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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah declares pager attack 'a declaration of war' by Israel

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said the alleged Israeli attack that caused thousands of the terror group's pagers and walkie-talkies to explode crossed "all the red lines" and was tantamount to...

Former OceanGate specialist breaks down in tears describing doomed Titan dive: 'Never sold as a Disney ride'

Renata Rojas, a New York City-based banker, testified on Thursday morning.

Local politicians change 450-year-old tradition over safety fears

The much-loved 'Beating of the Boundaries' ceremony in Helston in Cornwall dates back to Queen Elizabeth’s charter of 1585.

European nation asks millions to have ‘sex at work’ during lunch breaks as birthrate plummets

Dozens of countries across the developed world are experiencing plummeting birthrates, leading countries to introduce wacky measures to encourage people to get busy.

Shocking video shows Prada manager killed by tumbling Naples statue in front of horrified boyfriend

Heart-stopping video captured the horrifying moment a statue falls off a building in Naples and fatally hits a young Prada manager square in the head.

New footage of Titan submersible wreck released as public hearing resumes

Remarkable new deep-sea footage shows the US Coast Guard's salvage of pieces of the doomed Titan submersible wreck, including the vessel's aft dome, aft ring and remnants of the hull and...

Billionaire whose son was killed in crash alongside Princess Diana accused of raping more than 20 employees

Scores of women told a new BBC documentary that Mohamed Al Fayed, who died in August last year, carried out the attacks during his 25-year ownership of Harrods -- and...

Chinese zoo ADMITS what we all knew about its 'pandas'

Zoogoers in China have been left outraged after discovering that the so-called "pandas" they were cooing over were just painted pups.

First female IDF soldier, 20, killed in combat fighting Hamas 2 days before leaving to teach

The 20-year-old would've completed six months of service in Gaza on Thursday and was slated to go on leave to teach a paramedics course at the medical corps school when...

Elderly Israeli smirks in court facing charges of plotting with Iran to kill Netanyahu and other leaders

An elderly Israeli man smirked in court as he was accused of plotting with Iran to assassinate Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some of his top government leaders.

North Korea launches fresh wave of trash balloons toward South Korea

North Korea launched a fresh wave of "trash balloons" toward its southern neighbors Wednesday night, according to local media. 

Boy, 7, denied passport for family vacation over shared name with iconic movie character: 'Modern names are evolving'

A "Star Wars"-loving, military family's vacation hit a snag because their son was denied a passport as officials ruled that his peculiar name was too out of this world.

Israel detonated Hezbollah's pagers early over fears that terror group had uncovered plot: reports

The decision to launch Wednesday's follow-up attack, which saw thousands of Hezbollah walkie-talkie radios explode, was reportedly also sped up over concerns that the terrorists would ditch the devices following...

Failed drug dealers set up weed factory directly across from a police station

The brazen dealers decided to set up the large-scale grow in two empty shops just 30ft away from Droitwich Police Station in Worcestershire.

'Extremely vulnerable' hospital patient dies after falling through a roof and into an oven

UK man Craig Smith died after he fell through a roof and landed inside a hospital catering oven, an inquest into his death found.

Loner stabbed himself to death trying to separate two frozen burgers with a knife

Barry Griffiths, 57, died after he accidentally plunged the blade into his stomach at his home in Powys, Wales, in July last year.

Mom of 3, flight attendant suddenly dies in front of horrified passengers

The mom of three's cause of death has been reported as a “sudden illness.”

Thousands of Hezbollah’s handheld radios explode in second wave of remote-detonated attacks — killing 14, wounding 450

A second wave of blasts rocked Hezbollah on as thousands of devices used by the group were detonated across Lebanon, killing at least nine people and wounding 300, officials said.

Hezbollah vows 'harsh' revenge as death toll rises to 12 in exploding-pager blasts that injured thousands

Nearly 3,000 people were also wounded when the hand-held devices started exploding near-simultaneously on Tuesday afternoon in a deadly attack that Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have blamed on "Israeli aggression."

New deep-sea footage gives closest look yet at doomed Titan submersible wreckage

Eerie new deep-sea footage shows the sunken Titan submersible's severed tail cone resting on the ocean floor after its doomed voyage last June.