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Putin ‘orders Russians abroad to return’
VLADIMIR Putin has reportedly told officials to fly relatives living abroad back to Russia, leaving many worried about the reason for the ‘urgent’ call.
Trump hints at revenge on Republicans
DONALD Trump has suggested that he will take revenge on Republicans who haven’t supported him, saying some may lose their jobs if he is elected.
‘Animals taste best when you kill them yourself’
IT’S hard to imagine Mark Zuckerberg sporting fatigues and aiming a rifle, but the Facebook CEO apparently loves to hunt.
Aussie mum confident on murder charge
LAWYERS for Aussie mum Sara Connor say they are confident she will beat murder charges as they urge the court to call on two secret witnesses.
Special Features
Prison fight club: ‘What goes on is horrific’
IT HAPPENED when the guards weren’t watching. Gangs of violent inmates turned on each other, and transformed their prison into a giant fight club.
Court wades into Timor Sea row
AUSTRALIA has been dealt a blow in its feud over access to oilfields in the Timor Sea after an international court ruled to take up East Timor’s case.
Large Chinese strike force probes Japan
JAPAN has reacted with alarm after China surged 40 fighters and bombers past its islands during a drill designed to test their ability to enforce a controversial ‘air defence zone’.
US fighter jet ‘plunges into sea’
A US Marine Corps Harrier jump-jet has dived into the sea shortly after taking off from a base on the island of Okinawa, south of Japan.
Tourism boom: visitor numbers soar
THERE’S nothing like Australia — just ask the near eight million overseas visitors who travelled Down Under in the last 12 months.
Student called teacher ‘big boy’
DETAILS of a disturbingly close relationship between a 13-year-old student and her 41-year-old teacher have been revealed.
Inside the strange lives of North Koreans
FROM kids using images of Barack Obama as target practice to happy newsreaders declaring successful nuclear tests: what’s normal here is odd to the rest of us.
This cafe will make you want to vomit
RAINBOWS, unicorns, sparkles and sugar: your four-year-old self would love the quirky decor. It’s a cafe, but not as you know it.
London-Tokyo train link planned
YOU could soon catch a train from Japan to London if ambitious plans to extend the world’s longest railway journey go ahead.
Inside China’s top secret nuclear base
THIS top secret Chinese base is almost 20 kilometres wide. It was built to withstand the force of a massive earthquake - and the ravages of nuclear war.
Tourist faces jail over prayer meltdown
THIS tourist said he was only trying to get some sleep when he allegedly insulted religious authorities. Now he faces two years in prison.
Inside world’s hottest beach party
INTERNATIONAL DJs, billionaires and the who’s who of the fashion world. This is how the rich and famous do a beach party.
‘Animals taste best when you kill them yourself’
IT’S hard to imagine Mark Zuckerberg sporting fatigues and aiming a rifle, but the Facebook CEO apparently loves to hunt.
Trump hints at revenge on Republicans
DONALD Trump has suggested that he will take revenge on Republicans who haven’t supported him, saying some may lose their jobs if he is elected.
Trump tape ‘married woman’ speaks out
NANCY O’Dell, the “married woman” Donald Trump bragged about trying to sleep with in an explosive leaked tape, has addressed his vulgar comments.
Waleed slammed: ‘Virgin’, ‘retard’
WALEED Aly has been called a “virgin” and a “retard” with a “micro penis” in a scathing pro-Trump editorial.
Heartbreaking moment son is told of mum’s death
A MAN has filmed his son’s heartbreak when told his mother overdosed on heroin. He says he shared it to send a message.
Dead soldier’s dad’s attack on Trump
THE father of a US Army captain killed in Iraq has lashed out at Donald Trump for saying his son would still be alive if he was president in 2004.
Colombian leader wins Nobel Peace Prize
COLOMBIAN president Juan Manuel Santos is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in bringing peace to the war-torn country.
A truly knockout wedding proposal
IT was to be a wedding proposal that Germán Benítez Giles wanted to always remember. In fact it was a knockout - and there’s video to prove it.
Baby born with DNA from three people
SCIENTISTS say the first baby has been born from a controversial new technique that combines DNA from three people: the mother, the father and an egg donor.
400kg anaconda found at work
INCREDIBLE video shows construction workers trying to move a 10-metre-long snake they discovered near a building site.
Most dangerous stretch of land
WELCOME to the jungle. If you don’t fall victim to the drug runners or rebels, then a deadly snake could lead to your demise.
Brazil’s former president faces trial
BRAZIL’S former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial for corruption, accused of receiving $1.1 million of bribes, a judge has ruled.
Whole towns wiped off the map
THESE eye-opening satellite images show entire towns wiped out, and it’s not because of a natural disaster. WARNING: Graphic photos.
Police raid after sex doll rumours
POLICE raided a market on Thursday after rumours spread on social media that stores there were selling inflatable sex dolls.
Sisters found dead in hotel room
AN American family is demanding answers after two sisters were found dead in their luxury hotel beds in the Seychelles.
Boko Haram leader denies death claims
A MAN claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Islamist group Boko Haram, has released a video message denying he was killed or badly wounded in an air strike.
Three women petrol-bomb police station
THREE women tricked their way into a Kenyan police station before setting it alight and stabbing an officer with weapons they’d hidden in their robes.
Deadly earthquake strikes Tanzania
AT LEAST 14 people have died and more than 200 left injured after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Tanzania.
Map that exposes Donald Trump’s mistake
DONALD Trump has been accused of falling for dangerous Russian “propaganda”. This map reveals the full extent of his mistake.
‘More dangerous than the Cold War’
TENSIONS between the US and Russia are so high that trust between them has all but gone. And there are warnings things could get worse yet.
US warship off Yemen under fire
MISSILES fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen narrowly missed a US warship, as a Saudi-led strike killed more than 140 mourners at a funeral in the capital.
Dozens of IS militants killed in Syria
MORE than 30 IS militants have been killed as the Syrian government regains control of rebel-held regions. Meanwhile, Russia has blocked the UN’s call for an Aleppo ceasefire.
Car bomb blast kills 18 in Turkey
KURDISH militants have detonated a car bomb outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians.
Abbas hospitalised for heart tests
PALESTINIAN president Mahmoud Abbas has been hospitalised for a heart test after the 81-year-old complained about feeling “tired.”
Putin ‘orders Russians abroad to return’
VLADIMIR Putin has reportedly told officials to fly relatives living abroad back to Russia, leaving many worried about the reason for the ‘urgent’ call.
‘We’re not monsters’: Clown pranksters hit back
SOME serial pranksters have joined in on the creepy clown craze, but say they are just trying to make people smile.
People weren’t happy with this photo
AN IKEA store has been forced to remove a picture, appearing to show a young boy doing a ‘Hitler salute,’ after a flood of customer complaints.
Two big Brexit blunders revealed
THE man at the heart of the campaign against Brexit has revealed his two biggest mistakes in a brutally honest book.
Rod Stewart receives knighthood
SPORTING tartan trousers — a nod to his Scottish heritage — rocker Rod Stewart has been knighted by Prince William at Buckingham Palace.
Topless model ‘arrested over ISIS ties’
A FORMER glamour model has reportedly been arrested by counter terrorism police after fears she was being recruited to be an ISIS jihadi bride.