Israel’s parliament voted to dissolve itself early Thursday, sending the country to an unprecedented second snap election this year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition before a midnight deadline. Interested in Israel? The dramatic vote, less than two months after parliamentary elections, marked a setback for Netanyahu and sent the longtime leader’s future into turmoil. […]

Jerusalem: Israeli lawmakers have voted to dissolve parliament, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Credit:AP The ballot is widely expected to take place in September, the second this year. It represents unprecedented upheaval, even in a country used to […]

A MAN set himself on fire outside the White House before walking across its lawn completely alight. Emergency services found him engulfed in flames on the Ellipse near the Washington Mall, an area popular with tourists visiting the American capital. Footage and photos posted on social media shows police arriving as fire engulfed the man. Soon after a large cloud […]

The exotic dancer who authorities say drunkenly mowed down three Florida teens waiting for a bus to a soccer tournament over the weekend will be criminally charged. Mariam Coulibaly, 31, was arrested late Tuesday and faces three counts of DUI manslaughter and three counts of vehicular homicide, the North Miami Police Department said in a statement. Initial toxicology tests revealed […]

Washington: Special counsel Robert Mueller is set to make his first public statement on the Russia investigation, the Justice Department said. Mueller will speak at the Justice Department and won't take any questions. Robert Mueller’s statement comes amid demands for him to testify on Capitol Hill about his findings.Credit:AP It was not clear what he intended to say, but the […]

A GENIUS teenager has a higher IQ than Einstein and Stephen Hawking – but just wants to be a popstar when she grows up. Schoolgirl Suryanshi "Sury" Ranjan, 13, was talking at two, a competitive chess player by three and reading fluently by the age of four. Just a few months ago Sury joined the ranks of the global super […]

The village under siege by RACCOON DOGS: Police hunt aggressive animals terrorising locals and attacking pets after escaping enclosure Residents in Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, in two hour stand off with creatures Mandy Marsh was woken by ‘blood curdling scream’ and found animal outside She and her husband were armed with planks of wood and chased off animal  Police say ‘potentially dangerous’ […]

Four Jewish teenagers helped save a drowning man with a swastika tattoo on his hand. The heroic students were walking past a reservoir when they spotted a body in the water in Boston, USA. They also spotted a police patrol car nearby, before running to alert a driver and police officer named in reports as Mr Mascioli. Officer Mascioli then […]

Man is inundated with 50,000 WhatsApp messages and dozens of calls after Jamie Carragher inadvertently shared his mobile number on Twitter in a bid to mock Gary Neville Scott Forsyth inundated with calls after Jamie Carragher posted number online Pundit thought he was tweeting random number in bid to prank Gary Neville But it led to Mr Forsyth being sent […]

The gruesome death of a Philippines domestic worker in Kuwait, whose body was found "black and blue" with a cucumber in her genitals, has deepened tensions between the two nations. The death of yet another Filipino maid in the Gulf state threatens to reignite a diplomatic crisis as the Southeast Asian country – a major exporter of domestic labour to […]