A 23-year-old university student in the US was left inside a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holding cell for nearly five days after agents decided he would not be charged in a drug investigation. With no food, drinking water or access to a toilet, he was forced to drink his own urine in a desperate…

‘We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute,’ the co-pilot yelled, ‘We’re going to crash into the ground!’ The pilot of the Florida Learjet 60 crash sent out increasingly desperate distress calls moments before the aircraft plunged into a Florida roadway on Sunday, killing all nine people on board. In a chilling…

File photo: Bomb scares hit four European flights in a day; counter-terror units deployed At least four passenger flights across Europe were targeted by suspected bomb threats on Tuesday, prompting emergency landings and security checks in Poland, Spain and Bulgaria. All four aircraft landed safely, with counter-terrorism units and police deployed to inspect them. The…

Taylor Swift’s 2015 music video for ‘Wildest Dreams’ attracted attention for its sweeping African landscapes, but the release also brought criticism over how the continent was represented. Set against scenes of wildlife and open countryside, the video prompted questions about its colonial-era imagery and the absence of African characters. Away from the debate, Swift had…