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Seven people have been detained in connection with an attack outside the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, officials say. A man armed with a meat cleaver wounded two people in the attack on Friday. The main suspect, identified as an 18-year-old man of Pakistani origin, was …

An extreme body modification fan has unveiled his latest transformation. Michel Faro do Prado, 44, has been undergoing a number of procedures to achieve his “sinister creature” look. He has shaped his teeth into arches and even got two horns implanted onto his head. And now tattoo artist has taken his transformation even further – by …

President Donald Trump picked retired generals for some of his most senior national security posts when he took office and boasts of heavy spending on the U.S. military that he asserts is unmatched in history. He has made getting U.S. allies to increase their own military spending a cornerstone of …

Two policemen have been shot amid protests in the US over a decision not to charge any officers over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Ms Taylor, 26, a black hospital worker, was shot multiple times as three officers raided her home on 13 March. A grand jury in the city …

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been discharged from a Berlin hospital where he was being treated for Novichok nerve agent poisoning. The Charité Hospital said it was ending acute medical care because his condition had sufficiently improved. Mr Navalny posted a picture of himself standing unaided with a message saying …

A Russian cult leader, Sergei Torop  who claims to be Jesus Christ in Siberia, has been arrested and detained by Russian troops Reports have it that Russian special forces in the early hours of Tuesday, September 22, staged a special operation to detain him. Sergei Torop – known as Vissarion …

A schoolgirl was allegedly gang-raped and killed by four migrants who dumped her on a building site and left her to die.   Desiree Mariottini, 16, from Cisterna di Latina, Italy, was found dead after being drugged and raped in the construction site in the district of San Lorenzo in October …

A teacher is currently in the grips of the law after he flogged one of his students to death for failing to answer his mathematics questions correctly. According to the source, the victim is a 10-year-old girl, identified by her surname Zhang, was a student at a primary school in …

The UK is “now seeing a second wave” of Covid-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, adding, “It’s been inevitable we’d see it in this country.” Mr Johnson said he did not “want to go into bigger lockdown measures” but that tighter social distancing restrictions might be necessary. It is …

TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal. The Department of Commerce said it would bar people in the US from downloading the messaging and video-sharing apps through any app store on any platform. The Trump administration …