The ebola epidemic crippling parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo has now exceeded 1,000 cases, making it the second worst outbreak in history. In a statement, the Congolese health ministry revealed that the total number affected stood at 1,009, with the numbers of people killed having climbed to 629. New technologies including a trial […]

PAPUA New Guinea boasts centuries of rich cultural tradition – as showcased in captivating images of barely contacted tribes. Oxford photographer Jeremy Flint, 42, has "realised a dream" by capturing stunning, and "mysterious" shots including of Chimbu warriors painted as skeletons, to terrify enemies, and a group of Asaro Mudmen wearing carved masks.   Source: […]

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – A judge ruled on Monday that the war crimes sentence of a Canadian man formerly held at U.S. military base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has expired, making Omar Khadr a free man. Khadr was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 and sent to Guantanamo Bay, charged with throwing […]

A Missouri man was sentenced Thursday on vandalism charges after toppling more than 100 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in 2017. (KTVI) A Missouri man was sentenced to three years of probation Thursday for toppling more than 100 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis in February 2017, which resulted in $30,000 worth of […]

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) had its hands full on Powers Street Monday morning, dealing with two unrelated fires in the same block. At 9:16 a.m., fire crews responded to a fire in a side-by-side suite that apparently started in a clothes dryer. The blaze was quickly extinguished, and everyone in the home had […]

A 39-YEAR-OLD woman sexually raped a 14-year-old boy to cheer herself up while her boyfriend was in prison, police say. Leonora Propes reportedly told police she bedded the teen because she was depressed and missed her jailbird boyfriend Glenn Marr, 34. She was arrested after the boy told police about the sexual encounters, which he […]

A pedophile convicted of crimes whose ‘depravity is beyond comprehension’ collapsed with shock as he was jailed for 260 years for molesting a newborn baby. Thomas Goodman, 45, fell forward onto a table inside the courtroom in Providence, Rhode Island, Friday, as Judge John McConnell passed a sentence 160 years longer than the prosecutor had […]

Horrifying moment pensioner, 80, is thrown from speeding vehicle and his wife left face down in a gutter after mugger snatched her handbag and fled in a white Transit van Elderly couple were walking home from a social club party in Bolton this month A man jumped out of a van and, after the couple […]

Paedophile footballer Adam Johnson’s ex Stacey Flounders is spotted enjoying an ice cream treat with their daughter, four, after the shamed ex-England man was released from jail Shamed football star Johnson was released from prison earlier this week Stacey Flounders spotted filling up her car and enjoying ice cream with Ayla Johnson, 31, on licence […]

Two people have been charged after officers seized drugs and cash during a traffic stop in McDougall Township, police say. West Parry Sound OPP say on Sunday at around 9 p.m., an officer was patrolling Highway 400 when a vehicle was seen allegedly driving faster than the posted speed limit. Police say the officer stopped […]