Boy, 5, murdered by kidnappers because his mum couldn’t pay £39 ransom
Fernando, a five-year-old boy, was brutally murdered by kidnappers in Mexico who had loaned his mother £39 to pay her rent and she didn’t have the money to settle the…
The trillion-dollar war machine
Hind Hassan explores the US weapons industry and its effects on democracy, domestically and beyond. When it comes to selling weapons, the United States is in a league of its…
British medic’s heartbreaking two words to dead Gaza child, 9, while zipping up their body bag
NHS paramedic Sam Sears recently returned from a three-week stint in the stricken Gaza enclave working at a charity’s field hospitals, and now shares his harrowing tale 12:52, 09 Aug…
Starving Palestinian students ‘left to die in Gaza warzone’ as UK sets impossible test
Soha Abu Eid, a 31-year-old determined to study a nursing PHD in the UK in honour of her friend and colleague Fatima, has been blocked from taking up her place…
Chairlift passengers scream for help after being left dangling above trees in tourist horror
Footage capturing the accident from multiple angles showed people heard screaming as they fell from a height in Nalchik, Russia, with some hitting the ground below 12:42, 09 Aug 2025…
India says six Pakistani aircraft shot down during May conflict
Air force chief Amar Preet Singh says India’s S-400 air defence systems took down most of the Pakistani planes. India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military…
Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia amid fragile truce
It is the third incident in a few weeks in which Thai soldiers have been injured by mines around the border. Three Thai soldiers have been injured by a landmine…
Man prowling streets wearing a nappy uttered ‘four horrifying words to young girl’
A 45-year-old man, wearing nothing but a nappy and a dummy, allegedly left his truck to approach a young girl. She luckily fled the scene and found witnesses who helped…
‘Beloved’ British grandad dies in freak moped crash on dream Greece holiday
Craig Bloomer, 54, died in a horror freak crash while on holiday with his family in Greece – his heartbroken daughter paid tribute to the ‘much-loved’ dad 11:44, 09 Aug…
How RFK Jr’s vaccine funding cuts fit with Trump’s vision
United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced that the US is to cut funding for mRNA vaccine development – a move that health experts…