Image copyright AFP Image caption The US special forces and military advisers are deployed in northern and eastern Syria The US will maintain an open-ended military presence in Syria to ensure the enduring defeat of the jihadist group Islamic State, counter Iranian influence, and help end the civil war. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said…

Leanne Champ used to go to McDonalds everyday. She was in an unhappy marriage, gaining more and more weight until she reached a size 24. One morning she looked in the mirror and realised she had lost all confidence and that was the moment she decided she had to make a change. Inspired by Instagram…

Erstmals seit dem Orkan Kyrill vor elf Jahren hat die Deutsche Bahn den Fernverkehr komplett eingestellt. Züge fuhren seit dem Nachmittag aus Sicherheitsgründen nicht mehr ab. Die Bahn wies an, dass die Fernverkehrszüge, die noch unterwegs waren, soweit möglich bis zum Zielbahnhof fahren sollten. Die Sperre bleibe bis mindestens Betriebsschluss bestehen, hieß es von dem…

Last year was one of the hottest years ever, according to new temperature data. Provisional figures published by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit shows 2017 was the third warmest on record and the hottest ever without El Niño – a natural phase of the climate system that results in warmer temperatures…

Just days before her death, only child Kyle, from Glasgow in Scotland, finished working as a seasonal employee. (Picture: Facebook)A devastated teenager faces losing his home unless he can get a job after his mum died suddenly. Kyle Laird, 17, was left heartbroken after mum Tracy passed away just three days after Christmas. Hacker who…

Not only does Margot Robbie have the challenge of bringing to life notorious figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, but she also has to play her over a 29-year age span. The film follows Harding from the age of three all the way through her forties, and Robbie plays her from 15-44. “I’d never done that…

Hatten Sie vielleicht vor, sich am Wochenende mal wieder ein richtig fettes Sushi-Festessen zu gönnen? Nach diesen Bildern überlegen Sie es sich vielleicht noch mal anders … Für einen unbekannten Mann aus Fresno (US-Staat Kalifornien) endete seine große Fisch-Leidenschaft jetzt im Krankenhaus: Er hatte gerade – wie fast jeden Tag – eine Portion rohen Lachs…

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President Donald Trump corrected his Chief of Staff John Kelly after he said that the president had “evolved” on the wall. “There’s been an evolutionary process that this president has gone through,” Kelly said in an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier, pointing out that Trump had “very definitely changed his attitude” towards DACA…

Temporary government funding runs out Jan. 19 and the House and Senate will have to pass a temporary extension to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government. Democrats are demanding that spending legislation include a provision permanently shielding about 690,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. Here are the latest…