Don O’Hara fought in World War II to rebel after his father stopped him going on a date. He landed at Normandy 70 years ago today — and made it home to marry the girl he stood up, says John Verling

A United Nations report claims Israeli troops could be prosecuted for what it called "wilful killing" and "torture" in connection with a raid on ships bound for Gaza.

Commandos stormed a school today in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire.

Commandos stormed the Russian siege school today as near-naked children fled the building amid explosions and gunfire.