Qatar pulls out of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which controls global oil output. Qatar announced on Monday it was leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the world’s leading oil producing bloc. The Gulf state, which has been a member of OPEC since 1961, said it wanted to focus more on the production of Liquefied […]

‘I’m so proud of them both’: Mother of two British children, six and nine, who survived head-on holiday car crash in New Zealand that killed her wife speaks from her hospital bed Ben and Olivia Sargent were enjoying a New Zealand holiday with their mothers Kerry, 42, was tragically killed in a head-on crash as family were on a night […]

The United States’ main ally in Syria on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Islamic State militants have been defeated and warned that the withdrawal of American troops would lead to a resurgence of the extremist group. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement that a premature U.S. pullout would have dangerous repercussions and a destabilizing […]

Toronto police have identified a 34-year-old man as the city’s 95th homicide victim after he was shot near the entertainment district in downtown Toronto on Wednesday. Officers responded to a shooting call at around 12:10 a.m. on Dec. 19 to the area of King Street West and Spadina Avenue. Investigators said Edwin “Chris” Humberto Velasquez of Toronto, was walking with a […]

Francis on Friday dedicated his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy to abuse. Pope Francis has vowed that the Catholic Church will “never again” cover up clergy sex abuse and is demanding that priests who have raped and molested children turn themselves in. Francis on Friday dedicated his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy to abuse, evidence that […]

The storm that plagued the Northeast on Friday is still working its way up the New England coast on Saturday morning. Interested in Weather? Rain showers stretch from Virginia to Maine, while snow is falling in the higher elevations of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. While there are a few spots of moderate rainfall, most of the showers Saturday […]

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders viciously criticized President Donald Trump in a CNN interview broadcast today, Raw Story reports. The former Democratic presidential candidate gave an interview to Jim Sciutto amid what is seen as a volatile and chaotic Christmas season, as scandals, resignations, and unannounced decisions plague the highest office in the land. The host asked Sanders whether he believes […]

But many members of the public have asked why the devices were simply not just shot down. But it's unfortunately not as simple as that. Here, we explain why. What is happening at Gatwick? Gatwick Airport had to be closed down after drones were seen flying through the airspace on December 20. The Christmas getaway hell saw 1,000 flights cancelled […]

But Khurum Shazada, 23, who broke into a Co-op undertakers, is far from the only one to have violated a dead body. The sick crime – known as necrophilia – involves an obsession with, and usually sexual attraction to, the dead. Disturbingly, it's a fantasy that is a lot more common than you may expect. From the morgue attendant who […]

But why did the airport have to get shut down? And just how dangerous are drones to aircraft? Here's what we know… How dangerous are drones to aircraft? Anything in the air close to aircraft poses a hazard risk. Drones vary in sizes and weight, and many of them are very dangerous if they are around planes. As of July […]