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Ruthless gangs running virgin auctions
GIRLS as young as 10 are being sold to tourists who want to take their virginity in one of Colombia’s most famous cities.
Gun pulled on viral pranksters
EVERYBODY likes a good joke. Well, everybody except that one guy who doesn’t get it, and decides to pull out a gun.
Terror suspect ‘wanted to blow himself up’
CAPTURED terror suspect, Salah Abdeslam, who has been formally charged is said to be co-operating with police but will fight extradition to France.
Trump’s ‘extreme, sick obsession’
FOX News has blasted Republican candidate Donald Trump over his “sick obsession” with female anchor Megyn Kelly.
ISIS hostage resurfaces in new video
CAPTIVE British journalist John Cantlie has appeared for the first time in more than a year in a new ISIS propaganda video in which he mocks President Obama.
Teacher shows ISIS beheading to students
A NEW York high school teacher has kept her job, despite showing teenage students a video of an ISIS beheading in class.
Pope Francis posts first Instagram pic
POPE Francis is upping his cool cache even further by joining Instagram, posting his first ever photo online. But just what is he doing in it?
‘I have not been satisfied with the blood’
A TEEN blogger who wrote about “the sweet horrors of blood” days before killing her parents has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Natasha Exelby gets a TV wake up call
SHE was the first casualty in Ten’s failed experiment to join the breakfast TV war, but Natasha Exelby is back in the trenches, literally.
Four killed in Istanbul suicide bombing
AT least four people have been killed and many more wounded in a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul.
Hey, dude, where’s our nukes?
THEY have the launch keys to the most destructive weapons known to man. So, it's probably a good idea if they’re not stoned.
Jumbo and drone in near collision
THE pilot of a Lufthansa passenger jumbo jet has reported a drone nearly collided with the airliner on its landing approach to Los Angeles Airport.
Plane fell 3000 feet in 15 seconds
THE 737 circled the airport for two hours, waiting to land. When it finally got to try, the descent killed everyone on board.
Drilling into dinosaur ‘ground zero’
IT’S the single most dramatic event in history: When an asteroid slammed into Mexico 66 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs. Now scientists want to find it.
Helping El Chapo help himself
IT’S tough being a Mexican drug lord trussed up in a maximum-security prison. So is there any surprise ‘El Chapo’ has decided to brush-up on some self-help reading?
Has Putin pulled a bait’n’switch?
AS Russia’s combat jets were televised streaming out of Syria, it appears Moscow was quietly replacing them with its most modern attack helicopters.
Who were the Paris attackers?
FUGITIVE Salah Abdeslam, arrested on Friday in a Brussels raid, was one of many men wanted in connection with the deadly November 13 attacks.
Explosions shake Turkish city
A SERIES of four explosions have rocked the Turkish city of Adana, sending columns of smoke streaming high into the night sky.
Paris attack fugitive shot, caught
THE most-wanted fugitive from November’s Paris attacks has been shot and captured alive in a dramatic suburban raid, with Belgium exulting: ‘we got him’.
Anne Frank Escape Game Stirs Outrage
AN attraction in the Netherlands that puts visitors in a mock-up of Anne Frank’s apartment and challenges them to escape has been assailed by critics who say it disrespects Holocaust victims.
Jahi’s ‘proving the naysayers wrong’
JAHI McMath’s parents have shared a photo of their daughter two years after she was declared brain dead, saying she is “healthy as ever.” But is she?
‘Next envelope won’t be a fake’
POLICE are investigating after a package containing white powder was sent to Donald Trump’s son, with a chilling warning for his family.
Harry hopes Diana ‘has tears in her eyes’
PRINCE Harry says he hopes his mother is “looking down with tears in her eyes” on the work he is doing but said she would want him to have kids already.
What to expect from the new iPhone
APPLE is holding a live event Monday and rumours are swirling about updates to its flagship phone model, Apple Watch and other revamped offerings.
Regret demoting Pluto now?
PLUTO was demoted to a dwarf planet years ago, but new NASA shots show a complexity not seen on any other planet but Earth.
Australia in a world according to Trump
HE hailed Vladimir Putin as knowing his stuff, is fed up with America’s closest allies and opposes free trade: Donald Trump could be a President who turns the world upside down.
Da Vinci’s being eaten alive
LEONARDO da Vinci’s being eaten alive — and science is in a scramble to save him. So what’s the cause of his mysterious — but deadly — red spots?
Guilty man’s Adele-inspired apology
IT was a ‘sorry’, with soul, as a convicted criminal morphed from jailbird to songbird to sing an Adele-inspired apology to a courtroom.
Second try to kill death-row inmate
A CONVICTED rapist and murderer will face the death chamber for a second time after the first attempt to kill him failed.
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