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Thai police went undercover in a traditional lion costume in order to get close enough to a serial burglar to pounce on them and arrest them. Footage released by the Bangkok police department shows officers dressed in a red-and-gold lion costume dancing towards the suspect as he walked through a Lunar New Year fair on

An amateur climber has been found guilty of gross negligent manslaughter after his girlfriend froze to death on Austria’s highest mountain. The 37-year-old Austrian man, named only as Thomas P in line with privacy laws, was given a five-month suspended sentence and fined €9,400 (£8,200) by a court in Innsbruck on Thursday over the death

ASOS has paid tribute to its co-founder after he died in a fall from the balcony of his apartment in Thailand. Quentin Griffiths fell from the 17th floor of the apartment block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on 9 February, Thai have police said. Police said initial investigations suggest there are no indications

Satellite images analysed by Sky News’ Data and Forensics team show Iran has fortified its nuclear and defence facilities, alongside conducting live drills with Russian forces amid rising tensions with the US military. What we know about activity at Iran’s nuclear facilities Iran appears to be fortifying defences at its nuclear plants and military facilities

Barcelona’s soaring Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, as a crane placed the upper arm of a cross atop the Tower of Jesus Christ. The unfinished monument is already the world’s tallest church, though Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi’s magnum opus remains years away from completion. The church’s central piece now towers 566ft

NASA is planning to send astronauts to the moon next month for the first time in more than half a century. The Artemis ⁠II mission, which aims to send four crew members to orbit around the moon and then return home, could launch as early as 6 March, it was announced on Friday. Jared Isaacman,

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 10 people in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and another two people in a Palestinian refugee camp, the Lebanese Health Ministry has said. Hezbollah has confirmed senior leader Hussein Yaghi was killed in the Bekaa attacks. He is the son of former Hezbollah MP Mohamed Yaghi, and his funeral is set

Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking ring extended all the way to Africa’s southern coast – held together by the invisible chains of psychological bondage that kept his victims ensnared for years at a time. “Invisible chains is a good way to put it, it was like I was handcuffed invisibly,” says 43-year-old Juliette Bryant. “I’d never even