Category: 4. World

A golden retriever is being lauded as “the first responder” who helped saved her owner’s life when he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of the night.

Hannah Cooke, from County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, was woken up one night last…

Nigeria’s government is making “no meaningful effort” to rescue more than 250 children abducted from a Catholic boarding school in the central state of Niger last Friday, the main Catholic cleric in the region has told the BBC.

But Bishop Bulus…

An Italian man is under investigation for benefit fraud and hiding a body after allegedly dressing up as his dead mother – including mimicking her hairstyle with a wig and wearing makeup and jewellery – in order to claim her pension.

The man,…

Russia fired surface-to-air missiles into its own residential buildings while responding to a large Ukrainian attack against an oil terminal on the Black Sea, a security source told Business Insider on Tuesday.

A…

Spain’s government has nominated veteran prosecutor Teresa Peramato as the next attorney general, after the previous incumbent was convicted of leaking confidential information about the partner of a leading opposition politician.

Peramato has more than 35 years of experience as a prosecutor,…

Iran is facing a severe pollution episode in Tehran, where high levels of fine particles have forced schools and kindergartens to close for at least four days.

Many public employees have also been told to stay home.

The smog comes…

An award-winning Canadian-American author whose career was tied to his apparent indigenous ancestry has recently learned that he has no Cherokee roots.

Thomas King revealed the findings on Monday in an opinion piece published in the Globe and Mail…

Four more people were arrested Tuesday in connection with the Oct. 19 heist at the Louvre, Paris prosecutors announced.

All four — two men, aged 38 and 39, and two women, 31 and 40 — are from the Paris region, Laure Beccuau, a prosecutor for…