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Russian at centre of paternity row with ex-Malaysian King will go to court to prove he's the father

Oksana Voevodina is going through a bitter divorce from her ex-husband Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan and now their paternity row over Oksana's son is set to go to court.




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Britain's worst paedophile 'stabbed to death with a makeshift blade'

Huckle was stabbed to death in his cell at HMP Full Sutton with a makeshift 'shiv' knife and fellow inmate Paul Fitzgerald (pictured) is in isolation as Humberside Police investigates.




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Britain's most evil paedophile Richard Huckle was strangled then stabbed with a homemade knife

Huckle, who abused 200 children, was knifed to death in his cell at HMP Full Sutton with a makeshift 'shiv' reportedly fashioned from a toothbrush.




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Freelance FBI operative from Michigan was killed in Ukraine in 2015

Billy Reilly vanished in June 2015 after traveling to Moscow and then Rostov-on-Don where he went to a camp used by Donetsk People's Republic, a Russia-backed proto-state.




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Financier accused of stealing £3bn from Malaysian government was 'transformed' by time at Harrow

Malaysian financier Jho Low, who was, accused of stealing £3 billion from his country's government was directly inspired by the overt wealth of his peers at Harrow-school, says economic expert.




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Former soldier tells how his life was saved by Poppy Appeal after he was left homeless and suicidal

Leon Parker, 20, from Wirral, revealed how his life was saved by the British Legion after he was diagnosed with PTSD when he left the Army, and spent 13 weeks living in a tent in the woods.




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Adelaide woman issues desperate plea two years after her mother disappeared in Malaysia

Jen Bowen, from Adelaide, has travelled to South East Asia more than a dozen times since December 2017, when her mother Anna Jenkins vanished without a trace in Malaysia during a daylight Uber trip.




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Ex-King of Malaysia hits back at 'cruel and vindictive' Russian model he married

Malaysia's ex-king, now Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, 50, has examined photos of the child his ex-wife says is his. He responded by saying the boy could be 'the son of any Asian man'.




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Ex-King of Malaysia insists son born to his Russian wife is raised a Muslim and NEVER contacts him

Oksana Voevodina, 27, insists the child is the Sultan's - conceived on a holiday in Australia - and vowed to go to court in Moscow to demand a DNA test in a bid to prove the then king's paternity.




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Sri Lankan passenger who threatened to blow up a Malaysia Airlines plane has sentence cut

Manodh Marks, the first person in Australia to be jailed for attempting to take control of an aircraft, could now be released from prison in two-and-a-half years.




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He dyed like a dog! Stray pooch manages to turn his fur green by rolling around in coloured powder 

A stray dog was spotted this month with his fur dyed bright green after it is believed he rolled around in the coloured powder at a rubbish tip in Malaysia. His image went viral sparking a local rescue mission.




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Dengue fever could be eradicated in hot countries by infecting mosquitoes with bacteria

Cases of dengue fever at sites in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, reduced by 40 per cent after an international team of scientists injected mosquitoes with a strain of Wolbachia.




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Sumatran rhinoceros becomes EXTINCT in Malaysia after last of the species in the country dies

The Sumatran rhino has become extinct in Malaysia after the last known species has died of cancer aged 25 on Saturday. It comes six months after the death of the last male rhino.




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Great Britain and England hockey player Sam Ward loses SIGHT in his left eye

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sam Ward is now facing a battle to continue playing after being struck in the face with a hockey ball during an Olympic Games qualifier this month.




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Australian who faced death over importing the drug ice into Malaysia has conviction quashed

Australian grandmother Maria Exposto, who faced death by hanging after being found guilty of importing ice into Malaysia in 2014 has had her conviction overturned by the country's federal court.




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Grandmother who escaped death by hanging after being acquitted of smuggling ice plans to celebrate

A grandmother (pictured) who faced death by hanging after being found guilty of importing the drug ice into Malaysia plans on celebrating her freedom with a special meal.




