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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 …

Iranian women who post photos of themselves online without their headscarves on could face up to 10 years in prison. They face the punishment for posting images or video online, and for sending them to Masih Alinejad, a US-based activist who founded the Whit…

A boy who celebrated his sixth birthday just last month was among three people shot dead by a gunman who opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California on Sunday, police said. Steven Romero was described as a loving boy who had attended the…

Authorities are looking for an Oregon toddler who remains missing after his parents died in what is believed to be a murder suicide.  The Medford Police Department and the FBI are searching for Aiden Salcido, aged two, whose parents Daniel Salcido and Hannah…