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The parents of the British backpacker who was murdered on a Tinder date in New Zealand broke down in tears outside court as they said their daughter didn’t "deserve to be murdered in such a barbaric way". Grace Millane was choked to death on the night before her 22nd birthday and buried in a suitcase in…

Myanmar’s civilian leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will head up a delegation to the UN’s top court to defend a case accusing the mainly Buddhist country of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, the government said Wednesday, a decision that blind-sided observers. West African nation Gambia is due to open its case before the International…

Rights groups were up in arms on Tuesday at the presence of a youth “charity” at a Unesco event in Paris with close ties to crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and run by a figure linked to a dissident espionage case in America. Some 6,500 people have signed an online petition calling for the UN body…

Mehdi Nekouee should have been fighting for his life on a hospital ward. The 20-year-old law student was one of the first of hundreds shot by Revolutionary Guard in spontaneous anti-government protests that swept across Iran last week. But instead of lying in a hospital bed – or the rack of a morgue – Mr…

Sacha Baron Cohen has called social media companies "the greatest propaganda machine in history" for spreading hate, suggesting Facebook would have allowed Adolf Hitler to buy political adverts promoting the "final solution." The actor and comedian accused Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, and others, of putting business success above the safety of their users. He called…

A pregnant woman was hospitalised after she was punched and stomped on in what has been described as an “Islamophobic attack” in Sydney, Australia.  Security camera footage shows a man approaching three women wearing hijabs as they chatted in a cafe on Wednesday, Nov 20.  The 43-year-old suspect can be seen lunging across the table to…

What caused the internet shutdown in Iran?  The Iranian government implemented a near-total shutdown of internet services after protests began on November 15. The uprisings were sparked by the announcement of hikes in petrol prices across the country of at least 50 per cent. They quickly spread to cities and towns across the country and turned political, with protestors demanding high-ranking officials step down.…

China on Thursday accused the US of seeking to “destroy” Hong Kong and threatened Donald Trump, the US president, with retaliation if he chose to enact new laws supporting human rights in the global financial hub.  The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which mandates sanctions on mainland and Hong Kong officials who carry…

An Indian businessman who posed as a Lufthansa pilot to jump airport queues, impress women and get flight upgrades, has been held by police. Rajan Mahbubani admitted to taking at least 15 flights dressed as a pilot and often getting preferential treatment. The businessman from Delhi was caught on Monday trying to board an AirAsia…

An American woman could be forced to register as a sex offender after appearing topless in front of her step-children in her own home. Tilli Buchanan, from Utah, was charged with three counts of misdemeanour lewdness involving a child after appearing topless along with the children’s father in their home last year. Ms Buchanan’s lawyers…