Santiago: A Chilean prosecutor is seeking court approval to investigate 14 police officers for allegedly torturing protesters during almost three weeks of intense unrest and rioting in the country. A demonstrator shouts slogans near a police vehicle near Costanera shopping mall in the business district of Santiago on Wednesday. Credit:Getty Images The protests over deep-seated inequalities in one of Latin […]

MORE than a million patients could face long waits in A&E as the NHS experiences its “worst-ever” winter, the British Medical Association says.It warns patients could wait over four hours to be seen — with a third ending up on trolleys. The BMA said a cold winter, flu and the impact of Brexit could be devastating, with 10,000 more beds […]

Theresa May’s former aide Nick Timothy fails in bid to stand for Parliament as rival pips him to candidacy  Nick Timothy fails in bid to be selected as a Conservative candidate in safe seat Mr Timothy came second in MP candidate selection in Meriden, West Midlands He oversaw the Conservative manifesto in 2017 containing ‘dementia tax’ policy He resigned as […]

Licence to sell! World’s largest collection of almost 500 James Bond movie posters fetches almost £250,000 at auction The 007 memorabilia included a set of door panel posters for Thunderball and a subway poster for Goldfinger The lots went on sale yesterday and achieved a combined total of £227,500 after attracting global interest Collection was auctioned by a memorabilia specialist […]

A California resident uncovered more than $800,000 in stolen artwork by famed Scottish artist Benjamin Creme tucked away inside a dead relative’s belongings, authorities revealed. The unidentified resident had taken the relative’s items out of a storage facility and brought them home to the LA suburb of San Fernando, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a Tuesday statement. While […]

Ankara: Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara on Wednesday, but gave no other details. He did not say when or how the woman was captured or identify her by name. […]

A former agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration has been accused of taking at least $250,000 in bribes to protect his drug-dealing pals with ties to the Buffalo Mafia, officials said. Joseph Bongiovanni was arraigned Tuesday in Buffalo federal court on an 11-count indictment charging him with conspiracy, accepting bribes, obstructing justice and providing false statements, WKBW reported. He was […]

He grounded for life. A Chinese pilot was axed on Monday for allowing a female passenger to pose for a photo inside the cockpit mid-trip. The woman posted the image, showing her smiling and making a “V” sign with her fingers next to refreshments, on the social media site Weibo with the caption: “Super thankful to the pilot! I am […]

Snap my kitsch up! Prodigy frontman Keith Flint’s bizarre possessions including a stuffed hare carrying a gun and his weird gothic bed go up for auction after his death aged 49 Items are going under the hammer in Cambridge this week eight months after Keith Flint’s death aged 49  They include his three MTV awards for his iconic songs ‘Firestarter’ […]

THE Labour activist who wants to unseat Boris Johnson claimed the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks, it has been revealed. Uxbridge candidate Ali Milani claimed the 2001 terrorist attacks that killed more than 2,700 people were "false flag" operations. He tweeted claims in 2012 suggesting Al Qaeda were not responsible for the devastation – repeating them in an […]