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Agents from the Hawks, an elite police investigative unit, entered the compound of the Gupta family in an affluent Johannesburg neighbourhood.

The Colorado couple quit their jobs and sold all their belongings to travel the world on a sailboat.

The 17-year-old girl was detained and is on trial in an Israeli military court after she was filmed slapping and kicking two soldiers.

The Boston Police department tweeted a tribute to white Celtics coach Red Auerbach during Black History Month celebrations.

Police at the scene claim George Nelson Gregory told them that he and the naked man "were just playing" but the pastor denied making the statement.

A Colorado middle school teacher was charged with child abuse and assault after forcefully making a male student stand for the US Pledge of Allegiance.

A medical examiner became emotional as she described the brutal injuries to 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle after she was raped and killed.

Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder probe after a man in his 20s was gunned down in a Belfast house. It has been linked to the province's political vacuum.

The US killed at least 100 Russian mercenaries during a failed attack on a US-held base in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region of Syria.

Bad behaviour was reportedly witnessed following a Port and Policy party run by the Oxford University Conservative Association, that has Jacob Rees-Mogg as honorary president.

The Advertising Standards Authority investigated after a customer claimed an Amazon advert resulted in their Echo Dot placing an order for Purina cat food.

Charlie Flinders, now 18, sent a number of explicit messages to the 12-year-old girl before he raped her in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 2015.

A 17 and 18-year-old have been arrested and charges after authorities say they broke into a house, killed the pets inside and set fire to a vehicle.

Nelly, from St Louis, Missouri, is under investigation by Essex Police after a woman said she was sexually assaulted at an address in Westcliff on 5 December 2017.

A new card game from the makers of Uno, cunningly named Dos, is set to hit shelves in the US in March before rolling out further later in 2018.

A video posted to Instagram purportedly shows a stolen 1951 Triumph Thunderbird burned by a bike thief in Bristol on Tuesday (13 February).

Aweys Shikhey, 38, from Tottenham, north London, was described as 'a terrorist hiding in plain sight' as the Old Bailey heard he also wanted to gun down Spurs supporters with AK47.

Israeli police on Tuesday (13 February) recommended bribery charges in two separate cases for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Levi R. Hedding allegedly escaped through the rear window of a squad car, into another squad car in which he attempted to flee.

Historically, 14th Feb is linked to emperor Claudius II and the legend of Saint Valentine, who is said to have secretly helped Christian couples wed against the monarch's ruling.

A nudist spa has closed its doors after losing a string of legal battles, because its sex dungeon breached green belt planning restrictions.

Carrie Luther's son Tosh Ackerman took a Xanax to help him sleep in 2015. However, it contained fentanyl and he never woke up. Fentanyl-laced Xanax also killed rapper Lil Peep.

Muslim scholar Ali Selim should be sacked after calling for female circumcision (FGM) to become legal in Ireland, says Dublin imam Dr Umar Al-Qadri.

The demand for rescue cats is so much higher in London that rescue centers across the country send moggies to the capital for rehoming.

Lee Embley jailed for calmly fired a gun into a crowded Birmingham pub before being arrested by firearms officers in high speed pursuit.

Rick Blood, the former deputy mayor of Mendham Township in New Jersey, has resigned following public backlash against a Facebook post he wrote supporting Donald Trump.

A quarter of all property owned by overseas companies in England and Wales is held by companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, according to new research.

A man who filmed his neighbours having sex and uploaded the videos to a porn site has been jailed and faces deportation.

Three people have been stabbed after a fight broke out during a funeral in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. None are believed to be in a life-threatening condition.