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The worlds deepest lake is under threat from toxic mudflows following widespread flooding in Siberia, according to environmentalists. Alongside wildfires that continue to consume its forests, the remote region in eastern Russia has been hit by severe floods …

Poverty in the United States is so bad that some people have no choice but to riot, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said. The firebrand Democratic congresswoman argued when a community is so marginalised it has no hope for the future the only option is to take …

A man has confessed to the murder of an Instagram influencer whose body was found in a suitcase, Russian police have said. Ekaterina Karaglanova, who had recently graduated as a doctor, was found dead by her parents in her rented apartment in Moscow last wee…

An Indian politician and more than 20 of his aides are under suspicion of murder, attempted murder and criminal conspiracy after a woman who accused the legislator of rape was hit by a truck. Detectives have lodged a case naming Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his …

A prominent investigative journalist has been arrested in Tanzania, prompting an outcry of concerns about press freedom in the country. Erick Kabendera was arrested by six plainclothes police officers on Monday night at his home in the east African nations c…

The owners of an Australian crocodile farm have discovered an orthopaedic plate, complete with six steel screws, inside one of their reptiles. The 15ft long animal, named MJ, recently died.  Staff later opened up the crocodiles gut to try and determine a ca…

The leader of a South Korean doomsday cult has been sentenced to six years in prison for beating her followers and detaining them in Fiji. Shin Ok-ju, founder of the Grace Road Church, convinced 400 of her followers to move to Fiji in 2014 after she claimed …

The body of the founder of Indias largest coffee shop chain has been found on a river bank after a huge search effort, police said. V G Siddhartha, the founder and chairman of the Cafe Coffee Day chain that has at least 1,750 outlets across the country, disa…

A Russian Instagram influencer has been found stabbed to death in a suitcase, police have said. Ekaterina Karaglanova, 24, was found by her parents with her throat slit in her rented apartment in Moscow on Friday. Ms Karaglanova, who had more than 85,000 fo…

Human-animal hybrids are to be developed in embryo form in Japan after the government approved controversial stem-cell research. Human cells will be grown in rat and mouse embryos, then brought to term in a surrogate animal, as part of experiments set to be …