All news by author: Ryan Fahey

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Putin replaces top Ukraine commander 'General Armageddon' after just 3 months
While overseeing troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin was crediting with strengthening coordination, reinforcing control and introducing a campaign of knocking out Ukraine's energy infrastructure
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Russian army on ropes after dramatic 75% plunge in artillery fire in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin's boys are only firing artillery at around 75 per cent of their wartime high, a massive drop, which could be due to dwindling stockpiles of rockets or a reassessment of tactics
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Man, 98, left to languish in Indian jail after no one paid £116 for his release
Ram Surat, 98, wasn’t released because no one paid a bail bond of Rs 11,500 (£116) which was mandated in his court order - Prison officials soon realised that he had no family or friends to help because he had no visitors
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Taliban unveils supercar powered by Toyota Corolla engine in 'honour' for nation
The aggressive and sleek-looking Mada 9 sports car protoype - which is fitted with a Toyota Corolla engine - has finally been unveiled after 30 engineers spent five years designing it in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Topless thug brawls with another passenger on packed plane in row over seats
In the footage, the shirtless thug looks as though he's trying to yank the other passenger out of his front-row seat on a flight with Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the country's national airline
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Dad, 50, with three wives welcomes 60th child – and says he wants even more
Sardar Jan Mohammad Khan Khilji, 50, from Quetta in Pakistan, has just welcomed his latest tot into the world but is already asking pals to help him find a fourth wife so he can create an even bigger brood
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Fanatical supporters flock to Bolsonaro's bedside after he's rushed to hospital
Devotees have travelled in recent days to the temporary home of Jair Bolsonaro, a gated community with towering waterslides in Osceola County in Florida, US. He signed autographs, hugged children and took selfies with his adoring supporters
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Brit who drowned in Jamaica trying to save lives want his bravery awarded
Bristol-born Remo Douglas, 34, waded into the flooded river in Jamaica, saving his girlfriend, baby and desperately trying to retrieve his 11-year-old niece who also died in the water
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Parents of Brit missing in war-torn Ukraine left 'raw' after son's disappearance
Aid worker Christopher Parry's mum Christine said she feels "very raw" after her son went missing in the town of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine
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Football star mauled to death by 3 of his own dogs after wife finds him bitten
Zambian football star Philemon Mulala, 60, was found lifeless in the garden of his home in the South African town of Lichtenburg after being attacked by three of his dogs
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Gunmen kidnap 32 passengers waiting to board train at station as several injured
Armed men attacked the station in Igueben town in Edo State, abducting an unknown number of people waiting to board, said Chidi Nwabuzor, the police spokesman for Edo State, in a statement
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Beachgoers horrified after finding young woman with head and hands chopped off
A group of youngsters raised the alarm at around 5pm yesterday afternoon when they spotted something floating in the water off a beach just a short drive away from Costa del Sol resort, Marbella
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'Fanatics' loot new president's office and storm palace in apocalyptic protests
Thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters bypassed security barricades, climbed on roofs, smashed windows and invaded Brazil's Three Powers Square after his rival was inaugurated
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Teacher overdoses on deadly fentanyl in front of horrified students during class
Teacher Frank Thompson, 57, is thought to have been under the influence of fentanyl, which he had stashed in the cupboard of his classroom at the school he worked at in New Jersey, when he was found unresponsive
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Boy, 12, forced to have surgery after getting thermometer stuck up his penis
The 12-year-old boy, from Chengdu in central China, told doctors he put the thermometer up his penis while masturbating out of "curiosity" and because he "lacked sex education"
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Dad-of-two legally changes gender in baffling bid to gain custody of daughters
René Salinas Ramos, 47, who lives in Ecuador, says he decided to take the drastic measure because the justice system in the country typically favours the mother in custody battles
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World's best cities announced - there's a handful of UK hotspots named in elite
More than 50 per cent of the locations making the top 10 of the World's Best Cities rankings were in Europe, with New York, Tokyo, Dubai and Singapore dotted between them
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Brit teen drowns in Portugal after getting caught in beach riptide with two pals
The unidentified 19-year-old was swimming off a sandy beach on Lisbon's Costa da Caprica coastline, south of Lisbon, on Wednesday afternoon with two pals
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Murder of Brit in Jamaica 'contract killing ordered from the UK', police claim
The 33-year-old personal trainer from London was found with gunshot wounds to his head and upper body two days after arriving in Jamaica in order to visit family
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Backpacker died after 'opening carriage door to take selfie' on moving train
Irish national Patrick Ward, 45, was on a guided train tour from Bangkok to Kanchanburito in Thailand when he fell from the carriage, to the track and then a further 25ft down a slope
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Woman escapes Iran after husband viciously lashed for playing music at parties
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Leila Eftetahi fled the ultra-conservative pilgrimage city of Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 with her husband Ali - who was punished twice with 82 vicious lashes for alcohol consumption charges after being caught DJing
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Fury after delivery driver leaves 22lb Hello Fresh parcel on sleeping baby
The child's mother had left her sleeping baby in a pram outside her house in Swedenwhen the large Hello Fresh package was dumped on top of the infant
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Inside helicopter cockpit showing pilot warned before crash which killed Brits
Footage from inside the chopper that was flying in to land on Australia's Gold Coast earlier this week shows a passenger frantically tapping the pilot on the right shoulder to warn him of the other helicopter
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Mum in tribute to Brit, 33, shot dead in Jamaica with her 'heart in pain'
Personal trainer Sean Patterson, 33, from West London, was shot multiple times in the head and torso while staying at the One Love Guest House in Bogue Hill, in Jamaica's second city of St James
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Boy, 3, dies in swimming pool accident as dad makes desperate plea to parents
Stephen Powell and his wife were left distraught when little three-year-old Isaac went missing on his mother's birthday last Thursday - only to find he'd fallen into their neighbour's pool in Perth, Australia