A man in western Connecticut intentionally set his home on fire to escape after allegedly being held captive by his stepmother for more than 20 years with little food and no medical care, authorities said Wednesday. Police, fire and emergency personnel responded to reports of a burning home in Waterbury on February 17 and found […]
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he and his colleagues “escaped death narrowly” while being caught up in an Israeli air strike on an airport in Yemen. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recounted feeling “completely exposed” during the attack, which killed at least six, in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today […]
A police officer who rammed an escaped cow with a force vehicle will return to frontline duties despite thousands of complaints. Surrey Police confirmed on Friday that an investigation had found the tactic was “both lawful and necessary”, clearing the officer of wrongdoing. The force was heavily criticised when footage posted online showed a 10-month-old […]
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa It’s been 10 months since my family left Gaza but we continue to live with the loss, the pain, the impact of the war in all its excruciating detail. This month – just before the anniversary of the beginning of the conflict – we saw the most harrowing eight hours we’ve experienced […]
