Ten Years Old Boys Rescues His Village After He Fires A Rocket At bTaliban Fighters

A ten-year-old Afghan boy hailed a hero after he fired rockets at Taliban fighters as he helped defend his village from attackers has been shot dead by an assassin from the terror group.

Wasil Ahmad was shot twice in the head by insurgents in Tirin Kot, the capital of the Uruzgan province, local police have revealed.

The child had fought the Taliban alongside his uncle on many occasions and pictures on social media show him holding an automatic weapon and wearing uniform and a helmet.

The child had fought the Taliban alongside his uncle on many occasions and pictures on on social media show him holding an automatic weapon and wearing uniform and a helmet

Brother and sister who were stabbed to death alongside their mother by estranged father in 'murder suicide' as it's revealed he was jailed for attack in 2013

These are the first pictures of devoted mother-of-two Geraldine Newman who was bludgeoned to death by her estranged husband who also stabbed to death their two children Shannon and Shane.

West Yorkshire police tonight confirmed that Paul Newman, 42, bludgeoned the Wilko store manager with a hammer before stabbing daughter Shannon, 11, and son Shane, six, at home in Allerton Bywater, near Leeds.

Today family and friends laid flowers for the 'one in a million' mother and Disney balloons for the children she called the 'light of my world'. 

Shannon, 11, and her younger brother Shane were both found dead yesterday at their home near Leeds

First picture: This is Geraldine Newman, known as Gerry to her loved ones, who was murdered by her domestic abuser husband who also killed their children

A man Spent £5,000 To save The Life Of His Dog Is Worth It?

  He’s just a dog. And I don’t even like dogs. Well, didn’t to be precise. Didn’t see the point of them at all, until, in a moment of weakness, a 12-year-old daughter with a very persuasive, pleading face managed (again) to get her way.

So we bought Toffee. And my daughter Clara was indeed beside herself with joy as she promised she would be. My wife Sarah and I were back to looking after a small vulnerable thing, long after we thought those days were over.

But it was fine. Toffee was a very sweet, fluffy labradoodle who seemed as delighted with us as we are with him. And hey, if you’ve had twins, a puppy is really no sweat. Also, he seemed to like me!

Justin Webb works unusual hours as a host on Radio 4's Today Programme. He is often around during the day meaning he has bonded with toffee the labradoodle - a dog he initially did not even want to adopt

Seven-month-old baby murdered with his parents becomes a symbol in the war against gangs

Horrific photos showing the bodies of a seven-month-old boy and his parents slaughtered in Oaxaca, Mexico, have sparked fierce debate about the country's rampant gang violence and society's acceptance of it.

They also likened the slain boy to Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian toddler whose photo made front pages the world over after his drowned body washed up on a Turkish beach.

The Mexican baby, identified as Marcos Miguel Pano Colón, was being carried by his 24-year-old father, Juan Alberto Pano Ramos, and accompanied by his 17-year-old mother, Alba Isabel Colón, when their attackers opened fire on the trio in the city of Pinotepa Nacional on Friday evening. All three died on the spot.

Photographs of their bodies soon began to circulate on Facebook and other social media sites, prompting users to ask why violence in the country had been allowed to spiral out of control.

Seven-month-old Marcos Colón and his parents were killed in a ganglang shooting in the Mexican city of Pinotepa Nacional. Appalled Mexican web users began to question their society's acceptance of violence

Santiago Pinotepa Nacional Oaxaca, a Facebook page focusing on the city's events, posted an image of the murdered family and likened baby Marcos to Alan.

'This picture is running all around the world. It is just like the Syrian boy,' the post read. 'Pinotepa Nacional became famous last night, not from an earthquake, sadly, but because of this image.'

One comment read 'There should be no likes for this image. If you must, it is better to have many or millions of comments of sympathy, and [comments of] contempt for the cowards who did this and the ineptitude of the federal government.' The initial post had 2,979 likes at the time of writing.

The page also posted what it claimed was a photograph of Marcos before the shooting. It shows a cute baby boy being washed in a bucket of water.

Sweden's pregnant princesses Sofia and Victoria both show off their blooming baby bellies as they attend an official dinner at the Royal Palace

The future of the Swedish monarchy was on full display in Stockholm on Wednesday night, as both Crown Princess Victoria and her sister-in-law Princess Sofia showed off their growing baby bumps at an official dinner hosted at the Royal Palace. 

