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Home featuring WWII bunker on sale for $1.3 million

Home featuring WWII bunker on sale for $1.3 million

By Isobel Williams A charming home featuring a WWII air raid shelter converted into a WINE bunker has hit the market - for just shy of $1.3 million. Mike Hemmings, 47, bought the three-bedroom house in Shortlands, southeast London five years ago - and says he had no idea it

Two Russian security personnel were on board France-seized tanker: sources

Two Russian security personnel were on board France-seized tanker: sources

Two employees of a Russian private security company were aboard a suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker seized by France in September, an informed French source and a lawyer told AFP on Monday. The two men were employed by Moran Security Group, a Russian private security company, and were

Birds around the world are getting smaller

Birds around the world are getting smaller

By Stephen Beech Birds are getting smaller all around the world, suggests a new study. Indigenous people and local communities on three continents reported a "drastic" decline in the body mass of several species. Birds currently inhabiting many territories across Africa, Asia and Latin America are, on average,

In focus: The best images from the Montana Standard last week

A collection of the best images from the cameras of Montana Standard photographers last week:

Man arrested in Columbia Falls SWAT standoff for assault

Man arrested in Columbia Falls SWAT standoff for assault

COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. - A man was arrested on Saturday after a SWAT standoff and alleged assault involving a sword and a gun, according to a social media post from the Columbia Falls Police Department. CFPD said they received a call at around noon on Saturday reporting a "disturbance with

Nigeria paid Boko Haram ransom for kidnapped pupils: intel sources

Nigeria paid Boko Haram ransom for kidnapped pupils: intel sources

The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a "huge" ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, intelligence sources told AFP. Two Boko Haram commanders were also freed as part of the deal, which

Healthcare crisis looms over Greenland's isolated villages

Healthcare crisis looms over Greenland's isolated villages

The Greenlandic settlement of Kapisillit has no defibrillator -- which, given it is only accessible via a two-hour boat ride or by helicopter, means that if you go into cardiac arrest while there, you could be in real trouble. "It would be too late" by the time help