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Elite banker’s victim ‘tortured for days’
A UK banker tortured sex workers using pliers and a knife, before killing them and filming his sick exploits, a Hong Kong court has heard. Warning: Graphic.
Jungle burns, bulldozers move in
THE site of hundreds of violent clashes between cops, refugees and migrants has erupted as French authorities bring in the bulldozers.
Five dead in Malta plane crash
A MILITARY plane has crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Malta, killing five people on-board.
New weapon used against cops
AFTER Eric Garner’s death at the hands of police, a group of New Yorkers have a new weapon in the battle against police brutality.
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Is this the most honest job ad ever?
THERE is internet, no phone coverage, no breaks and definitely no whingeing! Duane Trafford has posted a blunt assessment of what he needs from his new staff.
Kim’s latest launch a fizzer
NORTH Korea has today attempted to launch another medium-range missile capable of reaching Australia. But the missile exploded shortly after take-off.
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.
Why the world should turn Japanese
“HAVING just returned from my second visit to Japan, I’m struck by the vast differences between them and us.”
The chimp with a pack-a-day habit
IN IMAGES that will enrage animal welfare groups worldwide, star attraction Azalea the chimpanzee can be seen smoking at a North Korean zoo.
Inside the world’s cheapest hotel
AT A mere 50c for a night’s stay, this hotel is said to have the cheapest rates in the world. But what would you put up with for that rock-bottom price?
Aussies told ‘behave’; Thais mourn king
TOURISTS in Thailand are facing disrupted plans and warned to be on their best behaviour as the country “tones it down” to grieve for its king.
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.
Trump on tape praising Clinton
DONALD Trump didn’t always think of Hillary Clinton as a “nasty woman”. In fact, he used to be downright effusive in his praise of her.
‘Where’s the chicken?’: KFC sued
A WOMAN who expected her bucket of KFC chicken to be “overflowing” like in the ads is suing the company for $26 million.
Aussie tech pioneer killed in the US
AUSTRALIAN social media personality Leslie Nassar has been killed and his two daughters hurt during an alleged hit-and-run in Idaho.
TV anchor quit job to be porn star
AFTER 23 years as a reporter and TV anchor with two Emmy nominations, Jim Walker threw it in and reinvented himself as porn star Dallas Steele.
Porn star: Trump offered me $10,000
A PORN star is the latest woman to come forward and accuse Donald Trump of inappropriate conduct as the billionaire says he plans to sue all the women.
Tourists killed in horror bus crash
A TOUR bus has ploughed into the back of a truck on a US highway, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring more than 30.
New virus mutates for urban life
ZIKA. Chikungunya. We’d never heard of these just a few years ago. Now another nasty virus is escaping the jungles — mayaro — and it’s already infected 100,000.
Mass jailbreak’s mastermind caught
HAITI police have caught a dozen inmates who broke out of a prison in a violent confrontation but are still searching for another 160 men who remain at large.
Great white gets stuck in cage
ANOTHER video has emerged of a Great White Shark in Mexico that bit an air hose before it swam into a cage with divers inside.
Women strike after teen raped, impaled
ARGENTINE women walked off the job to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, the latest incident of gender violence to shock the country.
Owner slammed for tattooing dog
SHOCKING pictures of a dog with five tattoos have outraged social media users, who have accused the artist owner of animal cruelty.
Great white breaks into diving cage
INCREDIBLE footage has emerged of a great white apparently breaking into a diving cage in Mexico. WARNING: Jaws has nothing on this beast.
‘Forgotten hostages’ freed at last
AFTER almost five years held captive, Somali pirates have finally freed 26 hostages who were taken when their ship was hijacked.
53 dead, 300 injured after train derails
RAIL officials say a train that derailed in Cameroon killing dozens of people had been carrying 1300 passengers instead of the usual 600.
Nigeria vows to rescue remaining girls
NIGERIA’S president has met the 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram last week, pledging to “redouble” his efforts to rescue those still captured.
Kidnapped girls unwilling to leave captors
AS NIGERIAN officials negotiate the release of another 83 of the kidnapped schoolgirls, more than 100 don’t want leave their Boko Haram captors.
A 92-year-old bloke has 97 wives
OVER his lifetime, Mohammed Bello Abubakar has had more than 100 wives and fathered 185 children. And believe it or not, he plans to add more to the list.
President: ‘My wife belongs to my kitchen’
A PUBLIC spat has erupted between Nigeria’s President and his wife, after the First Lady criticised her hubby’s leadership.
This is the ‘world’s fattest woman’
AN obese Egyptian is believed to be the fattest woman in the world after her weight ballooned to an incredible 500kgs — so big she can no longer walk.
Forces close in: ‘It will be a big fight’
IT HAS been described as one of the most important battles this century, but it is not expected to end in a quick victory.
Kurds seize IS town in dawn raid
KURDISH troops have seized control of a town close to Mosul as part of a military campaign to retake the Iraqi city from the Islamic State.
Court upholds Morsi’s 20-year sentence
OUSTED Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi has lost an appeal against a jail term for his part in deadly clashes that took place while he was president.
IS militants killed as Iraqi flag raised
SECURITY forces are inching closer to Mosul, overcoming an assault by Islamic State militants in Kirkuk and regaining control of the northern Iraqi oil city.
Captured IS jihadist spills secrets
JIHADISTS staged a brazen raid on the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, but it didn’t quite end as planned — and now one member is revealing why.
Jungle burns, bulldozers move in
THE site of hundreds of violent clashes between cops, refugees and migrants has erupted as French authorities bring in the bulldozers.
Five dead in Malta plane crash
A MILITARY plane has crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Malta, killing five people on-board.
Woman’s breasts too big for ride
A BUSTY mum-of-one was chucked off a rollercoaster ride in the UK because her 36L breasts were too big to fit under the safety bar.
United Kingdom facing ‘full-blown crisis’
THE UK has been warned it faces a “full-blown crisis” unless all of its member nations agree on the government’s approach to Brexit.
‘Dad’s Army’ creator dies, aged 93
JIMMY Perry, the creator of some of television’s most popular TV comedies including Dad’s Army and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, has died aged 93.
Migrant encouraged to ‘jump’
ONOLOOKERS apparently shouted “Jump!” before a teenage migrant leapt from an apartment block in an eastern German town.