Putin calls Venezuela president to offer Russian support | World | News
Vladimir Putin has offered his support to Venezuela amid growing tensions between Donald Trump‘s administration and the South American country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin spoke with Mr Maduro by phone and re-affirmed his support for the policy stand taken by the Venezuelan leader in the face of More...
Panic in Spain as rare ‘orange alert’ issued after tourists swept away | World | News
Spain has issued a severe weather warning for the Canary Islands this weekend, with waves predicted to reach terrifying heights along the coast. AEMET, Spain’s state meteorological agency, has predicted More...
Threatened polar bears adapting to major threat in fight for survival | World | News
Polar bears may be adapting to survive warmer climates, UK researchers have suggested. A study, by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA), found that some genes related to heat-stress, ageing and metabolism More...
Boy, 16, ‘stabbed’ near Christmas market in German town | World | News
A teenager was rushed to hospital after suffering a stab wound near a Christmas market, police said. The attacker, who was known to the victim, fled the scene and a manhunt has been launched. The 16-year-old victim More...
EU civil war erupts as Belgium threatens to block £184bn Ukraine loan | World | News
Brussels is bracing for a high-stakes showdown at the European Union summit next week, as Belgium threatens to veto a £184billion (€210billion) loan plan intended to keep Ukraine afloat amid its worsening financial More...
Church and school plunged into lockdown as police swarm town | World | News
Police officers stormed a small town in North Carolina on Thursday following report of a shooting threat made towards a church. The Episcopal Church in Highlands, a daycare within the church and a nearby school More...
Milei reveals exact date for Falkland Islands vote to ‘recognise territory as Argentine’ | World | News
Javier Milei has announced the date on which he intends to hold a vote to decide whether the Falkland Islands should be returned to Argentina. The Argentine President has renewed calls for the archipelago to be More...
Migrant on run from police found hiding in Christmas nativity scene | World | News
It didn’t take three wise men to discover this migrant’s hiding place after he tried to pretend he was part of a Nativity scene. The Ghanaian fugitive decided the best way to avoid authorities in Italy More...
Putin faces Trump fury as he ‘expresses solidarity’ to Venezuela | World | News
Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Kremlin reported hours after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. A Kremlin statement reaffirmed support for Caracas More...
Mum ‘cut out daughter’s unborn son, hooked her to truck, and drove off’ | World | News
A woman has been accused of cutting open her own daughter’s stomach to steal her unborn grandson, before attaching her body to a pick-up truck and driving off. Rebecca Park, 22, was found dead in Michigan, More...






