It has all the trapping of an airport thriller: An elite soldier in Germany’s special forces gains a reputation as a selfless philanthropist for setting up an organisation that helps veterans of Germany’s secretive special forces adjust to civilian life. But underneath this veneer he is covertly prepping a crack team of ex-soldiers and stockpiling…
American doctors have posted blood-soaked photographs on social media after the National Rifle Association told them to "stay in their lane" over gun restrictions. The NRA accused "self-important" doctors of "pushing for gun control" and citing articles in the Annals of Internal Medicine in a tweet on November 7, the same day a mass shooting left 12…
A third of the world’s food is lost before it ever reaches anyone’s plate, a panel of global experts has warned as it called for a war on waste to improve worldwide diets. Waste and spoilage in harvesting, storage, transport and shops accounts for an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food a year and squanders…
Donald Trump has warned Democrats against launching a series of investigations into his presidency – vowing that he is a "counter-puncher" who will unleash fury. Speaking to The New York Post, Mr Trump warned of consequences if the Democrats – who take control of the House in January – use their new-found power to investigate…
Minecraft’s Better Together version finally launches today for Nintendo Switch, and a new trailer has dropped to play up its cross-platform capabilities. Xbox One and Nintendo Switch owners can now play Minecraft as if they were on the same platform but notably – as the trailer hammers home – it is just Nintendo and Xbox…
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday caved in to demands by angry “yellow vest” protesters by suspending fuel tax hikes in an attempt to quell fresh violent demonstrations. With pressure mounting avoid a re-run of the violence next Saturday, Edouard Philippe, the prime minister, announced a string of conciliatory measures just days after the…
Two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been found guilty of genocide. The verdict was announced on Friday, four decades after an estimated 1.7 million people – or up to a third of Cambodia’s population – were killed. Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, now 92 and 87, are the most senior surviving officials of…
It was intended to be a creative way to announce a new baby’s sex to friends and family. Instead a new father’s use of colourful explosives went horribly wrong, leading to a wildfire that burned through 47,000 acres and caused more than $8 million worth of damage. Footage released by the US Forest Service on…
Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been receiving medical treatment in Singapore for the last two months and is no longer able to walk, though he should return home next week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday. Mr Mugabe, 94, who ruled the southern African nation for nearly four decades since independence from Britain in…
The husband of a British charity worker in prison in Iran today welcomed the news of academic Matthew Hedges’s release, saying it brought hope for his own case and showed Jeremy Hunt to be a "straight" negotiator. Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was handed a five-year jail sentence in 2016 over spying charges, said…