4 d. ago Husband and wife executed in horror gangland slaying just feet from their home

Zhang Dayong, 53, known as “Asheng”, and his partner Gong Xiaoqing, 38, were shot dead in a hail of bullets in Rome from a passing motorcycle in an escalation of violence between rival gangs

Events

4 d. ago Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the postmortems of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the autopsies of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Chinese husband and wife are executed with gunshots to the head as Triad gang war erupts in Rome

Zhang Dayong, 53, dubbed 'Asheng,' was found dead alongside his partner Gong Xiaoqing, 38, outside their home in an eastern Roman neighbourhood, according to Italian police.

Events

6 d. ago Gang war cops hunting balaclava thugs and SUV after pensioner and child linked to Daniel clan attacked in Glasgow

A 72-year-old woman and 12-year-old boy suffered significant injuries after being caught in the crossfire of a violent gang war that's erupted across Scotland.

Events

9 d. ago IDF unit involved in killing of Palestinian paramedics led by general with ‘contempt for human life’

Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to cover the bodies of those killed until the corpses could be retrieved by a UN team six days later. It has disputed allegations from two witnesses who exhumed the bodies and newly released postmortem results that found several of those killed had close-range gunshot wounds to the head and chest and were discovered with their hands or legs tied. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago IDF unit involved in Gaza paramedics’ killing was under command of brigade led by notorious Israeli general

Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to cover the bodies of those killed until the corpses could be retrieved by a UN team six days later. It has disputed allegations from two witnesses who exhumed the bodies and newly released postmortem results that found several of those killed had close-range gunshot wounds to the head and chest and were discovered with their hands or legs tied. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Helicopter crash: Touching tribute to 'happy and united' family

Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and their three children - aged four to 11 - died when a celebratory helicopter ride ended in disaster

Events

9 d. ago Who was Agustin Escobar? The Siemens boss killed with his family in New York helicopter crash

Senior executive, his wife and their three children die along with pilot in Hudson River tragedy

Events

2 w. ago Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say

Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crimeSome of the bodies of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, killed by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave nine days ago in Gaza, were found with their hands or legs tied and had gunshot wounds to the head and chest, according to two eyewitnesses.The eyewitness accounts add to an accumulating body of evidence pointing to a potentially serious war crime on 23 March, when Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance crews and civil defence rescue workers were sent to the scene of an airstrike in the early hours of the morning in the al-Hashashin district of Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Ex Bloomberg executive, wife and child found dead at their SC home

Police have yet to release a cause of death but said there seems to be no “threat to the public”

Society

3 w. ago "Not scared" Family of feared Edinburgh crimelord break silence as gang war erupts in city

Breaking their silence for the first the crime clan also appeared to goad their gangland rivals boasting that none of them have had a finger laid on them.

Events

3 w. ago World leaders warn start stockpiling bogroll and other supplies in case of war

The European Union has encouraged its citizens to stash three days' worth of food, water, bog roll and other essentials incase war erupts or a cyberattack hits the continent

Events

3 w. ago World leaders warn start stockpiling bog roll and other supplies in case of war

The European Union has encouraged its citizens to stash three days' worth of food, water, bog roll and other essentials incase war erupts or a cyberattack hits the continent

Events