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Contestant calls out Flint water crisis during Miss America competition
A contestant in Sunday's Miss America competition has been commended on social media for using her brief introduction to draw attention to the Flint water crisis.Instead of speaking about herself, Mi…
Australian man accused of killing five members of own family
A 24-year-old man has been accused of killing his wife, three toddlers and mother-in-law with a blunt instrument and knives at their suburban family home, where he remained for several days before tu…
Japan's 'Twitter killer' charged with nine counts of murder
Japan's "Twitter killer", suspected of murdering and chopping up people he lured on social media, and storing their body parts in coolboxes, was charged on Monday with nine counts of murder.Takahiro …
US police officer charged with manslaughter over killing black neighbour in his apartment
A police officer who shot and killed a man in his flat in Texas after apparently thinking she was in her own apartment has been arrested.Officer Amber Guyger, 30, has been charged with manslaughter.T…
Turkish filmmaker jailed for portraying execution of Erdogan in movie
A Turkish filmmaker was convicted on Friday of membership of a terrorist group for a feature film that portrayed President Tayyip Erdogan having a gun pointed at his head as his family lay dead all a…
Magnitude 5.6 quake hits southeast Iran
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southeastern Iran on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, Iranian state television reported."The affected area is 80 km (50 miles) from …
Mass graves discovered in Mexico, at least 166 bodies found
The bodies of at least 166 people have been found in the Mexican state of Veracruz, prosecutors said on Thursday, the latest in a string of grim discoveries made in the eastern region in recent years…
Death toll from Japan's earthquake rises to 18
Japanese rescue workers with bulldozers and sniffer dogs scrabbled through the mud on Friday to find survivors from a landslide that buried houses after a powerful quake, as the death toll rose to 18…
Son of US police captain jailed for IS terror plot
The son of a Boston police captain has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for planning a terror attack.The FBI described Alexander Ciccolo, 26, as a "committed soldier" of the Islamic State terror …
International criminal court claims jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya
The International Criminal Court ruled on Thursday it is able to exercise jurisdiction over allegations of deportations of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against human…
Gunman opens fire at bank in Cincinnati, leaving multiple casualties
Multiple people are believed to have been shot after a gunman opened fire at a bank in Cincinnati with people declaring it an ?active shooter' situation.One victim was treated at the scene of the Fif…
Five migrants found dead in Spanish waters
Five migrants drowned and 193 were rescued in the western Mediterranean sea off the Spanish coast, the Spanish coastguard said on Thursday, after six rafts sank.Spain has become the main entry point …
Iraq shuts down port as protestors and security forces clash in Basra, one dead
Iraq's main seaport closed down on Thursday following violent clashes between protestors and security forces in the southern city of Basra in which one demonstrator died and 25 more were injured the …
Belgian presenter reacts to racial insults and comments
A weather presenter on a Belgian public TV, says she has had enough of the continuous racist comments and insults she receives.C?cile Djunga, who works for RTBF for one year, made the remarks in a fi…
South Korean prosecutors seeking 20 years jail term for ex-president Lee Myung-bak
Prosecutors on Thursday demanded 20 years in prison for former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, the most recent of the country's ex-leaders to be embroiled in a criminal inquiry.The 76-year-old …
Mother ordered stepdaughter gang raped and murdered by her son in India
Indian police have arrested a woman and four others after her nine-year-old stepdaughter was allegedly gang-raped, murdered and mutilated, in the latest horrific crime to shock the country.The child'…
Japan hit by deadly earthquake and mudslides, at least 8 dead
A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing at least eight people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing.Multipl…
India's supreme court rules same sex not criminal
In a historic verdict, India's Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country.The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 3…
Seven arrested for assaulting teenage migrants in Italian city, Sicily
Seven people have been arrested in Sicily for an unprovoked attack in August on a group of teenage African migrants, Italian Carabinieri police said on Wednesday.The suspects, four remanded in custod…