Why this photo should shock you

AT first glance this image appears as a man holding a baby. But the truth behind it is far more tragic. Warning distressing content.

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New clues in case of missing Australian

A SERIES of clues has been unearthed in the search for the Australian backpacker who disappeared without a trace from a Rio de Janeiro airport.

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Gorilla boy’s mum: ‘Accidents happen’

THE mum of a boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure has lashed out at critics, as footage shows the primate held hands with the child.

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Breast implants popped by kangaroo

BREKKIE WRAP: A South Australian woman is recovering after a kangaroo “jumped” her on a bicycle track, bursting her breast implants.

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Homosexuality now legal in Nauru

NAURU has overhauled its criminal code to legalise homosexuality and suicide, and criminalise marital rape and slavery.

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Boy dumped in forest as punishment

A YOUNG boy has vanished in a bear-infested forest after his parents made him get out of the car as punishment for throwing rocks.

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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.

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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.

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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’.

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Grip tightens on key ISIS city

THE Iraqi army has stormed to the southern suburbs of Fallujah under Coalition air support, the most direct move yet to retake the strategic city from Islamic State.

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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.

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What a day fighting ISIS looks like

THE war on terror is a complicated, sophisticated, and dedicated commitment to every detail. Here’s what a single day looks like.

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Parents leave boy ‘as punishment’

HE IS just seven years old, lost in bear-infested woods, and his parents have admitted they left him there to punish him.

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Town goes up for sale for $11 million

PEOPLE laughed when Nancy Kidwell started building a town in the desert. Fifty years later, it’s home to 350 residents and is on the market for $11 million.

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Boy’s gift moves teachers to tears

KIDS, take note. This 11-year-old wanted to thank his teachers for their hard work before he moved to high school. So he saved up his hard-earned cash for a special gift.

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Gang-raped by 30 men: Suspect arrested

ONE suspect wanted over the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl in Brazil has been arrested, as police vow to find more than 30 others.

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‘A decent bloke with balls of steel’

JAMIE Bright, the ex-ADF soldier killed fighting ISIS in Syria, had no plans to return to Australia, a man who served with him on the frontline has revealed.

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Australian killed fighting IS

BREAKING: An Australian who joined Kurdish forces to fight against IS in Syria has been killed, according to reports.

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The $4000-a-year work time waster

IT’S the time waster costing employers $4000 a year for each employee — but is it worth the effort?

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Backlash over gorilla shooting

ANIMAL lovers are up in arms after a zoo shot dead a rare gorilla to save a boy who had fallen into its enclosure.

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Aussie contractor dies at oil test site

AN Australian man working with an oil and gas drilling company in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has been killed in a workplace accident.

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Flesh-eating disease spreading rapidly

BREKKIE WRAP: A flesh-eating tropical disease is sweeping across ISIS territory — and the bug’s breeding ground is spreading. WARNING: Graphic.

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Mexican soccer star kidnapped

A MEXICAN soccer star, who was part of the country’s 2014 World Cup team, has been kidnapped after he left a party near his hometown.

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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.

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Flesh-eating bug wreaks havoc

A HORRIFIC disfiguring disease transmitted by sand flies is sweeping ISIS strongholds — and it’s spreading. WARNING: Distressing.

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Tragic end for mum chased by robbers

A TERRIFIED woman confronted by a gang of armed robbers ran for her life — but was fatally hit by a truck as she fled.

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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”.

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Desires worse than a horror novel

MELBOURNE man Michael Quinn travelled to the US with sick plans, which were revealed during his latest court appearance.

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16-year-old gang raped by 30 men

POLICE are hunting for 30 men who gang-raped a 16-year-old and shared photos and videos of the sickening crime on Twitter.

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They call her ‘Prison Bey’

THE world can’t get enough of the almost-models who produce flawless mugshots under fluorescent lights. Here’s another.

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Now you can sleep in Diana’s bed

PEOPLE are being given the chance to stay in Princess Diana’s old home, but at this price tag, it may only be fit for a queen.

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Heimlich pulls out his famous move

BREKKIE WRAP: HENRY Heimlich, 96, was forced to put into practice his famous manoeuvre for the first time this week when a woman started choking.

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Lightning strikes kids at park party

ALMOST a dozen people, including eight children, were hurt when lightning struck a Paris park during a birthday party.

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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.

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Heimlich, 96, uses own manoeuvre

DR Henry Heimlich, 96, who invented the lifesaving technique to stop choking, had to use the move for the first time this week to save a woman’s life.

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Boy fights robber with stuffed toy

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy, armed only with a stuffed toy, took on a gun-toting burglar in the US. Watch the video here.

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The secret life of a ladyboy

THEY look every part a woman, but what happens when someone finds out these ladies are a little different? This is their story.

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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.

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Teenage captive ‘raped almost every day’

A TEENAGE girl who was kidnapped, held for nine months, and repeatedly sexually assaulted will finally see her captor behind bars, for at least 45 years.

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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.

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Why I filmed my dad’s death

A FILMMAKER who recorded his father’s slow decline from motor neurone disease describes the heartbreak of capturing it all.

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Hollywood’s most damaging scandal

TINSELTOWN’S seedy secrets have come under the spotlight once more after Elijah Wood’s comments on paedophilic “vipers” in the industry.

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Aussie child sex accused grins in court

MELBOURNE rugby union player Michael Quinn has smiled even as he appeared in shackles in an LA court with trying to procure sex with a six-year-old boy.

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Virgin plane yours on eBay for $415k

BREKKIE WRAP: VIRGIN Atlantic’s first 747-400 jet to enter service has been put on eBay and can be yours for $415,000.

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For sale. Used Virgin plane. $415k

LADY Penelope, the first 747-400 series jumbo jet to enter service with Virgin Atlantic back in 1994, has been put up for sale on eBay.

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Girl clutching rose found 145 years on

THE body of a perfectly preserved girl, who had lain inside a tiny coffin for more than a century, has been discovered by builders under a home in the US.

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Woman’s stunning mugshot goes viral

FIRST came ‘Hot Mugshot Guy’, now we have ‘Prison Bae’ after a booking photo of Sarah Seawright went viral online.

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Swimwear model killed lover in rage

A SLOVAKIAN swimwear model has been found guilty of murdering her businessman boyfriend, despite her claims she acted in self-defence.

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Kim’s secret aunt defected to US

THE aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been discovered living in New York after defecting from the communist state in 1998.

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‘No more excuses’: Last resort to stop Trump

DEFEATED, deflated and increasingly desperate, the dwindling number of Republicans who still oppose Donald Trump have turned to one man.

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