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Members of Niger's presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace and detained president Mohamed Bazoum - and now they have announced a coup

In a matter of seconds, the skies over La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland turned black and a tornado tore through, uprooting trees, sending debris flying and destroying entire neighbourhoods with its 135mph gusts

Army veteran and charity fundraiser Martin McConnell was aiming to break the 200mph record at the Terminal Velocity road show at Tibenham Airfield on Sunday morning before he lost his life

One man survived eight months on the frontline with the brutal Storm-Z unit and has recounted in remarkable detail his brutal life including witnessing constant death

Vladimir Putin took part in a prayer 'for granting victory to the Russian army' at the sacred Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam monastery, appearing to limp as he walked into the church

Nothing has been heard from US soldier Travis King since he ran laughing across the border into North Korea - he was being flown back to the US to face disciplinary charges when he slipped his escort and joined a border tour for tourists

Texan Michael Kohlhof had to have his hands and feet chopped off after a flea bite saw him contract the incurable Victorian disease of Typhus

A King's Guard has stolen the hearts of Brits after video footage of him allowing a man with Down's syndrome to get in a photo was released online - the man's carer couldn't believe it

As Brits reflect back on their favourite childhood foods, research reveals the most popular flavours were jelly - and biscuits from a metal tin.

Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren has had a long-standing working relationship with Hollywood movie star Sylvester Stallone, with their friendship having had its ups and down

Tihran Ohannisian, 16, cried 'Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!' as he held a Kalashnikov close to his chest after being fatally wounded in a firefight with Russian soldiers in occupied Berdyansk

US Army Private Travis King bolted across the Demilitarized Zone that divides South and North Korea and entered the tyrannical totalitarian state on without permission on Tuesday - a lawyer who photographed him says she thought it was a stunt fort TikTok

We’ve had years of Tories talking tough yet the murder of her son by two 17-year-olds is another tragedy highlighting the absence of effective action to save the innocent

Retired soldier Michael 'Hoogie' Hoogerwerf said his three daughters weren't at all convinced by his audacious claim - but found out that for once, their dad wasn't joking

New laws set by Moscow mean reservist males who hold the highest ranks such as General can be called back to the front up to aged 70 instead of 65

Private 2nd Class Travis King, 23, laughed as he fled across the border into North Korea, witnesses reported. He was in the process of being flown home over disciplinary charges when he slipped his escort and fled

An American soldier, Private Travis King, escaped to North Korea from South Korea's Demilitarised Zone during a commercial tour group visit, after being released from prison

US solider Travis King had just been released from a detention facility in South Korea on assault charges after serving 47 days following an altercation with locals

The missile launches appear to be a retaliation to the US deploying a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time since the 1980s - it also comes as a US solider fled after being released from a South Korean prison

A long-awaited study of the future for UK defence notes escalating threats from Moscow while China also poses a long-term challenge along with North Korea and Iran

A witness from the group said he saw the soldier crossing into North Korea from the demilitarized zone, while shouting 'ha ha ha', leading to heightened tensions between North Korea and the US

Four young children have been released from hospital, after spending 40 days surviving in the Colombian jungle against the threat of snakes, jaguars and drug gangs. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the rescue effort as the beginning of a "new Colombia".

Stephen Wynne, who was 26 at the time, attacked Chantel Taylor on March 13, 2004, when she was just 27 years old - but her disappearance remained a mystery for more than a year

United States Presidential Candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that he believes the invasion of Ukraine has become a proxy war between the United States and Russia

The Prime Minister asked his officials to leave the room so he and the Ukrainian President could hold one-to-one private talks