers spotted a 2006 GMC Trailblazer near the intersection of Dundas Street North and Hespeler Road that had been reported stolen. Police tried to flag the vehicle down, which did not stop before it turned […]

An ugly brawl broke out between two wedding guests as they fought over the bride’s bouquet. The women were filmed wrestling on the floor as they both refused to let go of the bunch of flowers , which they appeared to have grabbed at the same time. The women were sprawled on the marble floor during the battle which saw […]

GAZA (Reuters) – Fourteen-year-old Moatasem al-Nabeeh suffers from a brain tumor. A new youth soccer team set up in Gaza for young Palestinian cancer patients has given him new hope. “I am happier now, I play and I made new friends,” said al-Nabeeh. “They told us we can play, defy the disease and defeat it,” he added as he hit […]

The lucky punter scooped the biggest jackpot in Ireland's history last night. The winning numbers were 1, 8, 18, 19 and 39. The Lucky Stars were 7 and 9. National Lottery chief executive Dermot Griffin said: "We are delighted the winner has made contact. This is an incredible win for an Irish EuroMillions player. And a record win for the National […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) will no longer accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel following its decision to trim the sum over the PA’s financial support of militants’ families, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said. The cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body set up following the 1993 Oslo peace accords, has suffered a […]