Indonesia slams door shut on former IS fighters
In a bold move for a country with an Islamic majority, Indonesia has announced it is locking out homegrown Islamic State fighters and their families.
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MH370 sparks bold plan to live stream pilots in cockpits
Pilots on all commercial airlines should be filmed and their actions potentially live streamed to ensure the safety of everyone on board, says former defence chief Angus Houston, who led the search for MH370.
‘Don’t let this scar you’: Rescuer’s tears after child rapist jailed
A man who came to the aid of a seven-year-old girl being brutally raped in a Kogarah dance studio bathroom has told her she is “forever in my heart” as her attacker was given life in prison.
Trafficker’s cocaine use ‘superhuman’
A judge has expressed scepticism at a cocaine trafficker’s claimed “superhuman” drug habit, as the trafficker’s lawyer says he is remorseful and ashamed and has gone cold turkey.
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Bali Nine’s Renae Lawrence to be freed
Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence is expected to be released from prison within days after serving more than 13 years for her role in the 2005 heroin trafficking operation.
Amazon’s Echo ‘witnessed a murder’
One woman was stabbed 43 times. Another had her skull crushed. Now a judge has ordered Amazon to hand over their Echo smart speaker recordings that could hold critical clues to their murders.
Sex offender’s sickening excuse
A teacher and sex offender who groomed, molested and repeatedly sexually assaulted his student has given a repulsive excuse.
Inside El Chapo’s billion-dollar empire
He faces life in prison. But, as this shocking Aussie investigation reveals, the business of the notorious kingpin El Chapo is alive and well.
Hope for Jeffrey Brooks’ parents
NOW, more than 20 years after the supposed ‘accidental’ death of their son Jeffrey, Wendy and Lawrie Brooks hope the case will finally be examined thoroughly.
The serial killer whisperer
AMANDA Howard gets inside the minds of the world’s worst serial killers. To do so, she has shared letters and conversations with around 450 murderers, including Charles Manson and Ivan Milat.
‘I decided to kill her and myself’
BRENDAN repeatedly hit his wife. He breached numerous DV orders. He was in and out of prison. Then he decided to kill her. He tells Ann Wason Moore the shocking story of his descent into violence.
Cold-blooded execution caught on camera
A GREEK newspaper has published the dramatic moment an assassin killed infamous Sydney crime figure John Macris.
Aussie sailor’s plea after wife vanishes on honeymoon
FORMER Gold Coast man Lewis Bennett has entered a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter, but just how his wife died on their private honeymoon cruise may forever remain a mystery.
Executed Sydney gangster’s wife breaks down
JOHN Macris’ reality TV star wife is reportedly living in fear after the execution of her husband, as she attends his Greek funeral in the neighbourhood where he was gunned down.
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