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Sydney grandmother who escaped Malaysian gallows acquitted of smuggling ice FORGIVES scammers

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was acquitted on Tuesday of trafficking more than one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine through Kuala Lumpur International Airport in December 2014.




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Grandmother who cheated death after ice smuggling conviction quashed in Malaysia will return home

Maria Exposto, 55, from Sydney was freed on Tuesday after the Federal Appeal Court of Malaysia agreed that she was an innocent dupe and had not known she was carrying drugs in December 2014.




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Ecological Society photo competition features STUNNING images of the natural world

Roberto García Roa from the University of Valencia captured the winning image called 'Red Night', which shows a Malagasy tree boa perched in a tree, that he photographed while in Madagascar.




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Ouch! Teenage girl takes down taekwondo master with an accidental kick to the groin 

The martial arts expert had been teaching taekwondo stances to Syamimi Sazilan, 16, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when the eager student misjudged the distance of her kick.




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Whale shark 'thanks' fishermen with a swish of its tail after they cut it free from rope

The encounter was filmed off the coast of Bintulu in Sarawak, Malaysia. Footage shows a fisherman pulling the shark closer to the boat before cutting it free with a cleaver.




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Police investigate 'threat to life' of Russian beauty queen's baby son

Oksana Voevodina, 27, says she was told via a friend that her son Ismail is in 'mortal danger', that she should drop her paternity lawsuit against the former Sultan of Malaysia, and stop speaking to the press.




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Terrifying moment two boys are thrown from their car in motorway crash but escape uninjured

Norseha Abdullah, 44, was driving with her three children when a 34-year-old woman lost control of her red Proton Waja on a motorway in Malaysia.




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Restaurant opens serving only airline food-believing they are so good foodies will flock to eat them

Budget airline AirAsia must have missed the memo about the popularity of airline food, announcing the opening of a new restaurant serving only in-flight meals.




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Parking scam that will make you sick: road workers seen removing a cover from no parking sign

A family holidaying in Melbourne were shocked to return to their van to find it being towed away after the 'no parking' sign was covered up.




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Steve Harvey flubs Miss Universe AGAIN after naming Miss Philippines a winner instead of Malaysia

The entertainer and author again was caught in a flub that was reminiscent of when he gave Miss Colombia the crown in 2015 and then had to take it back and give it to Miss Philippines.




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Miss Universe organizers claim Steve Harvey did NOT blunder

It initially appeared Steve Harvey had named the wrong winner in the category on Sunday when he announced Miss Philippines had won as Shweta Sekhon stood beside him in full costume.




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Jacinda Ardern meets first responders after volcano eruption leaves five dead and dozens injured

Heroic New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has rolled up her sleeves and gotten to work meeting first responders and traumatised tourists after a horrific volcano eruption leaves five dead.




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Nora Quoirin's family 'still think she was abducted from Malaysian resort'

Charles Morell, lawyer for Nora Quoirin's family, says her parents still 'cannot understand how she could leave by herself' and wander into the Malaysian jungle where she was found dead Tuesday.




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Iran's President Rouhani warns his nuclear experts are testing new advanced centrifuges

President Hassan Rouhani used his platform at the Islamic conference in the city to rebuke the 'heaviest sanctions' by the US, claiming Iran's economy is on the mend and moving away from reliance on oil.




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Fury as 4,000 chickens are thrown into a pit and drowned or buried alive in Thailand 

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Angry locals filmed the birds being cruelly thrown into a waterlogged hole by staff at an animal quarantine centre in Songkhla.




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Tragedy as boy, 16, dies after crashing into a pole while skateboarding

Paramedics were called to the scene in Townsville at 2.30pm on Saturday where bystanders were already attempting to resuscitate the boy.




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Townsville: Teenager who died in tragic skateboarding accident identified as Mohammad Farhan Fudhail

Mohammad Farhan Fudhail, 16, has been catching up with an old school friend in Jezzine Barracks, Townsville, on Saturday when he died.




