21 h. ago Shocking moment British tourist 'attacks shopkeeper and teenage boy in front of terrified family' in Thailand

A British tourist has been arrested for attacking a shopkeeper and a teenage boy on the Thai island of Phuket.

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62 h. ago Scots tourist arrested after 'rampage' on Thai holiday island

A teenage boy and a shopkeeper were allegedly attacked by a Scots tourist on the Thai island of Phuket.

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3 d. ago Live and work on a remote Scottish island with less than 20 residents this summer

A rare chance has opened up to spend summer 2025 working in one of the country's most special places

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3 d. ago American YouTuber leaves can of diet Coke for world’s most isolated tribe and gets arrested

American man left coconut and soda can on island for tribe that killed a man in 2018

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4 d. ago Nurse influencer Hailey Okula dies in childbirth after years spent battling infertility

Hailey Okula tragically died on March 29th when she went into cardiac arrest after giving birth to her and her husband Matt's first child, which they welcomed through IVF

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4 d. ago Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade

Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islandsTariffs send US markets tumbling to worst day since Covid crashTrade tariffs imposed on tiny Australian territories that are either uninhabited or claim to have no trading relationship with the US appear to have been calculated based on erroneous trade data.The data relates, at least in part, to shipments mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island, or Heard Island and McDonald Islands, instead of their correct countries of origin, the Guardian can reveal. Among the erroneously-labelled shipments over the past five years from the island territories are shipments of aquarium systems, Timberland boots, wine and parts for a recycling plant. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago American tourist arrested for sailing to remote island and giving can of Coke to world's most isolated tribe

The man was detained in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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4 d. ago US tourist arrested for leaving a can of Coke for untouched tribe on a remote island is a wannabe travel influencer who spent time with the Taliban

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, creates YouTube videos under the username Neo-Orientalist. He seemingly teased his visit to North Sentinel Island online five months before making the journey.

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4 d. ago American tourist leaves can of coke for world’s most isolated tribe and gets arrested

American man was seen leaving on inflatable single-seater boat

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4 d. ago Tourist tries to give world's most isolated tribe a can of Coke

Mykhailo Polyakov reportedly sailed 25 miles to the remote island before entering a notorious tribe's area – and leaving a can of Coke and coconuts behind as an offering

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4 d. ago US tourist arrested after leaving can of Coke as 'offering' for world's most isolated tribe

American Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov reportedly made a makeshift craft to cross the 25-mile distance before entering a restricted tribal Indian island – and leaving a can of Coke as an offering

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4 d. ago Rapist who posed as Vogue photographer to snare victims is arrested on suspicion of drugging and sexually assaulting a tourist after early release from UK jail

Fabio Moniz was jailed for life in September 2013 and ordered to serve a minimum of nine years for raping two women he poisoned with GHB after targeting them at West End nightclubs.

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4 d. ago US base and 4,000 of its troops are 'at risk of complete destruction' if Trump decides to strike Iran, state newspaper warns as it lays out how Tehran would launch attack with long

Iranian armed forces-run Defra Press claimed that Iran 'certainly has sufficient weapons' to attack Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the US has recently bolstered military presence

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4 d. ago Man arrested after German woman alleges rape by driver in India

Suspect offered to give tourist and local friend ride to nearby market but took her to a secluded spot instead, police say

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4 d. ago 'Idiotic' US tourist is arrested for sailing to remote island and leaving a can of Coke for the world's most isolated tribe to try

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, was arrested in the India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands after he allegedly visited a prohibited tribal reserve on North Sentinel Island without authorization.

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5 d. ago Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica

Australian prime minister surprised after external territories – including tiny Norfolk Island and remote islands home to penguins – targeted by US presidentA group of barren, uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, covered in glaciers and home to penguins, have been swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war, as the US president hit them with a 10% tariff on goods.Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which form an external territory of Australia, are among the remotest places on earth, accessible only via a two-week boat voyage from Perth on Australia’s west coast. They are completely uninhabited, with the last visit from people believed to be nearly 10 years ago. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Remote Scottish island with dramatic landscape named among best places to wild camp in Europe

This isolated island has a population of just 40 people.

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5 d. ago The Scottish island home to surprising animal from the other side of the world

The rare mammal was spotted on a remote Scottish island by wild campers Craig Ferguson and Greig McBride

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1 week ago Vlogger who moved from Liverpool to a remote Greek island explains why she would NEVER move back to the UK

Emma and her partner Adam, both from Liverpool, emigrated to Zakynthos, Greece, in March 2023 after 'catching the travelling bug' while working onboard luxury cruise ships.

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2 w. ago German tourist chased by security after climbing up sacred Mayan Temple in Mexico

A German tourist has been arrested after climbing the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Mexico.

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