Bizarre twist in Kim assassination plot
A MYSTERIOUS woman who’s been arrested over the death of Kim Jong-un’s brother reportedly said she was asked to spray him as part of a “prank”.
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Woman arrested over airport assasination
MALAYSIAN police have arrested a suspect in relation to the assasination of of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother at Kuala Lumpur airport.
China unearths pregnant sea monster
ITS neck was nearly 2m long, and it lived in the oceans for millions of years before dinosaurs. But there’s also something weird about its biology.
N Korea’s missile launch ‘self-defence’
NORTH Korea defended its latest missile launch, as the US demanded action against Pyongyang’s weapons programs.
‘I would have done a better job’
SARA Connor has denied deliberately destroying evidence to cover up the killing of a Bali police officer, saying she would have been more thorough.
This trigger could bring on war
The South China Sea won’t be the cause of the world’s next major war. Instead there’s one main trigger point for conflict — Taiwan.
Aussie general fighting war on ISIS
AUSTRALIAN Major General Roger Noble has been leading the fight against ISIS in Iraq, but in a significant strategic promotion, he is set to be redeployed closer to home.
‘There was a bang and a huge blast’
A SUICIDE bomber has struck police escorting a protest rally in Lahore, killing at least 13 people and wounding nearly 60.
China blames US for N Korea missile
CHINA has blamed the US for North Korea’s latest missile launch, the rogue country’s first test since Trump took office.
‘I was afraid I’d never go back to normal’
AN Aussie left with horrific injuries after coming off a bike in a Bali hit and run “wanted to run away” after seeing herself.
Punisher’s secret drug abuse history
RODRIGO Duterte is best known for his brutal crackdown on drugs in the Philippines. But the Punisher has first-hand experience with substance abuse.
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.
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.
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