‘I saved him from a very ugly death& & Donald Trump rages at Iran&s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

US president Donald Trump yesterday lashed out at Iran&s supreme leader for continuing to beat the rhetorical war drum rather than express gratitude for Mr Trump&s decision not to order his assassination at the hands of American and Israeli forces during his country&s 12-day war with Israel this month.

Write comment (96 Comments)
‘Worst nightmare experience of our lives&: murdered boy&s parents speak as sword killer jailed for 40 years

A sword attacker has been jailed for at least 40 years for the &wicked& murder of schoolboy Daniel Anjorin during a 20-minute rampage.

Write comment (98 Comments)
Israeli strike kills 15 people getting flour from Gaza aid truck, says hospital

An Israeli strike hit a street in central Gaza on Thursday where witnesses said a crowd of people was getting bags of flour from a Palestinian police unit that had confiscated the goods from gangs looting aid convoys. Hospital officials said 18 people were killed.

Write comment (98 Comments)
Snakes on a plane from Thailand bound for India, again
NEW DELHI - Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month.

Write comment (93 Comments)
‘I was a hostage of the Iranian regime&: The Tipperary native on being held in dire conditions and the war with Israel

Almost everything we think we know about Iran is wrong, maintains Bernard Phelan. And he should know & he has travelled there extensively, spending an unwanted 222 days in one of its most notorious prisons, when he was held ‘hostage& by the regime on trumped-up spying charges.

Write comment (100 Comments)
Dalai Lama says institution will continue during 90th birthday celebration
MCLEOD GANJ, India - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at prayer celebrations for his 90th birthday.

Write comment (97 Comments)