EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Sam Ward tilts his head forward to show a scar running all the way across his scalp down to the bottom of his left ear. 'I had my face off,' he explains.

The adorable creature perches on railings next to the woman in Mangrove Park, Perak, Malaysia. It moves behind the woman to kick her before nibbling on the sleeve of her shirt.

The 83-year-old woman and her husband were among 145 passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship who flew to Malaysia on February 14, Malaysia's health ministry said in a statement.

British ultralight pilot Charles Batham flew out of Perth in February 2011  - just a week before he was due to face court on charges including allegedly having sex with a child under the age of 13.

Russian beauty queen Oksana Voevodina and her former husband the Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan are at war after their ill-fated and short-lived marriage and battling over a financial settlement.

Mr Abbott sensationally revealed he was told by the 'very top levels' of the Malaysian government just days after the tragedy Captain Zaharie Shah was a suicidal killer.

Oksana Voevodina, 27, revealed the astonishing messages during a TV interview with presenter and politician Ksenia Sobchak. She claims they were sent by the Sultan's 'hidden Czech wife'.

The MS Westerdam made shore in Sihanoukville on February 13 after being rejected by five countries over fears its passengers could be carrying the new virus, which has killed more than 2,000 people.

Ina Meliesa Hassim was fired from her position with Malaysia Airlines in 2017 for being just one pound 'overweight'. The Industrial Court of Malaysia ruled in favour of the airline.

The Malaysian flag carrier scooped a total of three accolades at the annual Cellar in the Sky Awards in London, which included the coveted title of having the best overall wine cellar for 2019.

In a desperate attempt to contain a crisis, the Asian nation is 'working around the clock' to trace potential carriers of the killer infection.

A pensioner who smuggled more than £53million worth of rare baby eels to the Far East from a barn in the West Country has been spared jail after lawyer argued he could catch the virus.

Officers were called to Heathrow at 4.29am this morning just after the aeroplane landed. Police confirmed they had arrested a woman on suspicion of being drunk on board.

The viral social media message claims the Australian Government has decided to ban all religious, sporting, social and cultural gatherings, as well as closing the borders.

Airlines are refusing to check in passengers trying to get on flights out of Australia if they are headed to locked down countries, as more and more close their borders against coronavirus.

This week a reader asks for help with claiming a refund after they had to abandon their tour around Asia, while another seeks tips on how to plan a challenging hike in the Alps for after lockdown...

In February, just 19,500 short-term visitors came from China - the lowest monthly tally since January 2004, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed. Travel bans have hit the tourism industry.

TJ and Chee, from Malaysia, appeared on Location, location, location last night as they hunted for their forever family home in Winchester but viewers were unimpressed by their picky attitudes.

It's the brew the nation always turns to in times of crisis - but now even the great British cuppa is coming under threat from the coronavirus.

USS America has steamed to intercept a Chinese government survey ship and several of its China Coast Guard escorts after they ventured into contested waters off the coast of Malaysia.

Drug dealers are using takeaway delivery drivers to drop 'pizza boxes or other food containers' containing cocaine, marijuana, ketamine and ecstasy at buyer's houses, warns Interpol.

Kanchamaiporn Saithong, 35, was found sprawled on the floor of his room lying on top of the two phones after he failed to turn up for work in the city of Chonburi.

Footage shows the neighbours - an elderly man and another who appears to be in his thirties - trading feeble punches on a street in Buriram, north-eastern Thailand.

Flamur 'Alex' Beqiri, 36, has been linked to several gangland murders in Sweden where he was once one of the country's most wanted men. He died in a hail of bullets outside his home in London.

Pitak Tabsuk, 35, saw his truck smashed in half by a passing train at a level-crossing in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Its left wheel had been jammed.

The Love Island winner, 22, put on a leggy display in a black leather mini skirt while leaving a radio station with pal Anna Vakili in London on Thursday.

The beauty, 24, shared several short clips of her chatting about trying out a new hair do on Instagram on Wednesday night, but wrote on one of her posts: 'I'm a really ugly blonde'.

Too Moo, 26, was swimming in Champion Lakes, Perth, when he failed to resurface about 6.15pm on Thursday.

CCTV footage captured the moment the passenger train struck the vehicle in Nakhon Pathom, central Thailand, on Wednesday night. The locomotive did not appear to slow down after the impact.

A monkey refused bananas before accepting a handful of crisps by a tourist driving along Bang Saen beach, in Chon Buri, Thailand. He aggressively chucked the fruit on to their seat.

Sydney will now host the Matildas' matches against China, Taiwan and Thailand after Asian Football Confederation moved games away from Nanjing due to coronavirus outbreak.

The daredevil pooch carried out the incredible feat in Hua Hin, Thailand. An amazed onlooker films as the hound slowly scales the gate before wiggling through a gap and jumping down the other side.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Si Racha Zoo in eastern Thailand put on the 'tiger chasing piglet show' so visitors could watch the the tiny animals being chased by female tiger Saimai.

With a sheer floral shirt revealing a bright yellow bra the Love Island star brought the sun to an otherwise rainy night as she stepped out for a sushi dinner at Amazonico, in Mayfair, London.

Experts at the University of Southampton mapped the global threat using travel data. Experts say millions of Chinese people would have travelled before cities in Hubei province were put into lockdown.

The unnamed holidaymaker in his 30s (pictured) called emergency services in the notorious red-light city of Pattaya, while yelling incoherently down the phone on Saturday night.

The pods, called Jungle Bubbles, have been installed at the five-star Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand.

Britain's No 1 boxer Josh Taylor has vowed to never again let alcohol jeopardise that hard-earned status nor imperil his golden future.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A giraffe was found dead today in swamp in Chachoengsao province,Thailand(left), just two days after it escaped from a truck bound for a zoo.

Kris, 25, shocked his match, Jess, on First Dates on Wednesday, when he admitted he had gone to a 'ping pong show' in Thailand. 

There are 117 nationals from Wuhan in Bangkok, Thailand, and a further 100 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, who are understood to be desperate to get back to the coronavirus-stricken city 'as soon as possible'.

The footage was recorded in Phang Nga, southern Thailand, on Wednesday morning. The 8-foot-long male snake was found with his 7-foot-long female counterpart before they were eventually freed.

The footage was recorded by hygiene officials who visited the factory in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand, on Tuesday. The workers raise the chicken to their mouths and begin tearing at them with their teeth.

The Good Spa Guide reports a steady increase in UK spa-break bookings in general but particularly in breaks offering a taste of Thailand or a massage Moroccan-style.

Jennelle Gordon, 37, from California, was a victim of sex trafficking at the age of 19 and faked her own death to escape. She has since bounced back thanks to tantra and now helps other victims.

Medics in Thailand tested the drug mix on a patient in a 'serious condition' with the disease and within 48 hours they were declared disease-free. The drugs are normally used for HIV and influenza treatment.

Puppy Kevin was born on Sunday in Chachoengsao, central Thailand. Despite only having one eye the newborn dog appears to be otherwise healthy and is being bottle fed by his doting owners.

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 426, with the total number of cases worldwide now standing at almost 21,000, officials said on Tuesday.

Amornrak Jitkoh, 45, was furious after discovering local policeman Jumrus Doljue, 57, had been sleeping with his fortune teller wife, Nai.

In a series of text exchanges seen by Daily Mail Australia, Chinese students admit rushing to 'visa-free' countries to get around the ban - and enter Australia as soon as possible.