Princess Victoria, 38, who is heir to the Swedish throne, attended the dinner on the arm of her husband Prince Daniel, wearing a floor-length beaded lace gown, which featured a low-cut neckline, which she accessorized with an elegant tiara and royal sash.

Meanwhile Princess Sofia, opted for a lengthy gold gown, which swept below her feet and trailed out behind her as she walked. She also added a dazzling tiara, and a pale blue sash, to her ensemble, while her husband Prince Carl-Philp looked dashing in a white bow tie and tails.

  Mothers: Princess Sofia, left, and Crown Princess Victoria, right, both showed off blooming baby bumps at an official dinner at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Wednesday evening

Leading the way: Princess Victoria, 38, who is heir to the throne, is expecting her second child with Prince Daniel in March 

A Woman Tried Soda For The First Time And It Moved Her To Tears

Life is a series of new experiences, and some of them can be overwhelming. For one woman, her first taste of a sugary beverage gave her ~all~ the feels.

In a video uploaded to YouTube channel RumbleViral, a man named Mario learned that his girlfriend has lived her entire life without drinking soda because of an allergy to caffeine. So, as a surprise, he bought her a bottle of caffeine-free Pepsi and documented the momentous event.

The woman starts off excited and happy about the new experience. Once she drinks, it becomes pretty overpowering and she breaks down in tears. Her reaction might seem kind of silly, but it definitely makes you think about appreciating the things we take for granted.

   

A Potato Sold for $1M

Some of us send unfortunate texts after a few glasses of wine. Some European businessmen instead spend $1.08 million on a photo of a potato. "Potato #345" from celebrity photographer Kevin Abosch is just that: a portrait of an organic Irish potato against a black background. But a businessman who spotted the image at Abosch's Paris home last year was apparently transfixed. "We had two glasses of wine and he said, 'I really like that,'" Abosch tells the Sunday Times, per the BBC. "Two more glasses of wine and he said, 'I really want that.' We set the price two weeks later." The deal, which is only now being reported, was the biggest of Abosch's career, CNN reports. If the price is confirmed, "Potato #345" would be the 15th most expensive photo ever sold.

A Bride Saved £10,000 By Baking Her Wedding Cake Tells Other Women To It Themselves

A bride has managed to stop the happiest day of her life from turning into the most expensive by handcrafting every element from scratch. 

Marrianne Mercer, 32, from Tonbridge, Kent, spent just over £9,000 on her big day, by making every possible item from the invitations to the cake to the flowers, saving at least £10,000 in the process.

She's now released a book for other brides-to-be who want to have a go at DIY-ing their own celebrations

Marrianne Mercer, 32, from Tonbridge, Kent spent eight months handcrafting her wedding to David Miall in August 2013, making everything from her bouquet to her veil and saved more than £10,000

Marrianne, who works as a graphic designer for the book publisher Search Press, has always enjoyed crafts, but this was her most ambitious project to date.

She spent eight months before her big day in August 2013 crafting 678 paper flowers, 120 order of booklets and 400 pom poms for decorating the church

'I kind of got carried away. But there was a great sense of achievement in seeing my vision come alive,' Marrianne told FEMAIL. 

'I'm a designer so I usually get a vision of how I want things to look. When it all came together it was quite something. I just loved it.

terrorist wearing fake suicide belt shot dead outside police station on Charlie Hebdo anniversar

French police are seen near a police station in the Rue de la Goutte d'Or near Barbes-Rochechouart metro station in the north of Paris after police shot a man dead as he was trying to enter the police station

Underage student who was at the blink of death from alcohol poisoning pens powerful essay warning others about the dangers of heavy partying

A college student from Nevada has issued a stark warning to young adults about the dangers of binge drinking, revealing how an underage drinking session at a concert left in a coma and nearly killed her. 

Hanna Lottritz, a journalism student at the University of Nevada, Reno, turned 21 on Wednesday, but unlike most people her age, she insists she didn't celebrate the milestone occasion by heading to the bar - nor does she plan to any time soon. 

Explaining her decision to avoid wild parties and over-the-top drinking in an essay shared on her blog, Hannah details the terrifying near-death experience, which took place six months ago, saying: 'I am writing this because I didn't realize the importance of drinking responsibly until I was waking up from a coma, and I don't want anyone to go through what my family and I went through.'

Near-death experience: College student Hanna Lottritz, 21, was left in a coma due to the effects of acute alcohol poisoning after binge-drinking dangerous quantities of alcohol at a concert six months ago