AN EX-PARATROOPER has shared his horrifying ordeal after he held hostage and brutally tortured by the Taliban. Anthony Stephen Malone, who also worked as an undercover CIA agent, and his colleague were forced to spend six months in a tiny dark underground holding cell in Kabul after they were captured. Despite having the right documentation […]

Key points A Toorak home sold within its price guide of $19.6 million to $21.5 million. Cricket champ Ricky Ponting is understood to be behind the purchase. Architect Nicholas Day, the late interior designer Stuart Rattle, and landscape designer Paul Bangay were behind its design. A Toorak mansion that comes with the requisite tennis court […]

Inside a shed in Melbourne’s outer suburbs, senior Australian Border Force officer Joel Scantlebury inspects a shipment of coffee beans that has arrived in Victoria by courier from a country in East Africa earlier that morning. Hidden inside resealed coffee packets nestled in a sea of used clothes and shoes are three black plastic bags […]

Five people are arrested over deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico after cartel turned in its own gang members Mexican authorities have arrested five more people in connection with the brutal kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in Matamoros, Mexico Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said they were arrested for crimes of ‘aggravated kidnapping and […]

Serious Fraud Office is blasted for wasting taxpayer millions on 10-year fraud probe into tagging firm G4S as charges against three execs are dropped Richard Morris, Mark Preston and James Jardine were charged with fraud Prosecutor offered no evidence in case against the three former G4S executives READ MORE: Investigation reveals 40m Britons targeted by […]

We live in the coolest places in the UK…Here’s what we really think! From the Cornish fishing village to the town where James Bond was filmed and the area that named one of Britain’s best loved comedians – what locals say about the hippest places to live The Cornish fishing village of Polperro was recently […]

‘The denouement for this war can only come about on the battlefield’: Ex-Army head leads backlash against Rishi Sunak after he claimed Ukraine conflict will have to end in ‘negotiation’ Sunak says Ukraine needs peace deal – which could lead to portioning of nation PM accused of giving ‘succour’ by saying war may end without […]

What it feels like to be shot in the chest by a 7.62mm bullet from an AK-47, travelling at 1,000kph: Lance Sergeant BOB GILES reveals how he experienced a ‘warm glow’ after being gunned down in Iraq as his body closed down and his lungs filled up READ MORE: Teenager fires AK-47 on home of […]

Even now, I can’t explain why I didn’t leave my high-powered wife who beat me black and blue for 20 years: Network designer, 46, reveals how he wore make-up to hide his bruises as abuse ‘became the norm’ in his terrifying marriage Richard Spencer suffered abuse at hands of wife Sheree Spencer for 20 years […]

Two British TikTok stars release boozy video of Paul Murdaugh after befriending him on vacation in the Bahamas – and claim he asked them to REMOVE it from social feeds while he was facing charges over Mallory Beach’s death TikTok stars the Naked Builders revealed how the teenager sent them a text asking to remove […]