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New Year's Eve revellers begin queuing up for Sydney Harbour fireworks

There was still 41 hours to go when the first group of eager revellers began queuing at Mrs Macquarie's Chair for a prime spot to see the New Year's Eve fireworks on Sydney Harbour.




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Malaysia Airlines flight stops just seconds before take-off twice in two days

Travellers were boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight on New Year's Day from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland when their journey came to a sudden halt.




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Malaysia Airlines has apologised after giving 'gross' snacks to passengers on flight to Auckland

Flight MH145 from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland was cancelled about 8.45pm on New Year's Day after passengers sat in the plane on the tarmac for hours.




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Michelle Keegan QUITS Our Girl to spend more time in the UK... after Mark Wright left US TV role

The 32-year-old actress played British army medic Georgie Lane on the show for three seasons but plans to leave in order to spend more time in the UK.




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Michelle Keegan shares busty selfie in a heart print mini dress after revealing she's quit Our Girl

She recently announced she was leaving BBC One drama Our Girl after four years. And Michelle looked in high spirits as she shared a busty snap clad in a heart print plunging dress on Tuesday.




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Ex-Arsenal and Bayern forward Lukas Podolski visits Johor Darul Ta'zim

The 34-year-old, who won the World Cup with Germany back in 2014, currently plies his trade in Japan at Vissel Kobe. The official Twitter account of Johor Darul Ta'zim posted photos of Podolski.




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Lewis Capaldi poses with Prince Harry at charity dinner before the Royal breaks silence over Mexit

Lewis, 234, jetted over from Malaysia, via Dubai, especially to perform at the function in London on Sunday evening, before heading to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards.




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Shipping containers filled with plastic waste are sent back to countries including Britain

Fed up with the relentless stream of waste being offloaded by nations such as Britain and the US, Malaysia's government today ordered 3,737 metric tonnes of trash be returned.




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Three-year-old boy Muhammad Haryz Nadzim from County Durham youngest ever Mensa High IQ Society

Little Muhammad Haryz, of County Durham, Nazim scored 142 on the Stanford-Binet IQ test, placing him in the 99.7th percentile of UK IQ scores.




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Former Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski joins Turkish side Antalyaspor

Lukas Podolski has embarked on the latest chapter of his career by joining Turkish side Antalyaspor on a free transfer.




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The 'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort is suing the company that bankrolled the epic for FRAUD

Belfort filed his suit against Red Granite Pictures in the Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that the movie was financed by money pilfered from the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad fund (1MDB).




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Jacqueline Jossa set to replace Michelle Keegan in the BBC1 series Our Girl after Michelle quits

Jacqueline Jossa is allegedly set to replace Michelle Keegan as the main role in the BBC One military drama Our Girl.




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New search for MH370 will be launched with plans look to send world's leading seabed searchers

Families of victims and the Malaysian government are currently looking to send Ocean Infinity on a new quest to find the missing flight, with talks it could happen within months.




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Why troubadour Tom Walker owes it all to Love Island - and a homeless smoker

Tom Walker is living in a blur. He has gone from struggling musician who couldn't pay the rent to having a No 1 album, winning a Brit award and travelling the world




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220 tons of 'recycled' waste from Britain is found dumped in a warehouse in Poland

The mountain of waste which includes cardboard, drinks packets, aluminium foil and paper was discovered in a warehouse in Bogaczew, 72miles from the port city of Gdansk.




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Malaysian student returns to rental property to discover her eviction over coronavirus fears 

The woman, named as Helen, found a note taped to the door of her Perth rental property outlining why the house was in lockdown.




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Truck wrecks historic footbridge in Penang after misjudging height of his load

CCTV footage shows the huge lorry trundling through Penang last week on its approach to the 45-year-old Weld Quay bridge by the ferry terminal. Local authorities after deemed the bridge 'beyond repair'.