Three American hikers who were jailed in Iran for over a year on spying charges are now suing Tehran for allegedly torturing them in captivity. Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal had been hiking on Iran's border with Iraq when they were detained by the Iranian authorities in 2009.…
A man who went to hospital with a severe genital infection confessed to medics that he'd had sex with his dog. The man - whose identity was withheld - turned up at the emergency room of San Leonardo Hospital in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania region, southern Italy on an unspecified…
A four-year-old Syrian girl who left Lebanon for Europe on a fishing boat with 60 other migrants died of thirst after no ship or country came to their aid. Loujin Ahmed Nasif had boarded the boat with her mother and one-year-old sister in their attempt to seek a better life…
An 11-year-old girl who was made pregnant by a rapist is expecting a second baby, say officials in Brazil. The pregnancy was discovered when the girl was staying in a Child Services-run shelter in Teresina, Piaui, north-eastern Brazil on Friday, 9th September. The Child Services reported the incident to the…
Turkey is shipping more than 1.5 million carnations for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Florists are said to be working overtime in Turkey's Antalya and Isparta provinces, which are both renowned for their flower industries, according to Turkish media. Growers are reportedly turning to air cargo, instead of land freight, to…
