500kg woman arrives for surgery
AN Egyptian woman, reportedly the world’s heaviest at 500kg, has been lifted into a hospital in India by crane for lifesaving surgery.
Asia
North Korea fires nuclear warning
NORTH Korea has fired a ballistic missile in its first test of the year and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump are unhappy.
Mystery of missing billionaire
MISSING China-born billionaire Xiao Jianhua was taken from a luxury hotel in Hong Kong in a wheelchair with his head covered.
Glamorous life of sadistic sidekick
WHILE on the run, Liezyl Margallo became the willing assistant to the world’s most depraved child torturer and lived in luxury.
Angry elephant takes aim at tourist
THIS is the moment a tourist is sent flying through the air when the elephant she was trying to clean didn’t take to kindly to her.
Horror the world isn’t watching
BEATEN, abused, raped and killed and not even recognised by the country they live in. These are the people the world is doing nothing to help.
Bali landslide kills seven
TWO children are among seven people who have been killed after a landslide hit a Bali village.
Charged over girlfriend’s death
AUSSIE man Tom Keating has been charged in relation to the death of his girlfriend Emily Collie in a jetski accident in Thailand.
Australia pays for ‘offensive material’
THE Australian Defence Force will sanction “those responsible” for training materials that offended Indonesians at a Perth army base.
Suitcase murder: Video confession ‘false’
DAYS after Heather Mack appeared in a video confessing to killing her mum in Bali, the 21-year-old says it was made a year ago and is false.
Live cockroach stuck in woman’s skull
IT’S the stuff horror stories are made of. A live cockroach that crawled into a woman’s skull and stayed for 12 hours has been removed by doctors.
Punisher’s ultimatum to ‘rotten’ cops
PHILIPPINE leader Rodrigo Duterte gave “rotten to the core” police officers an ultimatum — resign or serve on an island surrounded by terrorists.
Aussie, 28, sentenced to death
AN AUSTRALIAN man has been sentenced to death in Thailand after being found guilty of being part of an abduction and murder.
Trump a ‘bully without dignity’
A TOP Chinese judge has branded President Donald Trump a bully and an “enemy of the rule of law” for attacking the US judiciary.
Monk arrested with ‘4.6 million meth pills’
DRUG enforcement authorities have been left stunned after arresting a monk allegedly in possession of 4.6 million amphetamine pills.
Boyfriend to be charged over jetski crash
AN Australian man is facing charges of reckless driving in Thailand after a horror collision between two jetskis which killed his girlfriend.
Aussie tourist killed in jet-ski crash
A VICTORIAN woman has been killed in a jet-ski crash with her partner in waters off the Thai tourist island of Phuket.
‘Gorgeous girl’ killed in jetski crash
A VICTORIAN woman who died in a jet ski crash with her boyfriend in the sea off Thailand has been remembered by shocked friends.
Bombshell claim in Bali suitcase murder
A YOUNG woman convicted with her then boyfriend for the grisly murder of her mother in Bali now claims she acted alone, and she was avenging her father’s death.
Mystery of vanishing billionaires
SCORES of Chinese billionaires, millionaires and CEOs have vanished in “abductions” only to reappear weeks later.
Duterte’s threat: ‘I will drop all the bombs’
RODRIGO “The Punisher” Duterte has warned he is willing to launch deadly air strikes, as peace talks with communist rebels break down.
Girl dies after being thrown from ride
WARNING GRAPHIC: Harrowing footage has been captured of a teenage girl being thrown from an amusement park in China.
Order to kill ‘son of a bitch’ addicts
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed 6000 lives. But he says it’s not enough, and now he will call in the military.
Eight dead as apartments topple
HUNDREDS of rescuers are trying to find 20 people trapped beneath rubble after three apartment blocks collapsed in eastern China.
Zebra attacks and drags zookeeper
A TERRIFYING video has emerged showing the moment a zookeeper was attacked by a zebra, as tourists watched on in horror. WARNING: Graphic
Scary case of missing billionaire
ONE of China’s richest men has disappeared from his Hong Kong hotel, with a bizarre newspaper advert appearing in his name heightening fears.
‘It’s too late to stop China now’
A FORMER Australian Defence Force leader has warned it’s too late to stop China’s aggression in the South China Sea.
Shocking murder halts drug war
MORE than 2500 people have been killed in The Punisher’s war on drugs, but one murder has stopped his crackdown.
Cautionary tale for Aussies in Thailand
AN AUSTRALIAN tourist is stuck in a Thai hospital after becoming seriously injured doing something we all do on holidays.
Philippine police halt deadly drug war
RODRIGO Duterte has vowed to extend his war on drugs, as a corruption scandal forced police to suspend their operation.
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