Devastating scenes in China as 13 children dead after school fire
Thirteen schoolchildren aged nine and 10 are confirmed to have died after a fire broke out in a school dormitory in central China, the country’s Xinhua state news agency reported.…
French police officers given suspended sentences for brutal assault
Three French police officers have been given suspended jail sentences for assaulting a black man with a baton in a north-west Paris suburb. One officer received a 12-month suspended sentence…
Russian authorities make controversial decision to kill dogs
Dog-lovers are racing to save hundreds of stray dogs in Russia’s Far East, because of a decision by authorities to start putting them down. Eighteen have been culled so far…
Money hungry dog eats $4,000 in cash
A money-hungry pooch was in the dog house for chewing up $4,000 (£3,153) cash that his owners had left out. Cecil, a goldendoodle from Pennsylvania, has gone viral for snacking…
Iowa school shooting leaves six people shot and one dead on first day back
A student shot six people, one of them fatally, at a high school in the US state of Iowa before taking his own life on the first day back from…
Workers in Chonburi with gruesome discovery of two human legs in shipment from USA
The Si Racha Police Station was alerted of the gruesome find at 1pm on Tuesday. Police rushed to the scene with officials from the Piew Yiew Thai Si Racha Foundation.…
Two 10-year-olds found working unpaid shifts until 2am at US McDonald’s restaurant
Two 10-year-old children have been working unpaid shifts in a McDonald’s restaurant in Kentucky until 2am, an investigation has found. The US Department of Labour (DoL) said the children, who…
Chaos in Beijing train accident as over 100 break bones
A rush hour collision between two subway trains in Beijing has left 102 people with broken bones, Chinese state media reported. More than 500 people were sent to hospital after…
India’s Parliament stormed by two unidentified men live on TV
Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more…
Australian women once branded a baby killer has conviction quashed
A woman once branded “Australia’s worst mother” has had her convictions for killing her four children quashed. The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the evidence originally…