Jubilant Taliban celebrate 'victory' outside abandoned US embassy

Jubilant Taliban celebrate ‘victory’ outside abandoned US embassy and declare a national holiday one year after re-taking control of Afghanistan – as regime crushes women’s rights and nation slides into poverty Afghanistan fell to the Taliban one year ago today as its fighters entered Kabul and President Ghani fled Islamists declared today to be a […]

Dog walker, 51, is almost strangled and battered to death by COWS

Dog walker, 51, feared she would DIE after she was headbutted and almost crushed to death by a herd of ‘agitated’ COWS in a ‘terrifying’ five-minute-long attack Sharon Eley, 51, was surround by 20 cows who headbutted her in a brutal attack  She was walking through the Lancashire countryside with her dog and a friend […]

Russian forces pound Ukraine's Donetsk region

By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces reported heavy Russian shelling and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk that has become a key focus of the near six-month war, but said they had repelled many of the attacks. The General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces also reported Russian […]

Missouri cave divers save dog trapped in cave for nearly two months

Cave divers in Missouri rescued a dog they say had been missing for two months. Rick Haley was at a caving project in Perry County in southeastern Missouri with other cave divers when one group discovered the missing dog. “The dog was not in good shape,” Haley said in a Facebook post. “We package the […]

Colmont parents chip in funds for teachers to keep working with year 12s

Teachers who lost their jobs this month when the Colmont School suddenly collapsed are working on reduced wages funded by parents so that the school’s year 12 students can complete their crucial final few weeks of study. Year 12 students from the failed Colmont School, who had their first day at Ivanhoe Grammar School on […]

Three days of Met Office thunderstorm warnings and 90F heat today

Heatwave is set to finally come crashing to an end with a BANG with Britain braced for three days of thunderstorms, torrential downpours and flash floods – but south will still swelter in 90F heat today Four days of Met Office thunderstorm weather warnings that began yesterday will continue until Wednesday Britain is set to […]