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A 14-year-old girl from Stroud sent a chilling text to her mother saying "I'm scared" shortly before being raped by a man she met on Facebook, a court heard.

After reports of sighting the creepy-looking ghost emerged in 2014, Ghostbusters launched multiple investigations with no fruitful results.

While one fatality was reported in Santa Paula, the cause of the fire has not been determined yet.

Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said their fighters killed former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh for his "treason".

The previous world record for the longest-lasting rainbow was set in Yorkshire on 14 March 1994 when the rainbow lasted for 6 hours.

Konrads Voits used classic phishing, social engineering techniques and malware to carry out the attack over several months.

The International Criminal Court is set to investigate claims that British troops were involved in abusive treatment of those in their custody.

Gary Rogers, a spokesman for the Nassau County SPCA, said the dog had undergone emergency surgery to reattach her eye.

Pardeep Lohan is alleged to have used coercion and threats to force his wife and Australian-born child to go to India.

A video clip showed women weeping, kneeling and apologising for "wrongful deeds", which gained widespread attention online last week.

A 75-year-old woman, described as a 'cult leader,' has been accused of murdering multiple children over several decades.

An inquiry has been launched into a potential anonymity breach of court preventing the identification of James Bulger's killer, Jon Venables.

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl left in his care and for possessing and producing child pornography.

Home Office pathologist tells inquest she strongly suspected that toddler Poppi Worthington was assaulted before she died.

An inmate in North Carolina is accused of desecrating a fellow inmate's copy of the Quran with 'a sex act'.

The US Supreme Court ruled that the ban on seven countries can come into effect even as legal challenges continue through lower courts

Noel Brown and his daughter Marie were found dead in his flat in Deptford, South London, sparking a murder probe. Scotland Yard have made no arrests.

Lisa Marie Garcia faces jail after Texas police say she created fake online accounts on Facebook to make it look like her ex-boyfriend was threatening her life.

According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, when approached the man told them an "alpha dragon" had taken his family hostage.

Management policies are forcing bus drivers urinate in bottles or outside suburban homes, union says.

As we witness the greatest levels of displacement on record, here are some ways to help refugees during the festive season

The Kremlin has been drawn into a war of words with the UK press over whether a President Vladimir Putin calendar has sold out in Britain.

The Dubai municipality was forced to respond to internet rumours about the soft drink by saying that Pepsi could not spreads HIV.

The Museum of the Bible opened in November after years of debate on how Evangelical backing would affect the institution's final form.

Polish-born Britain First supporter Marek Zakrocki gave a Nazi salute and shouted "white power" before driving his van at a curry house owner, a court heard.

President Nicolas Maduro says move designed to by-pass financial sanctions slapped on Caracas.

Sharks seemed in good health with no obvious cause of death, said local resident Lance Payne, who found them.

Child marriage is common at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where marrying off a young daughter means one less mouth to feed.

Lufthansa and Eurowings pilots in Germany are preventing planned deportations of asylum seekers and refugees.