October 6, 2018 Banksy’s painting self-destructs moments after it’s sold for $1.4M A work by Banksy self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for $1.4 million.
October 5, 2018 Extremely venomous sea snake kills man in Australia A British fisherman was bitten by a sea snake while working on a trawler off the northern Australian coast and died before a rescue helicopter could reach him, officials said Friday.
October 5, 2018 Pakistan orders 18 international aid groups closed Pakistan ordered 18 international aid organizations to close, threatening the assistance they provide to some of the country's most vulnerable, international aid workers said Friday.
October 4, 2018 Russian spies accused of targeting watchdog investigating UK chemical attacks, probe into MH17 crash Russia's infamous military spy service has been behind a wave of massive cyber attacks in the recent years, with targets ranging from the international chemical weapons watchdog group to the probe into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine, officials said Thursday.
October 4, 2018 British man trapped in shed as 'slave' for 40 years, officials say Officers rescued a British man Wednesday who was likely trapped in a shed for 40 years and forced to work as a “slave,” officials said. The 58-year-old man was inside with only a chair and soiled bedding.
October 4, 2018 Widow of US man killed in Westminster bridge terror attack says she 'feels sorry’ for attacker The widow of a man who was killed last year when an SUV plowed into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge recalled hearing that her husband saved her life and said she only pitied the attacker.
October 3, 2018 UK coroner cites security shortcomings in officer's death Security failures may have played a role in the stabbing death of a policeman during an extremist attack on Parliament last year in London, Britain's chief coroner said Wednesday.
October 3, 2018 British prime minister Theresa May dances on stage to ABBA at Conservative conference The British prime minister poked fun at her image as she got her groove on to Abba's Dancing Queen - mocking her dance moves from a recent trip to Africa - before appealing to the party to get behind her.
October 3, 2018 Vladimir Putin brands Sergei Skripal a 'traitor' in furious attack on poisoned spy Russian President Vladimir Putin today claimed a former spy poisoned in Britain had betrayed the motherland - branding Sergei Skripal a "scumbag".
October 3, 2018 UK's May tells party to drop dream of a 'perfect' Brexit British Prime Minister Theresa May told her fractured Conservative Party on Wednesday to abandon dreams of a "perfect" Brexit and back her as divorce negotiations with the European Union enter their "toughest" final phase.