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Police have launched a murder inquiry and started digging up a suburban garden after a 63-year-old woman told police she had killed her father 'a number of years ago'.

New York police solved a nearly 24 year old rape that occurred in Prospect Park using DNA from the victim and serial rapist James Edward Webb.

Paula White, a prosperity gospel preacher, has suggested that her followers should donate to her ministry to honour the religious principle of 'first fruit'.

Police rushed to the scene after receiving a number of calls from terrified residents on Roden Street, just off Grosvenor Road in Belfast.

Women are the stronger sex: Study led by Professor Virginia Zarulli and Professor James Vaupel reveals that women are better at surviving famine and disease than men.

Curry-hungry brits in the south of France have hatched a scheme to charter a flight from Portsmouth - all so they can get their favourite curry house to deliver.

Eleven convicts were caught on film prising open their bars and breaking out of a jail in Brazil's crisis-hit prison system.

British Transport Police are appealing for information after a man and his teenage son, dressed in a penguin costume, were assaulted on a train out of London on 21 December.

Footage has emerged from China of a strict father forcing a group of children to strip to their bare chests and undergo a series of exhausting exercises.

Committee to Protect Journalists gives US President top prize for 'overall achievement in undermining global press freedom'.

New Zealand has released its list of declined baby names for 2017. "Justyce-Krimson", "X" and "Saint" are among the names that were deemed unsuitable for newborns.

Kosher store in Paris suburb Créteil was destroyed by fire in a suspected arson attack on the third anniversary of a terror attack by an Isis gunman against a kosher supermarket.

A police officer who was once hailed a hero has been sacked for sharing racist posts on Facebook, including one calling travellers "f***** scumbags".

A video shows what happens when alligators get stuck in frozen water because of icy weather conditions. The reptiles are able to breathe by keeping their nostrils in the air

Cheryl and Robert Prudham took nine of her kids on an 14-day trip to Menorca worth over £7,000 back in 2014.

Arizona Police detain Alberto Saavedra Lopez after evading arrest for more than a year when he applied for dispatch job.

Men who robbed a house 22 miles north of Durban in South Africa have made off with cash and four mobile phones. Victims were tied up and locked in a bedroom while the thieves tore a safe from the wall.

A man has fallen to his death while trying to take the perfect holiday photo at a Turkish landmark, Urfa Castle.

Abu Omer – known as "White Beard" thanks to his impressive facial hair – was arrested in Mosul at the beginning of the year

Emir was one of six children killed by Syrian and Russian air strikes on Eastern Ghouta on Monday. Since 29 December, 126 people, including 29 children, have lost their lives.

An angry wife confronts her 'cheating' husband after driving more than 150 miles to find him booked into a hotel with another woman.

A man grabbed Madeline Anello-Kitzmiller's breast at a festival in New Zealand. The 20-year-old now plans to hold a protest against sexual harassment and assault.

Nine men in Sheffield and Cleveland arrested in morning raids during investigation into claims multiple women trafficked and raped.

UK rail company Virgin Trains has decided not to stock the Daily Mail on its trains due to employees' concerns over its editorial position on various issues including immigration.

Speculation has swirled for decades that everyone from North Korean footballers to coaches are punished for not dominating international sporting championships.

The development comes four years after the Supreme Court of India delivered a controversial verdict saying that same-sex consensual relationships are illegal in the country.

Donald Trump has been criticised on social media after he appeared to struggle to sing the words to the US national anthem.

Suzy Cairns pleaded guilty to possessing bestiality porn, which she made with her pet Labrador, and also child porn, which she did not feature in.

As part of the BBC One show, Harry Potter actress Miriam Margolyes met people also known as the "Preppers".