Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cited Hitler’s Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media yesterday.

In a stunning rebuke of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions to expand his powers, Turkish voters have stripped his party of its simple majority in parliament, preliminary election results show.

Kim Kardashian has been cited for speeding after police spotted the reality star apparently being chased by paparazzi on a Los Angeles freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.

The green light has been given for a combined heat and power plant (CHP) which is expected to create up to 35 full-time jobs in north Kerry when it becomes operational.

Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas last night, as prime minister Tayyip Erdogan accused anti-government protesters of walking “arm-in-arm with terrorism”, remarks that could further inflame public anger after some of the most violent riots in decades.

TURKEY’S ruling Islamist-rooted party clinched a record landslide in yesterday’s parliamentary polls, but appeared short of the two-thirds majority it needs to rewrite the constitution, unofficial results showed.

Film star Mel Gibson crashed his Maserati sports car into a hillside, police confirmed today.

BEFORE he called the emergency services, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the “stuck” accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn’t move.

Ten people died and dozens were injured when a bus overturned in northern California, police said today.

California police investigating Heather Locklear's weekend arrest for driving under the influence (DUI) believe the actress was high on prescription drugs at the time of her arrest.

Lindsay Lohan agreed to serve one day behind bars after pleading guilty to drunken driving and cocaine charges. But that is hard time compared to what fellow bad girl Nicole Richie served for driving under the influence.

Nicole Richie was released from a California jail after serving just 82 minutes of a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs.

FOREIGN Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday said he might make a fresh bid for Turkey’s presidency, in comments sure to stir unease in the country’s powerful secular establishment.

ONE of the ESB’s biggest customers is to produce its own electricity.

An €11m grants package was launched today to encourage industry and commercial users to generate their own electricity and heat.

The country’s biggest carbon dioxide polluters were warned today to cut emissions or face bigger fines.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle illegally over the weekend when he collided with a car in his Brentwood neighbourhood, police say.

COMPANIES will soon be fined if they produce excess carbon dioxide emissions, new proposals published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed yesterday.