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A criminology student spent a month planning a random murder so he could ‘know what it would be like to take life’, a court has heard.

Asma Al Assad was once seen as the face of female liberation in the Middle East; with her successful career in banking and her secular British upbringing.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.

Syrian rebels say they have discovered a huge tunnel network underneath Bashar Al-Assad’s palaces.

Mr Imnetu, 41, died four days after he was found with a brain injury on Queensway, west London, while visiting the UK from Dubai.

Police Scotland described the attacker as having light grey hair and a moustache.

Obada Jbara was on hand after rebels seized the central prison in Hama.

As statues of Assad and his father Hafez were being toppled across Syria, in Damascus a jubilant Ghazal al-Sharif was rejoicing. He said: “Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family"

Syrian rebels have toppled Bashar al-Assad, ending his family’s 54-year authoritarian rule after nearly 14 years of war - and the leader is now in Moscow with family

Staff say their work is vital for the country’s naval military defence capability.

Police have released two new images in the hunt for an assassin who gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City this week.

The Syrian capital has erupted in celebrations following the fall of the Assad regime, as the Syrian leader fled the country on Sunday.

Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different to his father but proved to be as repressive

A man has died in a fire in Cumbria, with emergency services still at the scene, and people warned to stay away from the town.

Omar Fayed claims former Harrods Owner tricked police to escape justice over rape and sexual assault allegations

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s plane has disappeared from flight tracking information after he and his family reportedly fled the country as rebels took Damascus

Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration

Syrian rebels say Syria is free of Assad

Team GB’s Olympic champion cyclist Katy Marchant was taken to hospital after crashing into spectators during an event in London on Saturday.

The first sign that armed gang members had invaded a TV station in Guayaquil came when two masked youths appeared in the corner of the screen during a live news broadcast.

After a long flight over a sea of trees, the ocean begins to emerge through the window of the twin-propeller plane. The vast Pacific meets the Darién jungle in the remote Colombian town of Juradó, in the northwestern Chocó department.

House prices have now reached record levels as lower mortgage rates have helped improve buyer confidence for the fifth month in a row.