The 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and driven around while she was raped and filmed by her abuser on Friday June 24, 2016. The details emerged during the trial of Mustafa Kayrici, 29, who is facing 42 charges at the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney, Australia. On Wednesday, the accused’s six-week trial begun in […]

Strong quake strikes late in the evening off New Britain’s coast, prompting officials to send teams to assess situation. Authorities in Papua New Guinea have dispatched teams in the Pacific island nation’s New Britain province to monitor remote communities for casualties and assess the extent of damage after a powerful, shallow earthquake rattled coastal towns. The magnitude […]

“The message from the Americans was clear. They wanted guarantees that Iraq would stop those groups threatening U.S. interests,” one senior Iraqi military source with knowledge of Pompeo’s trip told Reuters.  “They said if the U.S. were attacked on Iraqi soil, it would take action to defend itself without coordinating with Baghdad.” The tension has […]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government has suspended a mission in Iraq that provides assistance to local authorities due to a security threat, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Wednesday. Dutch military personal help train Iraqi forces in Erbil, northern Iraq, along with other foreign troops. The report gave no details about the nature of […]

The worst drought in more than a century is causing a severe grain shortage in a country known for surplus produce. A rare bulk shipment of wheat from Canada, due later this year, has added to concerns about the Australian grain industry, which is being hit by a perfect storm of severe drought and difficult trade conditions. […]

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top court accused four opposition lawmakers of treason on Tuesday, following similar accusations against 10 legislators this month, escalating a deep political crisis in the South American country. Security forces earlier prevented lawmakers from entering the legislature for Tuesday’s session, saying they were investigating the possible presence of an explosive device […]

Harrowing footage of the incident shows the tot facing outwardly as he tightly grasps onto the ledge. The family’s neighbour Zhou Shaoting scrambled to rescue the boy by using his own balcony as a platform to reach him. Footage filmed from below the building shows horrified onlookers forming a crowd. Mr Shaoting was alerted to […]

Staff at the shop in Netherfield, Nottingham, found a tree frog from Costa Rica in a box of bananas. It had come more than 5,300 miles (8,500km) from its rainforest home in the Central American country. Stunned workers found the exotic creature on top of the bananas as they unloaded fruit onto the shelves. They […]

The company continues to list rentals in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. A Palestinian campaign has called on people to deactivate their Airbnb accounts on May 15, because the home-sharing platform continues to list rental properties in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The global coalition behind […]

Australians will head to the polls on May 18 to elect their next leader. The election comes with a chance to reset after a decade of political turmoil “Down Under”. In 12 years, infighting in both major parties has resulted in six changes of the nation’s prime minister, the latest being Malcolm Turnbull who was […]