BEIRUT (Reuters) – The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) issued a report on Sunday saying Syrian air defences had intercepted enemy targets around Damascus international airport, but later in the day said the attack had not happened. “Our air defences intercepted enemy aerial targets in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in southern Damascus,” SANA said in its initial […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump‘s top pick to replace chief of staff John Kelly, Nick Ayers, is no longer expected to fill the role. Ayers, who is chief of staff to Vice-President Mike Pence, was seen as the favourite for the job when Trump announced Saturday that Kelly would leave around year’s end. But a White House official said Sunday […]

Christopher Hicken, 45, is now struggling to even pay his bills after being slapped with sanctions for missing appointments, which will until October 2019. He failed to respond to emails sent to him by the Department for Work and Pensions after his zero-hours contract ended and he couldn't afford to keep paying his wifi bill. Now Christopher is appealing against […]

Terminally ill groom with weeks to live marries his sweetheart – who suffers from the SAME deadly disease – in race-against-time wedding organised after his transplanted lungs were rejected Darren Easton and Lauren Pope wed after Darren’s transplant lungs were rejected The sweethearts decided to wed after Darren was given just weeks to live  Both suffer from cystic fibrosis and had […]

‘We owe a debt of gratitude to men like this’: Heartwarming moment Santa Claus takes a knee for 93-year-old World War II veteran Gina Wilbur was Christmas shopping when she saw Santa Claus walking by  Santa Claus approached WWII veteran Bob Smiley and took a knee to honor him  Shook Smiley’s hand with ‘genuine gratefulness’ and thanked him for his […]

Turkish prosecutors said last week there is a “strong suspicion” that Saud al-Qahtani, an aide to the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and General Ahmed al-Asiri, the deputy head of foreign intelligence, were among those who planned Mr Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. But Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir has said: “We don’t extradite our citizens.” […]

Body is found by police hunting for 19-year-old who vanished from Inverness two weeks ago Jade McGrath was last seen in the Leachkin area of Inverness on November 28  Police confirmed today that a body has now been found in the search for her  A large-scale search involving police dogs and the RAF was used in the search The teenager […]

The Manchester drug lord shot dead cops Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, and a father and son in 2012. He was handed a life sentence and told he would die behind bars. Documents released to the Sunday Mirror under the Freedom of Information rules reveal the evil 35-year-old racked up huge bills for lawyers in his murder trial. […]

British teenager who was locked up in Egyptian jail accused of spying after taking a photo from a plane window is released from ‘hellhole’ Muhammed Fathi Abulkasem, 19, was travelling to visit friends in Egypt when he was arrested His family has said the teenager, from Manchester, was accused of ‘collecting information of a military facility’ They said the arrest […]

Lima (Reuters) – Peruvians began voting on Sunday in a referendum on a raft of political and judicial reforms introduced by the new government of President Martin Vizcarra aimed at stamping out corruption and cronyism in one of Latin America’s most promising economies. The proposals were announced in August following a series of corruption scandals involving high-ranking officials and politicians, […]