Image copyright NASA Image caption The Sirius crew (L-R): Reinhold Povilaitis (USA); Daria Zhidova (Rus); Yevgeny Tarelkin (Rus); Anastasia Stepanova (Rus); Allen Mirkadyrov (USA); Stefania Fedyai (Rus) What do you crave after spending four months cooped up in a mock spaceship? “A tasty steak!” was Anastasia Stepanova’s swift reply, when she emerged from her Sirius-19 […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Rachid Afatti (L) and Younes Ouaziyad (C) killed the two women while Abdessamad Ejjoud videoed the murder Three Islamic State group supporters who murdered two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco have been sentenced to death. The verdicts for ringleader Abdessamad Ejjoud, Younes Ouaziyad and Rachid Afatti follow petitions on social media […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Rachid Afatti (L) and Younes Ouaziyad (C) killed the two women while Abdessamad Ejjoud videoed the murder Three Islamic State group supporters who murdered two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco have been sentenced to death. The verdicts for ringleader Abdessamad Ejjoud, Younes Ouaziyad and Rachid Afatti follow petitions on social media […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC time is running out to save the key missile treaty Time is running out to save a key nuclear missile treaty with Russia, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC. Mr Stoltenberg pledged a “measured, defensive” response if Russia did […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC time is running out to save the key missile treaty Time is running out to save a key missile treaty with Russia, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC. Mr Stoltenberg pledged a “measured, defensive” response if Russia did not […]
Media captionThe moment the dam collapsed Six months after a deadly dam collapse in Brazil, new evidence has emerged that suggests the disaster could have been prevented. Investigators believe there’s evidence the German company that certified the structure as safe knew it was vulnerable to collapse. Nearly 300 people died when the collapse triggered a […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The attack took place at HuQQabaz restaurant in Irbil’s Empire City neighbourhood A Turkish diplomat was among two people shot dead on Wednesday in Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. The victims, who were eating at a restaurant when gunmen opened fire, were reportedly Turkey’s deputy consul in the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Twelve Israelis have been arrested in Ayia Napa in Cyprus over an alleged rape of a British woman, reports say. Local media said police were called in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Cypriot police confirmed that 12 arrests were made and said the suspects would appear in court in Paralimni […]
Image copyright Chris van Houts Image caption Four human bones have been unearthed on the dig so far Human leg bones have been unearthed in the first excavation of the main allied field hospital used in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Experts believe they are the remains of limbs amputated by medics at the former […]
Media captionPolice released video claiming to show links between Sicily’s Inzerillo family and the New York mob Italian police working with the FBI have arrested 19 people in a wave of raids in Sicily, alleging ties between the Sicilian Mafia and the Gambino organised crime family in New York. Among those held are members of […]
