A Kurdish-Turkish human rights lawyer has died after a 238-day hunger strike demanding a fair trial for herself and others. Ebru Timtik, 42, was one of a group of 18 lawyers known for representing clients critical of the Turkish government who were arrested in September 2017. Timtik weighed only 65 pounds when she died in the hospital, where she and […]

The number of new daily cases of coronavirus has fallen below 100 in Victoria for the first time since early July. The state has recorded 94 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, with 18 people dying from the virus. Melburnians have been wearing masks in public for nearly a month.Credit:Getty Images It is the first time new case […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has pardoned a woman who had praised him the night before at the Republican National Convention. Trump pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a non-violent drug offence. President Donald Trump said Alice Johnson had done an “incredible job” since her release.Credit:AP She had been convicted […]

A 30-YEAR-OLD man allegedly shouted "Black Lives Matter" before viciously stabbing a white man who was walking his dog. Steve Sinclair has been charged with attempted murder and a bias motivated crime after the attack in an Aurora, Colorado apartment complex on Tuesday. The victim, who has been identified as Michael Conner on a fundraising page, has suffered severe injuries, […]

A PASSENGER with Covid-19 on a Ryanair flight had "no symptoms" and the plane was just seconds from take-off when he received a text saying he was positive, a fellow traveller said today. Fionn Murphy was about to fly from Stansted airport in London for a nine-day holiday in Pisa, Italy on Wednesday when the plane was suddenly stopped. ⚠️ […]

Indonesia has reported 3,003 coronavirus infections, a single-day record for Australia’s near-neighbour. COVID-19 infection rates have been steadily rising, day-on-day for months in Indonesia as the national government implemented a limited lock down which was quickly wound back. The total number of cases in Indonesia has now risen to 165,887 infections and the total number of suspected cases has now […]

The parents of Kayla Mueller — the American aid worker kidnapped and killed by Islamic State militants — praised President Trump’s leadership and criticized his predecessor Barack Obama as dithering while their daughter was being tortured in remarks at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Carl and Marsha Mueller on Thursday said they believed Kayla would have been rescued had Trump […]

Ivanka Trump showered her father with compliments during her RNC speech, but viewers at home couldn’t wrap their heads around one of his titles — Defender of Common Sense?? Four nights of praise for President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention concluded with a speech from eldest daughter Ivanka Trump August 27. Ivanka, 38, told a massive, maskless crowd on the […]

Maybe take that lunch to go? A 33-year-old woman was injured while having an al-fresco lunch in Greenpoint Thursday, when a car collided with a barricade — and then took off, The Post has learned. The unfortunate dining experience unfolded just before noon outside of the Alula Café where a gray Toyota Camry turned onto Franklin Street and hit a […]

COPS took seven days to raise the alarm over three kids snatched from their foster home at knifepoint by their dad as they played in the garden. Imran Safi, 26, burst into the home in Coulsdon, South London, on August 20. Today, a week later, the Metropolitan Police launched a public appeal to find the dad and his kids. Last […]