An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa, because she had encouraged him to leave the group, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

A CUCKOLDED husband hailed a victory for “free speech and the small man” last night as he was cleared of harassing his wife’s millionaire lover over the internet.

A COUPLE whose New Zealand bank accidentally gave them £3.86 million (€4.38m) have managed to flee the country with more than a third of the cash, it emerged.

A couple whose New Zealand bank accidentally gave them NZ$10m (€4.4m) have managed to flee the country with more than a third of the cash, it emerged today.