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Saudi Arabia postpones 1,000 lashes sentence for blogger Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger, has his punishment of 1,000 lashes suspended on medical grounds after international outcry Raif Badawi was sentenced on charges related to accusations that he insulted Islam on a liberal online forum he...

Robbie Williams in battle with neighbour Jimmy Page over building work Take That singer at war with Led Zeppelin guitarist who is trying to block proposed revamp of multi-million pound property in west London Robbie Williams is at war with neighbour Jimmy Page Photo: Rex By Agency 12:34PM...

Four shots fired and undercover police officer run over after 'Apple Daily' theft An undercover police officer opened fire four times and was run over by a van after dramatically intervening to try and foil a street theft in the early hours of this morning. PUBLISHED : Monday, 12 January...

Around the nation: Parents reunited with daughter 30 years after she was kidnapped Also: Rats eat woman’s eyes; pious thieves burgle by night, pray by day PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 07 January, 2015, 7:00pm UPDATED : Thursday, 08 January, 2015, 3:57pm An ageing couple in Anhui were reunited...

Gang filmed subjecting schoolgirl to violent slap attack for 'wearing the wrong trousers' Pupil attacked in Zhejiang province because she did not have on the correct school uniform PUBLISHED : Monday, 05 January, 2015, 1:08pm UPDATED : Monday, 05 January, 2015, 3:32pm [email protected] A...

Around the nation: New Year's Day gifts from 'miserly God of Wealth' spurned Also, student scared silly after watching horror flicks and dumped teenager comes clean about boyfriend's crime PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 8:04pm UPDATED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 8:04pm A Chinese...

Circus busted for disguising dogs as panda bears QMI Agency First posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 12:19 PM EST | Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 12:37 PM EST Photo from Corpo forestale dello Stato (Italy's State Forestry Police) An Italian circus has been busted for trying to...

Italian police arrest 14 people to foil far-right terror plot Italy's PM was among a number of public figures on the group's hit list Michael Day Tuesday 23 December 2014 The shadow cast over Italy by far-right terror groups has returned. Neo-fascists have been planning the assassination...

Over 20,000 bras recalled in Japan due to injury fears Reuters December 17, 2014, 3:56 pm TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese lingerie maker is recalling more than 20,000 brassieres after complaints that underwires suddenly poked out, sometimes while women were wearing them. The Japanese division of...

Paul John Scott: Drug gang suspect arrested after returning to Britain from Netherlands on light aircraft Paul John Scott, 32, from Liverpool, was held when he flew into East Winch Airfield in Norfolk Jamie Grierson Thursday 18 December 2014 One of Britain's most wanted fugitives - a...

15 December 2014 Last updated at 12:35 Pirate Bay 'copy' goes online after shutdown The new website is said to be a clone of The Pirate Bay database Isohunt, a website providing access to mostly pirated material, has cloned the database of its competitor, The Pirate Bay, after it was shut...

Chinese tourists who scalded Thai stewardess with hot water, noodles to be punished PUBLISHED : Sunday, 14 December, 2014, 12:38pm UPDATED : Sunday, 14 December, 2014, 12:55pm Associated Press in Beijing A man (left) seen apparently threatening air hostesses on the Thai AirAsia flight...

Chinese man charged with trying to take US military information to China PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 10:54am UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 10:54am Reuters in Washington Yu Long was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport (pictured) last month after customs...

Top Communist Party paper puts Zhou Yongkang in 'traitor' class Article says former security chief no different to executed cadres, raising spectre of death penalty PUBLISHED : Thursday, 11 December, 2014, 1:14am UPDATED : Thursday, 11 December, 2014, 5:21am Staff Reporters Former security...

Mexican authorities close in on Knights Templar drug cartel PUBLISHED : Sunday, 07 December, 2014, 6:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 07 December, 2014, 6:14am Agence France-Presse in Morelia Farmers in Michoacan, fed up with years of violence, formed vigilante forces against the Knights Templar...

Ingredients from China linked to at least 100 synthetic drug deaths in Japan The use of illegal synthetic substances are on the rise, causing fatalities and numerous injuries PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 10:44pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 03 December, 2014, 1:25am Julian Ryall in Tokyo...

More than 3,000 evacuated as French floods toll reaches five AFP December 1, 2014, 5:42 am Portel-des-Corbières (France) (AFP) - The worst flooding in years in southern France has claimed five lives and forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said Sunday. The...

Mammoth price for Ice Age skeleton PUBLISHED : Thursday, 27 November, 2014, 9:08pm UPDATED : Friday, 28 November, 2014, 3:55am Agence France-Presse in London James Rylands, Auctioneer and Director of Summers Place Auctions, prepares the skeleton of an Ice Age woolly mammoth in London...

Dewani honeymoon murder case decision delayed AFP November 26, 2014, 1:49 am Cape Town (AFP) - British businessman Shrien Dewani will have to wait two weeks to see whether a South African judge throws out charges that he organised the murder of his bride on their honeymoon. After hearing...

UK court convicts ex JJB Sports boss of one million pound fraud Reuters November 21, 2014, 5:27 am LONDON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of failed retailer JJB Sports, once a British household name, was convicted of a 1 million pound fraud by a London court on Thursday, ending a...