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Boko Haram and Shabaab will become deadlier as the Isis caliphate crumbles

As Isis continues to lose territories, many fighters are returning home, but many more are regrouping somewhere else or are joining other terrorist cells around the world.

Catholic school to redesign 'suggestive' erected saint statue following social media ridicule

Blackfriars Priory School in Adelaide Australia mocked on social media for suggestive statue of saint handing loaf of bread to young child.

US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashes off Japanese coast

Japan-based 7th Fleet say search and rescue mission underway for aircraft which crashed in Philippine Sea.

16-year-old lioness undergoes four-hour root canal surgery at New Zealand zoo

The operation was a little more complicated than the usual because it was difficult to get the dirt out of the 11-centimetre long tooth, Vet Sarah Alexander said.

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Deepika Padukone controversy: India politician threatens to burn down theatres after offering bounty on star's head

BJP politician Suraj Pal Amu's statements follow the latest controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical film Padmavati, which has sparked nationwide protests and outrage.

Argentine military submarine ARA San Juan

Rescue efforts in 'critical phase' as crew of missing Argentine submarine to run out of oxygen soon

The search has been expanded to cover an ocean area "two times the size of Buenos Aires", a Navy spokesperson informed.

Indian hospital under fire after parents of girl, 7, who died of dengue charged enormous bill

The case came to light after a friend of the girl's father disclosed the incident on Twitter stating the irrelevant charges the family was asked to pay.

Boy,11, allegedly died after 400lb step-grandfather pinned him down

Prosecutors say boy died after he was pinned down by his 400lb step-grandfather for several minutes after the man intervened between the 11-year-old and his grandmother.

Man who beat to death jogger Karina Vetrano confessed 'I finished her off, I strangled her', court hears

The family of Queens jogger Karina Vetrano broke down in court as they watched a video of Chanel Lewis detail the final minutes of their daughter's life.

Headteachers told that calling pupils 'girls' or 'boys' can cause anxiety

Headteachers told by ex-health tsar Natasha Devon that pupils should not be called 'girls' or 'ladies' and that gender-neutral language should be used.

Manhunt for hammer killer and 2 other violent criminals who absconded from same prison in 6 days

Manhunt under way for murderer Nicholas Redding, 45, drug dealer James Vaughan, 37, and burglar Barry Anderson, 41, have all disappeared from HMP Spring Hill.

Rihanna and Kim Kardashian among stars lobbying for jailed child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown

Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and others have shared an image of a post partly describing the circumstances leading child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown to be jailed in 2004.

Sexual abuse claims against monastery monk spark calls for independent probe

A support group is calling for an independent inquiry into allegations that a monk abused girls during the 1970s and 1980s at a monastery on Caldey Island.

Father who raped boy finds himself in same cell as victim 35 years later after row with wife

Gary Mottershead, 52, had spent 35 years believing he had got away with the rape and sexual assault of a child, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Neglected rabbits found in Danish apartment

46 neglected rabbits found cramped together in tiny Danish apartment

After an anonymous tip-off, 46 rabbits were found in a one-room apartment. Six had to be killed as they were in such a bad condition, while it is hoped the others can be rehomed.

Brit who mowed down Spanish cop near Gibraltar finally snared after a decade on the run

Police cornered fugitive after decade-long hunt.

Rodney Bewes dead: Why James Bolam didn't speak to Likely Lads co-star for 40 years

Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads?, starring Bewes and Bolam, was watched by 27m at its peak. But the pair had one of the bitterest and longest-running feuds in British TV.

Is Rastafarianism a religion? Prisoner whose dreadlocks were cut claims civil rights violated

The lawsuit says that Cecil Koger had his dreadlocks cut forcibly by the Ohio Department of Rehabilition and Corrections on five occasions.

One US state has seen three elephants and a tiger roam its interstates in just two months

Three African elephants were loose on Interstate 24 on 20 November after their transport caught fire. Just two months ago a tiger was shot and killed in the same state.

Police detective 'molested boy, 8, and gave him £5 to keep quiet'

A North Yorkshire police detective, Chris Hogg, molested an eight-year-old boy while babysitting him as a teenager before giving him £5 to keep quiet, a court has heard.

Reg Buttress, believed to be Britain’s oldest shop, worker has died aged 94 – two months after retiring

Britain's oldest shopworker dies aged 94 – just two months after retiring

Reg Buttress started work more than eight decades ago as a 13-year-old miner's mate in south Wales. He later went on to work for Sainsbury's.

US marines use attack helicopters to pick up missing mobile phone from pub

Marines from a local airbase sent in a pair of attack helicopters in a mission to pick up a missing mobile phone.

Does the LGBTQ+ community have a race problem?

After Josh Rivers was fired from Gay Times for a series of racist and problematic tweets it re-sparked the debate- does the LGBTQ+ scene have a race problem?

Texas cheerleader killed by pickup truck driver who was blowing into breathalyser at time of crash

Police in Texas are investigating after cheerleader Alexis Butler was killed after being hit by a pickup truck driver, who was using a court-ordered breathalyser at the time.

Owner Catherine Mead holds Cornish Kern, a cheese from Truro, which was crowned as the best in the world – beating off tough competition from Italy and Austria

Best cheese in the world comes from tiny Cornwall dairy

A cheese from Cornwall, Cornish Kern, has been crowned as the best in the world – beating off mature competition from Italy and Austria.

Extremely rare mature white crocodile dubbed 'Pearl' spotted in Australian river

Pearl the white crocodile was spotted entertaining a crocodile tour in Adelaide River. It is rare for a white crocodile to live so long as they are easily seen by predators.

London welcomes first new Anglican church in 40 years near scene of 2011 riots

St Francis Church, part of the Engine Room community centre, was officially opened on 21 November in Tottenham Hale, just around the corner from the scene of the 2011 riots.

Kim Jong-un bans drinking parties and singing to crush dissent in North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un bans drinking and singing parties in wake of UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang nuclear missile tests.

Gigantic Nazi swastika discovered under football field in Germany

Construction workers discovered the massive concrete swastika at sports stadium in Hamburg.

North Korean defector shot six times after crawling across border to listen to K-pop

A North Korean soldier reportedly asked to listen to Korean pop music as soon as he awoke from surgery, a local newspaper has reported.

Pope Francis asks police to show mercy on Italian motorists 'driving like they're in Formula 1'

Pontiff said that drivers were faced with an "increasingly complex and tumultuous" life on the road.

Jerusalem to get massive underground necropolis as holy site burial space runs out

Jerusalem's largest cemetery, Har HaMenuchot, is running out of space, but a new underground system of tunnels is being built beneath the mountain to provide 22,000 more graves.