Nick Squires

Bone find proves Hannibal’s elephants marched across Europe It is an abiding image of antiquity − Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, marching his war elephants over the snow-covered Alps to confront the Romans in 218BCE. It seems unlikely or fanciful, bu... See more

Bone find proves Hannibal’s elephants marched across Europe It is an abiding image of ­antiquity − Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, marching his war elephants over the snow-covered Alps to confront the Romans in 218BCE. It seems unlikely or fancif... See more

Boar hunting accident triggers deadly shoot-out in Italy Nick Squires Tue, February 17, 2026 at 6:05 p.m. UTC 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 82-year-old Antonio Gatani was searching the woods for wild boar... See more

Moment gang posing as police blow up cash van on Italian motorway Armed robbers pretending to be police blew up a security van on a motorway in Italy. The gang, who wore balaclavas to hide their identities, drove a dark blue Alfa Romeo with a blue light o... See more

New batch of emails reveal Epstein links to Putin, raising fears he was a Kremlin agent When Jeffrey Epstein offered up a young woman as a dinner companion to Prince Andrew, he assured the British royal that she was “Russian, beautiful and trustworthy”. T... See more