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The world's most powerful militaries in 2023, ranked

Pakistani military personnel stand beside a Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2017.REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodGlobal Firepower ranked 145 countries based on their military...

High-school sweethearts with good jobs, a baby on the way and a $600,000 budget can’t find a house after 2 years of hunting. ‘It is just so demoralizing, depressing, and defeating’

Connor Hughes and his wife Brieanne both grew up outside Philadelphia. They met working at an ice cream shop in high school and stayed together during college despite going to different schools. Hughes says they’ve both been fortunate enough to find...

Man arrested over Downing Street crash charged with making indecent child images

A man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of Downing Street has been charged with making indecent images of children.Seth Kneller, 43, from Crewe, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today in relation to the indecent chil...

Florida couple arrested in ‘bone chilling’ child abuse case, special needs 3-year-old 'rotting in bed': Police

A Florida couple was charged with aggravated manslaughter for allegedly severely abusing their special-needs toddler in a "bone chilling" child abuse case, police say.According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, crews with Bartow Fire Rescue receiv...

Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute...

Pink Floyd star explains why he wore Nazi-inspired uniform on stage

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters says he was opposing "fascism, injustice and bigotry" when he posed firing an imitation machine gun while wearing a Nazi-inspired uniform at a concert in Berlin.Police in Germany have launched an investigati...

Why Phillip Schofield's admission should kill off his career

In 2017 it was widely reported Phillip Schofield renewed his "golden handshake" contract with ITV for somewhere in the region of £650,000.It was a deal to create multiple programmes with the channel. As one of the most popular faces on...

Funeral director pleads guilty to theft after police find 31 decomposing bodies

A funeral home director has pleaded guilty to theft after 31 decomposing bodies and 17 sets of cremated remains were found on the site of his business in Indiana.Randy Lankford, owner of Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffer...

US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak

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A farmer who fell in an enclosure of 40 crocodiles was 'pounced' upon by the reptiles and devoured, report says

Crocodiles rest at a reptile farm in Siem Reap on May 26, 2023, after a 72-year-old man was killed by the animals in the enclosure.Rohany Isa/AFP via Getty ImagesA Cambodian farmer was devoured after he fell into an enclosure of 40 crocodiles.The vic...

Turkish election: Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu clash in desperate race for votes

Prof Murat Erdogan (no relation to President Erdogan), who conducts a regular field study called Syrians Barometer, believes the total number of Syrian refugees and irregular migrants from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan is closer to six or seve...

Winner of $2bn lottery jackpot sued by man who claims ticket was stolen

The winner of a $2bn (£1.65bn) Powerball jackpot is being sued by a man who claims the winning ticket was stolen from him before the draw. The win in the US set records as the biggest lottery prize in history. The winner bought the tick...

'They set us on fire and took everything': Inside refugee camps as thousands flee Sudan

The 41-degree heat rises like steam from every rock and roof but as sunset approaches the sky breaks into a thunderstorm.A woman, deep in a latrine, pauses her digging to run under a corrugated zinc roof held up by a square wooden frame...

Crocodile farmer torn to pieces after falling into reptile enclosure

A crocodile farmer in Cambodia was ripped apart by around 40 of the reptiles after falling into their enclosure, according to police.Luan Nam, 72, had been trying to move one of the animals out of a cage when it grabbed his stick in its...

We're ready to retake our country - Ukraine security boss Oleksiy Danilov

One of Ukraine's most senior security officials has told the BBC his country is ready for its counter-offensive against Russian forces.Speaking to diplomatic correspondent James Landale in a rare interview, Oleksiy Danilov said Ukraine has an "histor...