Plastics: all around us and inside us
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePlastic is one of the most remarkable materials ever created. Read More
Two gay men grimace in pain as they are brutally whipped in public Sharia caning over their same-sex relations in Indonesian province of Aceh
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the moment two gay men grimaced in agony as they were brutally whipped in public over their same-sex relations in…
Woman handed suspended sentence and ordered to pay over £6k for submitting false council housing application
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman has been handed a suspended sentenced and ordered to pay more than £6,300 after council officers found she had submitted…
Colombia says villagers taking orders from rebel groups kidnapped 34 soldiers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteColombia’s government said Tuesday that 34 of its soldiers fighting rebels in the south have been “kidnapped” by villagers acting under the…
Cameroon: 13 hostages likely kidnapped by Boko Haram freed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe young hostages disappeared on 13 August from a bus. One boy was executed because a ransom payment was not made in…
Cholera spreads from Sudan to Chad, kills 63 in eastern province
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe disease arrived in refugee camps hosting Sudanese civilians fleeing the conflict in their country in July. 938 cases are so far…
Nigeria faces maternal health crisis as deadliest country to give birth
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn northeast Nigeria, women face some of the deadliest odds in the world when giving birth. Read More
Brit 'drug mule' faced 60 years over £15m cocaine haul but 'could be home in year'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A British woman, accused of smuggling cocaine worth an estimated £15million, was staring down the barrel of a 60-year prison sentence in…
Three rushed to hospital after bus crashes with rickshaw in central London
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a bus crash in central London on Monday morning. Read More
Sex crimes by foreign nationals surge
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of sexual offence convictions of foreign nationals has increased by 62 per cent in four years, according to new data…