Forest boy parents’ great escape
THE couple who left their seven-year-old boy in a forest to teach him a lesson have learned their fate over the six-night ordeal.
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This is where luxury cars go to die
HUNDREDS of expensive cars have been wasting away in an overgrown parking lot in China after they were dumped by their rich owners.
‘Truly evil’ how-to guide to child abuse
A MAN sentenced to 22 life sentences for sickening crimes against children had also written a guide to child abuse he planned to publish.
N Korea ‘reopens plutonium plant’
SATELLITE images show North Korea may have reactivated a plant for reprocessing plutonium for use in nuclear weapons, according to the UN.
Indonesia hit by 6.3-magnitude quake
A 6.3-MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck in the Banda Sea, in remote eastern Indonesia, at a depth of 428 kilometres.
Passengers injured in horrific flight
SEVERE turbulence has hit a Malaysia Airlines plane leaving a number of passengers and crew injured.
‘We do not fear you’: Chinese admiral
CHINA has angrily accused the US of ‘provocations’ and asserted it does not fear ‘trouble’ over its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea.
Tiananmen Square massacre remembered
TENS of thousands have gathered for the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre despite many activists turning their backs on the candlelit vigil.
‘Tsunami like’ wave kills new bride
A COUPLE’S Bali honeymoon has ended in tragedy after a freak wave dragged the pair into the ocean, the new bride unable to make it back to shore.
Paedophile publishes sick diary online
ONE of the UK’s most notorious paedophiles is facing a life sentence after posting a sick online diary about his experiences volunteering in Malaysia. Warning: Graphic
‘We have nothing left to fear’
FAMILIES of those killed in Tiananmen Square say they have been spied on and threatened in a campaign of ‘white terror’.
Boy destroys $20k Lego display
IT took an artist three days and $20,000 to build this Lego statue — and just seconds for one clumsy child to destroy it.
Forty tiger cubs found in temple freezer
FORTY tiger cubs have been discovered in a freezer at a Thai Buddhist temple, which is a popular tourist attraction. WARNING: Graphic content
‘We’ve done an unforgivable thing’
A YOUNG boy who was kicked out of the car by his parents as punishment is still missing in bear-infested woods.
North Korea’s massive IT security fail
A BRITISH teen has boasted of how he hacked North Korea’s version of Facebook – using what is probably the oldest trick in the book.
Boy missing after bizarre punishment
A COUPLE tried to punish their son by leaving him alone in a bear-infested forest. When they went back to get him, he was gone.
The labourers worked to death
SHOCKING investigation reveals how North Korean labourers are being worked to death as their wages go directly into the hands of the government.
Aussie woman fears death penalty
INDONESIA has not ruled out the death penalty for a permanent Australian resident accused of murdering her friend in Jakarta.
This president dodged his own inauguration
THE maverick new president of the Philippines snubbed his own inauguration ceremony today. Instead, the outspoken Rodrigo Duterte returned to his home town to ‘rest’.
Death penalty ‘possible’ in AFP case
AUSTRALIA’s Federal Police are again embroiled in controversy after getting involved in an Indonesian cyanide murder case likely to result in a death penalty.
Muslims ‘allowed to lightly beat wives’
A POWERFUL Islamic council has ruled that men should be allowed to “lightly beat” their wives — and even provided instructions on how to inflict the abuse.
Racist laundry ad critics ‘too sensitive’
A CHINESE laundry detergent maker says critics of an ad in which a black man is “washed” into a fair-skinned Asian man were “too sensitive”.
New Taliban leader gets ultimatum
AFGHANISTAN’S government has offered the new Taliban leader a choice: make peace or face the same fate as his predecessor, killed in a US drone strike.
Raped in front of her husband
COUPLE woke to find an escaped prisoner in their Samoan hotel room. What happened next is the stuff of nightmares.
Obama calls for world without nukes
AS THE first American president to visit Hiroshima — where the US dropped the first atomic bomb — Barack Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons.
Country where rape is kept quiet
IT’S seen as a safe country, popular with tourists. When Airdre was drugged and attacked, she discovered the truth.
Snake in toilet latches onto man’s penis
A MAN is recovering from a bloody encounter with a three-metre python that slithered out of a toilet and latched its jaws onto his penis.
The deadly paradise for young tourists
IT’S a party paradise for young backpackers but Laos can be a dangerous destination with another Australian killed this week.
Aussies injured in Thai boat tragedy
TWO Australians have been injured and other tourists are unaccounted for after a speedboat carrying 36 people capsized near Koh Samui, killing two.
‘I had never seen such a big baby’
A WOMAN has given birth to a child believed to be the heaviest baby girl ever, weighing the same amount as an average six-month-old.
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