‘They invited us’ Refugee says Germany wanted migrants

A REFUGEE who travelled to Germany with 14 members of his family says Angela Merkel invited migrants into the country.

Prime Minister talks on eve of Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election

Prime Minster Theresa May has spoken to The Standard in an exclusive question and answer session ahead of tomorrow’s (Thursday’s) by-election in Sleaford and North Hykeham to replace former Tory MP Stephen Phillips who resigned over policy differences with the Government.

Recount Roundup: Jill Stein's Embarrassing Stunt Puts Trump Further Ahead

Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein has been battling for recounts in swing states Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania (funny how she doesn't want one in Florida, North Carolina or even California) for about a week now. 

Atletico Nacional move on from tragedy at Club World Cup

Before they became famous the world over for their incidental part in the tragedy of last week's Chapecoense air disaster, Colombia's Atletico Nacional had established themselves as South America's team of the year.

Paris attacks suspect's lawyers resign

Lawyers for the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last year have resigned, saying his continued refusal to testify is due to the conditions of his detention.

Kabul shrine toll rises to 17, 62 wounded

At least 17 people including a policeman are dead after a militant attack on a Shi'Ite shrine in the capital Kabul.

Car bomb kills 8, wounds 15 in Nigeria

About eight people have been killed and 15 wounded when a car laden with explosives hit a taxi in northeastern Borno state's capital of Maiduguri, military and medical sources say.

Romanian "arm dealers" ready to sell guns to terrorists was most probably fake

Romanian people filmed in the report facing hearings. A recent Sky News report showing Romanian "arm dealers" ready to sell their weapons to anybody interested, including terrorists, appears to be fake, according to judiciary sources largely quoted by Romanian media on Wednesday. 

25year old shoots at father for molesting his wife

A youth from Farrukhabad district allegedly shot at and critically injured his father on Saturday night for making sexual advances towards his wife.

Students planning national protest seeking funding for higher education

Students are planning a national protest calling for more funding for higher education.

Trial of Sean Fitzpatrick to recommence today

The jury in the trial of the former Anglo Irish Bank Chairman Seán Fitzpatrick is to return to court this morning.

Spain’s most notorious festival ends without traditional gory climax

Animal lovers clashed with bullfighting fanatics as one of Spain’s most notorious festivals ended without its traditional bloody climax.

Immigrants forced back to Morocco after trying to jump the border fence on Spanish land

No-Nonsense border officials sent 55 illegal migrants straight back to Morocco following a stand-off this weekend.

Major rise in Swedish women being sold for sex - by their own Husbands

Swedish men are pimping out their wives as prostitutes in a bid to earn some extra cash, it has been revealed.

French police arrest teen terror suspect

French police have arrested a 15-year old suspected of planning an attack and using encrypted social media channels to communicate with a French Islamist militant believed to be in Syria or Iraq, sources said.

NKorea celebrates nuke test with rally

North Korea has celebrated the success of its fifth nuclear test carried out on September 9 with a mass rally in the centre of Pyongyang.

Nurse with Ebola cleared of hiding symptom

A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone has been cleared of allegations that she put the public at risk by hiding the fact she had a raised temperature after returning to Britain.

Obama prepared to lift Myanmar sanctions

President Barack Obama says the United States is prepared to lift sanctions on Myanmar "soon" with democratic progress in the country is incomplete but on the right track.

No deaths in first 48 hours of Syria truce

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it has not recorded a single civilian or combatant death from fighting in the first 48 hours of a ceasefire in Syria which came into effect on Monday night.

US destroys IS chemical threat in Iraq

The US military has bombed an Islamic State facility in Iraq that a senior general calls a "significant chemical threat" to Iraqi civilians.