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Mountain Gorilla in famous selfie dies aged 14

Ndakasi, the Gorilla who photobombed a Selfie, has died in the arms of her caretaker. She died at age 14 in the Democratic...

Guinea junta leader appoints civilian prime minister

Guinea’s military leader has named former civil servant Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister to oversee the transition to civilian rule following last month’s coup. Mr...

YouTube removes R Kelly’s official channels

YouTube on Wednesday said it removed two official channels belonging to the beleaguered singer R. Kelly, who was recently convicted of operating a sex...

UK eases coronavirus travel advice for Ghana and 31 other countries

Britons will no longer be advised to avoid holidays to Ghana and 31 destinations, including Bangladesh, Fiji, Gambia and Malaysia, the Foreign Office has...

Rare drawings by boxing great Muhammad Ali sell for nearly $1m

A rare collection of drawings, sketches, and paintings by champion boxer Muhammad Ali has sold at auction for nearly $1m (£733,760). Some 26 artworks...

Woman burns son alive after telling husband she cheated

A mother, who burnt her eight-year-old son to death because he told his stepfather she had cheated on him, has been jailed in Russia.  Anastasia...

R. Kelly’s YouTube channels removed after sex trafficking conviction

YouTube has removed two of R. Kelly’s channels following his sex trafficking conviction last month. The singer used his status to sexually abuse women and children over...

I love seeing my wife sleeping with or being pregnant for other men – Man claims

A 51-year-old American man has admitted that he fantasises about his wife sleeping with other men and has even considered her having a child...

Killer vows he’s going to heaven in haunting final words before execution

A man, who murdered three people with a claw hammer, screwdriver and gun, vowed he was going to "heaven" as he was executed for the brutal...

Telegram founder says over 70m new users joined during Facebook outage

Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday’s Facebook (FB.O) outage, its founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left...

Biden says US and China will abide by Taiwan agreement

United States (US) President, Joe Biden, says he and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have agreed to abide by the “Taiwan agreement”. Mr Biden appeared...

French Church s3xual abuse: 216,000 children, mostly boys, were victims of clergy – Inquiry

Some 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry...

Man who sketched Prophet Muhammad’s head on a dog’s body dies in car accident

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sketched Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body, has died in a traffic accident. Vilks was reported to be travelling...

Zuckerberg loses $5.9 billion in a day as Facebook faces rare outage

Investor confidence in Facebook weakened a bit on Monday amid continued political pressure and a rare lengthy outage of the company’s apps, sending shares...

Second South African mayor dies in car crash

South Africans have paid tribute to the second mayor to die in a car crash in under three weeks. Naledi local municipality mayor Neo Schalk...

Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp all down in major update

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major software update. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run...

Police officer charged with rape

A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape. PC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, is due to appear via video link at court...

Giant rats captured crawling across uncovered pastry in supermarket

The two large rats were filmed crawling over an uncovered butter croissant in an unknown Sainbury's supermarket, before quickly scampering off behind the open-fronted...

33-year-old man who swallowed Nokia phone undergoes surgery

Doctors have had to help a man after he swallowed an entire mobile phone. The man, 33, managed to swallow a Nokia 3310 phone said...

IAA marks inaugural World Marketing and Communications Day

The International Advertising Association (IAA) has declared the 3rd of October every year as World Marketing and Communications Day. The day will recognise and...

Plane bursts into flames on runway after ‘botched landing’

A BOEING 747's engine burst into flames in dramatic scenes after an apparent botched landing at East Midlands Airport last night. No one is believed...

Guinea coup leader sworn in as president

Col Mamady Doumbouya has been sworn is as Guinea’s interim president after leading a coup which saw the overthrow of Alpha Condé. The former French...

Policeman confesses to numerous murders in suicide note

A former police officer has been identified as one of France’s most notorious wanted serial killers after he pointed to his guilt in a...

Guinea junta leader to be sworn in as president

Guinea’s military leader, Col Mamady Doumbouya, will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president. The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace...

Baby who started menstruating at 4 months diagnosed with another ‘adult’ disease

A baby girl, who started menstruating at four months, has survived sex cord-stromal tumors, described by doctors as ‘rare ovarian cancer.’ Experts say that the...

‘Missing’ man joins search party looking for him

A missing man in Turkey accidentally joined his own search party for hours before realising he was the person they were looking for, local...

Man catches alligator using dustbin as it roams neighbourhood

A quick-thinking hero captured an angry alligator in his wheelie bin as it roamed menacingly through a neighbourhood. The deadly creature was seen outside houses in Florida,...

Lady narrates how her lover had s3x with her mother while she was giving birth

A mother-of-two has taken to TikTok to narrate how her cheating boyfriend slept with her own mother while she was giving birth to their...

Woman dies in motorbike crash two days after posting cryptic message

Mystery surrounds the death of a Russian woman in Thailand who was killed in a motorbike crash just two days after posting a cryptic...

Wedding guests injured as rotten staircase collapses while they pose for pictures

What was supposed to be a picture-perfect memory from a couple’s wedding celebration turned out to be a nightmare. As attendees gathered on an exterior...

Man attacks dermatologist for describing his wife’s skin as beautiful

A man has been placed under house arrest in Russia after he beat up a doctor who inspected his wife and complimented her. The...

Man falls asleep in pile of stolen chicken fingers

An Alabama man was caught breaking bad, with BBQ sauce. Matthew Williamson, 37, was found sleeping in the press box of a sports complex surrounded...

Man gets stuck at bottom of cliff while trying to save dog

Rescue crews were sent out after a man got stuck at the bottom of a Cornish cliff while trying to save his dog. The owner...

How Facebook reunited man with mother after 70 years

A Bangladeshi man in his 80s has been reunited with his nearly 100-year-old mother after about 70 years thanks to social media. Abdul Kuddus Munsi...

Teen who did not know she was pregnant gives birth on first day at school

A 15-year-old teenager did not know she was pregnant until she went into labour in front of her parents on the living room floor...

Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted

They were the trailblazers of women’s rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country’s most marginalised. But...

French President Emmanuel Macron hit with egg [Video]

France’s President has been hit on the shoulder by an egg thrown during an event to promote the country’s food. Emmanuel Macron, 43, was...

R. Kelly found guilty in s3x trafficking trial

United States singer R Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children...

Heartbroken mother breaks down as two-year-old daughter killed in fire is laid to rest in tiny Pig-themed coffin

A two-year-old girl, who died in a caravan fire, was laid to rest today in a tiny Peppa Pig-themed coffin as her mother breaks...

One dead, buildings damaged as earthquake strikes Greek island of Crete

One man has died and nine people have been injured following a strong earthquake that shook the Greek island of Crete on Monday, Greece’s General Secretariat...