Drone strike kills at least four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, security officials said, the nineteenth such strike reported this year. The strike hit a house and a vehicle in Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal area near […]
Four Pakistani soldiers dead, eight missing after checkpoint attack Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and at least eight were missing after insurgents using rockets and grenades stormed a checkpoint overnight in the remote border region of North Waziristan, security sources said on Sunday. The Pakistani military launched an operation to push the Taliban out of […]
Pakistani army: 1,200 militants killed during five-month offensive The Pakistani army has killed 1,200 suspected militants in an anti-Taliban offensive during the past five months, seriously reducing the group’s ability to carry out attacks, senior officers said on Sunday during a rare trip to the conflict zone. The ongoing operation has targeted the militant […]
Diver who swims with sharks reveals how his fear makes encounters so unpredictable because they can detect his racing heartbeat A group of divers come face-to-face with a school of deadly sharks, risking death or serious injury if one of the predators decides to strike. The freedivers – Carlos Estrabeau, 28, and 29-year-old Ocean Ramsey […]
A breath-taking collection of photographs from none other than National Geographic has captured that magical time between the first and last hour of sunlight in some of the world’s most impressive places. The series, titled ‘Golden Hour,’ is from one of the organization’s ‘Your Shot‘ communities – and […]
Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee’s multi-million pound home engulfed by water as River Thames bursts its banks TV magician and celebrity Paul Daniels’ home was flooded this week after the River Thames burst its banks. Gallons of floodwater cascaded into the TV funnyman’s home which he shares with his partner Debbie McGee in Wargrave, Berkshire. […]
In March 2011 the world watched in horror as a powerful earthquake rocked Japan, before a deadly tsunami swept ashore, washing away any boats, cars, homes and people unfortunate enough to be in its path. But while the initial reports of 19,000 dead shocked viewers around the globe, that news would soon be superseded by […]
Romanian migrant Victor Spirescu’s career at a car wash lasted just a day before he quit, it emerged last night. Spirescu, 30, arrived in Britain on New Year’s Day to be greeted at Luton airport by Labour MP Keith Vaz – the chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee. Spirescu was one of the first […]
