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A mother has been charged with murdering her two sons and attempting to kill her grandfather before jumping out of her 11th-floor apartment.
Aleah Newell was held without bail on Saturday after she left one of her sons in the bath and threw another from the window of the flat she shared with them.
They were two years old and seven months old.
Newell,
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Write comment (92 Comments)A replacement for Iran's top general has been announced after his predecessor was killed in a targeted US airstrike.
Esmail Ghaani, 62, has taken over from Major General Qassem Soleimani, after he was killed along with nine others when the US hit his motorcade just outside Baghdad's international airport on Friday morning.
The new commander of
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Write comment (90 Comments)The first visual reaction to the assassination of Iranian general Qasim Soleimani is on display in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Thousands of people aligned to the Iraqi Shia militia groups who General Soleimani honed and nurtured over many years have gathered, alongside senior Iraqi politicians, to mourn his death and those killed with him in the
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Write comment (98 Comments)An Australian man hailed a hero for risking his life to save his neighbours' homes from deadly bushfires has tearfully said he did something "really, really stupid".
Tales of heroism, incredible escapes and the trauma of being caught in the path of merciless blazes have been emerging in Australia.
One man struggled to choke back his emotion as he
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Write comment (98 Comments)Sailors from around the world have paid tribute to a professional sailor who has died in a boating accident.
The death of Zane Gills, who lived in Lymington, Hampshire, was announced on Facebook by his wife, Sarah.
An Australian national, the 37-year-old reportedly died in an accident on a boat in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of New Year's Eve.
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Write comment (97 Comments)The death toll from flash floods around Indonesia's capital Jakarta has risen to at least 53 with a further 175,000 people being made homeless.
Authorities confirmed one other person is missing as the region suffered some of the heaviest rain since records began.
The floods have brought chaos to parts of South East Asia's biggest city, with train
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