Pakistan train attack survivors ‘crouched for hours& to survive

Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan&s Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.

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Outrage in Australia as social media influencer is filmed taking a baby wombat from its mother

Australia&s prime minister Anthony Albanese has condemned a US influencer who was filmed snatching a baby wombat away from its mother.

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Return of stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams delayed again as rocket launch to space station aborted

The return of two astronauts stranded in space for nine months has been delayed again after a technical issue with their replacement crew&s rocket.

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‘You&ll have to kill me,& former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte told police during tense arrest

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte threatened a police general with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law enforcers &you&ll have to kill me to bring me to The Hague& in a tense confrontation after his arrest in Manila that was ordered by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a Philippine police general said yesterday.

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Judge orders Trump to rehire thousands of fired probationary staff let go from government agencies

A federal judge yesterday ordered President Donald Trump&s administration to reinstate thousands — if not tens of thousands — of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies last month, saying that the terminations were directed by a personnel office that had no authority to do so.

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