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Niels Högel: German Ex-Nurse Admits Killing 100 Patients
A former nurse in Germany has admitted murdering 100 patients during the first day of his trial, making him one of the world's most prolific serial killers.
Detectives say Niels Högel, 41, administered fatal doses of medication to the…
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Pittsburgh Shooting: Anger at Pence Rally ‘Jesus Prayer’
US Vice-President Mike Pence faces controversy after a cleric who identifies as a Jewish believer in Jesus Christ led prayers for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
Rabbi Loren Jacobs appeared at a Republican rally in Michigan…
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Venice under Water as Deadly Storms Hit Italy
Italy has been battered by fierce winds and rain which have left 10 people dead in the west and north, while schools and tourist sites closed in several regions amid fears for people's safety.
Winds of up to 180km/h (110 mph) were…
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FW de Klerk Hopitalised For Lung Condition
Former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner FW de Klerk has been hospitalised for a lung condition but is recovering and is expected to be discharged next week, his foundation said on Saturday.
De Klerk, 82, his country’s…
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River Searching For Missing Mother-of-five
A river is being searched for missing mother-of-five Sarah Wellgreen, whose disappearance is being treated as a potential murder.
Kent Police tweeted that marine officers had begun searching the River Darent in Dartford town centre.…
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2 UN Peacekeepers Killed, Several Others Injured In Dawn Attack In Mali
The UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, reported on Saturday that two peacekeepers had been killed and several others wounded, following on from a coordinated attack at dawn, on a base in the north of the country.
A proliferation…
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Boy, 6, dies in hospital after Ilkeston house fire
A six-year-old boy has died after a house fire in Ilkeston.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to a property on Shaw Street West at about 22:40 BST on Friday.
They performed CPR on the boy before he was taken to…
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Three Days of Violence That Emptied an Angolan Town of Congolese
Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighborhood in the Angolan town of Lucapa, scrawled messages on their homes to keep the looters away, but it did not work.
“Occupied”, “do not enter”, “home of an Angolan”: The writing remains visible…
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China Says Military Will Act ‘At Any Cost’ To Prevent Taiwan Split
China’s military will take action “at any cost” to foil any attempt to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defense minister said on Thursday.
China has been infuriated by recent U.S.…
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Human Urine Bricks Invented by South African Students
Human urine has been used to create environmentally friendly bricks by university students in South Africa.
They combined urine with sand and bacteria in a process that allows the bricks to solidify at room temperature.
"It's…
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