68 h. ago Man arrested after car crashes into lamppost in Welsh village

The male driver and a female passenger were taken to hospital following the crash

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4 d. ago Three villagers arrested after mass poisoning of family of tigers in India

Villagers resorted to ‘retaliatory killing’ of tiger and its four cubs by using pesticide to poison carcass, forest officials say

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7 d. ago Five tigers found dead in suspected mass poisoning at Indian wildlife sanctuary

India has already lost 103 tigers this year, according to India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority

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2 w. ago Horror as teenage girl is 'sexually assaulted' while waiting at a village bus stop as man, 30, is arrested

The girl was allegedly approached by a man while she was waiting for a bus in the village of Longdowns near Penryn, Cornwall.

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3 w. ago Israel raids a Syrian village and detains suspected militants; 1 person is killed

Israel’s army has raided a village in southern Syria to arrest several alleged agents of the Palestinian militant group Hamas

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3 w. ago Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year

Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breathAustralian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath.Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands of people every year, killing 20-40% of victims, according to Doctors Without Borders. In November, Australian backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, along with British lawyer Simone White, were among six tourists to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of woman in Welsh village

Police are investigating the death which is being treated as an isolated incident

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4 w. ago ‘Send her home’: Son of Irish woman, 70, in Israeli detention pleads for her release

Exclusive: Activist Deirdre Murphy, who has a long-term health condition, was arrested last week in a West Bank village demolished by Israeli bulldozers

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