James Lawton, 44, was arrested on a plane at Heathrow after the sisters tipped off police about where he was living. He has now been jailed. The girls kept the secret of their abuse from one another for 10 years but when they finally shared the...
The doll was carried by the daughter of Johnathan Thurston, captain of the winning team, North Queensland Cowboys. Thurston is an indigenous Australian, as was, for the first time in the league's history, his counterpart, Justin Hodges of the...
Russia said the incident was a "navigational error" and that it has "clarified" the matter to Ankara. Turkish jets patrolling the border were also "harassed" by an unidentified plane on Sunday, Turkey said. Russia has been carrying out air strikes...
The Swiss, 79, is suspected of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini. Blatter, who had already said he will stand down in February 2016, claimed he "had done nothing...
The bust was at the OR Tambo International Airport‚ South African Revenue Service said in a statement‚ describing it as “a significant seizure”. The actress‚ who cannot be named until she has appeared in court‚ had unsuccessfully tried...
Another 450 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj's last major rite. They converge on Mina to throw stones at pillars representing the devil. Preparations for the Hajj were...
It said it was setting aside €6.5bn (£4.7bn) to cover costs of the scandal. The boss of Volkswagen's US business, Michael Horn, has admitted it "totally screwed up" in using software to rig emissions tests. The UK Department of Transport has...
Army chiefs had given Gen Gilbert Diendere a 10:00 GMT deadline to surrender or face an assault. The army has ordered anti-coup protesters in the capital, Ouagadougou, to return home, amid fears of fighting. Gen Diendere seized power last week with...
Negotiations between army chiefs and the presidential guard are under way to avert bloodshed, security sources said. Gen Gilbert Diendere seized power last week after opposing moves to integrate the presidential guard into the army. He has released...
Mr Ban said such treatment of asylum seekers was "unacceptable". Hundreds were involved in clashes at the Hungary-Serbia border on Wednesday, trying to breach a razor-wire fence. More than 5,000 migrants have entered Croatia so far - avoiding...
The charity's Global AgeWatch Index measured the social and economic welfare of those over 60 in 96 nations. Switzerland topped the list and Afghanistan came last. It measured income security, health and whether someone had access to public...
Critics at home have accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of creating a dangerous precedent by opening Germany's borders. About 18,000 migrants arrived over the weekend after an agreement with Austria and Hungary to relax asylum rules. But...
The wing section, known as a flaperon, had been examined in France by international aviation experts. French authorities launched searches on and around Reunion for more debris after the flaperon was discovered. The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying...
The 56 Dean Street clinic in London's Soho sent out names and email addresses of 780 patients with HIV in an information sheet regularly sent out to people who attend the clinic. Patients were supposed to be blind-copied into an email but instead...
Two ships carrying more than 4,200 people travelled to Piraeus port at night after leaving Lesbos island. The whole EU is struggling to deal with an unprecedented influx of migrants. Hundreds of people, mostly from the Middle East, remain stranded...
The 21-year-old Koki Manunga and the 29-year-old Joyce Zakary -- who are both 400 meter runners -- were provisionally suspended by the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) after returning positive samples on August 20 and 21...
Wall Street's Dow Jones was nearly 6% lower in early trading after plunges across Europe. London's FTSE 100 index was down by more than 6% in afternoon trade, with major markets in France and Germany down by 7% and 6% respectively. The sell-off hit...
The 24-year-old, who cannot be named until he enters his plea, is accused of raping the teenager in the toilets of a bar in Johannesburg. Earlier in the week, the family of the alleged victim said that Mr Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie...
"I would go to download important Supreme Court judgements, and pornographic adverts would pop up instead. And when I looked around, I saw rows of children surfing porn openly without a care in the world," says Mr Vaswani, 43, a quiet man with a...
Flibanserin, a drug produced by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, recently passed an FDA advisory committee meeting. The pill is designed to assist premenopausal women regain their sex drive by boosting levels of certain brain chemicals. The drug has been...
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