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Zoo closed after two wolves escape from enclosures

A zoo was forced to close for the second time in ten months after two wolves escaped from their enclosures. It is the latest setback for the...

Boy, 11, needs 5cm-long stick removed from scrotum after falling off a tree

An 11-year-old boy was left with a 5cm-long stick hanging out of his scrotum after falling out of a tree.  The youngster, from Makassar in Indonesia,...

Hairdresser dies after complications from cosmetic surgery operation

A hairdresser from Coventry, who moved to Dubai for a better life, has died following complications after going to Iran for cosmetic surgery. Popular Louise Smith, 37,...

Hostages share terrifying ordeal at hands of explosives-wielding robbers

Brave hostages have revealed their terrifying ordeal after being forced to cling onto getaway vehicles at gunpoint after thieves raided three banks in Brazil. The...

Taliban: Terrified journalist reads news at gunpoint [Video]

The shocking moment an Afghan TV news presenter reads out the headlines while surrounded by armed Taliban thugs has been shared online. The 42-second clip was shared...

R. Kelly trial: First male accuser testifies to sexual abuse

R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial entered its eighth day on Monday, with a male accuser testifying that the star promised him fame in exchange...

Girl electrocuted while using phone on charge

A teenage girl has died after being electrocuted when her home was struck by lightning while she was using her mobile phone as it...

The 3-yr-old transgender girl who tried to cut off penis after being ‘born in wrong body’

A mum has revealed how her three-year-old trans daughter tried to cut off her penis in a desperate attempt to be her "true self". Mum-of-two...

Thief tricks shopkeeper in short-change scam [photos]

A London shopkeeper has revealed how she was conned into giving £10 to a thieving customer after he fooled her into thinking she had given him...

My father has been sleeping with me for over 7 years – Teenager tells police

A 45-year-old school teacher, Nelson Akinsowon, who has allegedly been having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter since she was 10 years old, has...

Homos3xual battered to death in London

A man, who was battered to death in a suspected homophobic attack inside a cemetery, has been pictured. The victim, Ranjith Kakanamalage, was attacked and...

Briton who married in Kabul flees with wife after city fell to Taliban

A British man, who got married in Kabul a week before it fell to the Taliban, has described the experience as a 'rollercoaster of emotions.' Abdul and...

Ghana, North Rhine-Westphalia sign agreement of co-operation

The Government of Ghana and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, on Wednesday, 25th August 2021, signed an agreement to deepen the ties of cooperation...

Uganda welcomes first group of Afghan refugees

A flight carrying Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country touched down early Wednesday in Uganda where they will be given temporary...

Meet the model who died for eight minutes after mistaking blood poisoning for period pain

A model died for eight minutes after contracting sepsis which she initially passed off as a really bad period. Kia Brazil, 30, was rushed to...

Bizarre: Woman banned from zoo for ‘dating’ chimpanzee for 4 years

A zoo in Antwerp, Belgium, has banned a woman from seeing her favourite chimpanzee because their relationship is interfering with the chimp's ability to...

Tragic last pictures by photographer Taliban killed when Afghan army left him behind

A prize-winning photojournalist covering the takeover in Afghanistan was abandoned by retreating Afghan army commandos and killed by the Taliban. Danish Siddiqui, a 38-year-old star...

Akufo-Addo woes German investors

“We will continue to create and maintain the conducive investment environment that not only guarantees the safety of investments but good returns as well....

Zuma allies seek donations for legal bills

Allies of South Africa's graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma, who was jailed for contempt of court last month, on Tuesday pleaded with the public...

Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children

After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned...

Woman loses 5 children in horrific fire incident on her birthday

A St. Louis mother desperately tried to save her five children after a devastating apartment blaze on her birthday.   The fire broke out in the...

Boy, 14, dies after diving into canal to save friend

A teenage boy, who was found trapped in a canal over the weekend, has been hailed a hero by his friends who say he...

Afghanistan: US under pressure over evacuation deadline

The United States of America is being pressed to allow more time for evacuation from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as the deadline for its withdrawal nears. Under...

Taliban fighters are ‘flogging’ people in the streets for wearing jeans

Taliban fighters are reportedly flogging Afghan civilians in the streets for wearing 'westernised' clothing such as jeans as they cement their power in Afghanistan.  Several young Afghans...

Nairobi to jail people who blow their nose without handkerchief in public

A new law has been passed in Nairobi which prohibits blowing of nose without hankerchief or tissue in public.  The new rules and regulations, which are aimed...

Prisoners cut out rapist’s heart with toothbrush, chops off his manh**d

A trio of violent convicts are suspected of killing a fellow inmate, and cutting out the pedophile's heart out with just a toothbrush in...

Police uncover body of 23-year-old law student stuffed in her boyfriend’s suitcase

Eastern Cape police have uncovered the dismembered body of a 23-year-old believed to be murdered by her live-in boyfriend. The body of the East London...

Heartbreaking letter written by soldier killed in first world war [Read]

A heartbreaking letter from a teenage soldier killed in WW1 was unearthed during museum renovations. Private Vincent Collins, 18, wrote the last letter home to...

WTO boss welcomes bias ruling over ‘grandmother’ jibe

The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed a ruling by the Swiss media regulator that found a newspaper headline...

‘The bigger your belly the more women find you attractive’ [Photos]

As the saying goes, one man’s food is another man’s poison. That is what the case is like in the Bodi Tribe, Ethiopia. In...

Hackers steal nearly $100m in Japan crypto heist

Leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) estimated to have been stolen. The company announced that some of...

Daughter of exiled Afghan President spotted in New York [Photos]

The daughter of Afghanistan’s in-exile President, Ashraf Ghani, was spotted strolling around New York City this week as the deadly and chaotic US evacuations...

Lesbian murders children to spite mother

A 34-year-old South African lesbian, Busisiwe Labi, has been sentenced to 22 years and six months imprisonment for killing her two children. Judge Belinda Hartle...

Afghan footballer falls to death from US plane in Kabul

Afghan authorities have confirmed that a young footballer fell to his death after trying to stow away on a US military plane leaving Kabul...

Afghanistan: Taliban carrying out door-to-door manhunt, report says

The Taliban have stepped up their search for people who worked for Nato forces or the previous Afghan government, a UN document has warned. It...

Ghanaian gay man marries lover in Germany – [Photos+Video]

A Ghanaian gay man and his foreign husband have gotten married in a lovely ceremony held in Germany. The couple, in a viral video, looked...

Woman jailed for launching hate campaign against herself [Photo]

A woman, who lied that she was receiving abuse from unknown Asian males, was exposed when police realised the messages were from her own...

Taliban militant threatens CNN reporter and her crew with ‘pistol whip’ [Video]

CNN has released footage showing its chief international correspondent, Clarissa Ward and her crew being attacked by Taliban militants in Afghanistan. Clarissa reported that Taliban militants...

Exiled Afghan President breaks silence, discloses items he escaped with

Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has finally broken his silence after leaving his country to escape the Taliban militants. Ghani ran for his life as...

‘My son left to help a region he loves – they burned him alive’

The BBC’s Kayleen Devlin tells a harrowing story of how the life of a young artist who came to help fight deadly forest fires...