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Russian city sees domestic violence incidents double after Putin decriminalises beatings
Between 12,000-14,000 Russian women are killed every year because of domestic abuse.
Feb 11, 2017
Paris protests after claims that man was raped by policeman while being arrested
One police officer has been charged with rape and three with assault after victim was hospitalised.
Feb 07, 2017
Sexual harassment and online abuse are 'a normal part of school life' for children
New figures reveal more than 6,000 children sexually abused at school in the last three years.
Feb 06, 2017
Isis hostage Kayla Mueller's parents donate $120,000 to charity they claim refused to help daughter
Father says humanitarian group left his daughter in Aleppo to be tortured, raped and murdered.
Feb 06, 2017
Mississippi man's tumour the size of small adult misdiagnosed as 'just fat' by doctors
The tumour grew over 15 years and even developed its own blood supply.
Feb 06, 2017
Outgoing head of African Union slams US for 'taking Africans as slaves but not as refugees'
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma sats Trump's travel ban is 'one of the greatest challenges' facing Africa.
Jan 31, 2017
Morocco rejoins African Union after 33-year absence despite rift over Western Sahara territory
Country welcomed back into Africa's 'family' despite opposition from South Africa and Algeria.
Jan 30, 2017
Theresa May vows to keep post-Brexit Irish border 'friction-free and fluid'
Prime minister promises Enda Kerry there will be no return to the 'borders of the past'
Jan 30, 2017
Transgender woman banned from seeing children in ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
Judge fears they would be ostracised by other members of strict Jewish faith.
Jan 30, 2017
US commando killed as dawn attack in Yemen leaves 14 al-Qaida fighters dead
Bloody skirmish has left 30 people dead including 10 women and three children.
Jan 29, 2017
Corbyn attacks Theresa May for not standing up for British values over Trump Muslim ban
Trump's administration has temporarily barred people from seven Muslim countries entering the US.
Jan 29, 2017
Fast food worker who allegedly smeared menstrual blood on burger arrested
Sky Juliette Samuels handed herself into the police and was bailed on a $5,000 bond.
Jan 28, 2017
Chinese New Year firework celebrations spark fears of toxic smog in Beijing
Sales of fireworks dropped by 4.9% in Beijing due to government clampdowns on suppliers.
Jan 28, 2017
Tunisia beach attack: Survivor identified victim by shiny nail polish
Holidaymaker Carol Anne Powell survived the massacre by playing dead in hotel car park.
Jan 23, 2017
Archaeologists discover Roman Britain man with tongue cut out and replaced by stone
One theory put forward suggests that the man had mental health issues and severed his own tongue.
Jan 23, 2017
Massive explosion rips apart block of flats in Hornchurch
Several emergency vehicles, including at least 10 fire engines, were at the scene.
Jan 23, 2017
1-in-10 people do not own a single book, but UK households have 8 web-connected devices
16% of adults in England are 'functionally illiterate', with reading abilities below an 11-year-old's.
Jan 22, 2017
Chile declares 'state of catastrophe' due to worst forest fires for a decade
Wildfires were caused by people, says the head of Chile's CONAF forestry service.
Jan 22, 2017
Kincora Boys' Home was not a 'honeypot' to blackmail gay men says abuse inquiry
An inquiry into historical sexual abuse in Northern Ireland has recommended compensation for its victims.
Jan 21, 2017
Islington 'devil worshipper' raped teenager in flat devoted to Satan
The 42-year-old convicted rapist described himself as a Luciferian.
Jan 21, 2017
UK's Antarctic research station Halley VI to move amid fears of toppling into giant ice chasm
The base will close for eight months and be moved to a safer location further inland.
Jan 17, 2017
Isis Istanbul nightclub attack suspect Abdulgadir Masharipov captured by Turkish security forces
A manhunt for the alleged terrorist has been underway since the New Year's Day attack.
Jan 16, 2017
'Last man on the moon' US astronaut Eugene Cernan dies aged 82
He was spacecraft commander on his third and most famous space mission on Apollo 17.
Jan 16, 2017
Sinn Féin claims there was 'no alternative' to NI snap election after crisis of confidence
The present assembly will sit until 26 January, when it will be dissolved.
Jan 16, 2017
Bishop 'deeply distressed' by abuse after reading Quran at St Mary's Cathedral
The reading was aimed at promoting understanding between Christians and Muslims.
Jan 15, 2017
Japanese poachers caught 'slaughtering whale' in Australia's Antarctic sanctuary say activists
Japan says more than 300 whales, including 200 pregnant females, were killed in the Southern Ocean.
Jan 15, 2017
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi trapped inside Nineveh and 'sleeps in suicide vest'
Iraqi forces claim to have liberated 90% of the eastern part of Mosul as thousands flee the city.
Jan 15, 2017
Pink 'pussyhats' will be making statement at the Women's March on Washington
Pussyhat Project is hoping to have knitted or crocheted 1.7 million hats for marchers wear.
Jan 14, 2017
Bars providing code words for women who need to escape from bad Tinder dates
Hooters bar in South Africa set up a distress signal sign in women's toilets which was shared 60,000 times.
Jan 14, 2017
Torrential downpour resurrects alien-like prehistoric shrimp in Australian outback
The shrimp's alien-like appearance is due to a 'third eye'.
Jan 14, 2017
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