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The TikTok-loving Sudanese 'Butcher of the Century' warlord who boasted of slaughtering 2,000 people after horrific footage showed him coldly executing men one by one

Sudanese fighter Abu Lulu - whose real name is Brigadier General Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris - has been called the 'butcher of the century' on social media for his habit of performing acts of violence on camera.

Tragedy as British girl, three, loses fight for life two weeks after she was pulled unconscious from Greek hotel pool

The toddler was staying at a hotel in Lardos on the island of Rhodes with her family when she went towards the swimming pool's ladder and entered the water.

Four illegal migrants - three of whom were supposed to have been deported - are arrested for 'gang-raping student' in Spain

The Algerian men were living in tents in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona after dodging expulsion orders.

Female staff 'are ordered to photograph their sanitary pads to prove they were on their period after complaining they were feeling tired at Indian university'

The incident took place at Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak, India, after a female cleaner showed up late to work on October 26.

Trump sets refugee admissions to a record-low 7,500 - with a priority for white South Africans

Under the new policy, the United States would welcome 7,500 refugees in fiscal 2026, down from more than 100,000 a year under Democratic president Joe Biden .

Three British and Irish women stranded in Himalayas' Hidden Valley for days - as army attempts reach them

Three British and Irish women and 12 trekking guides from Nepal have been stranded in a remote valley in the Himalayas for the past three days after heavy snowfall.

Mystery as British tourist, 52, is found dead 'with injuries on his body' a day after checking in to hotel on tiny Belize paradise island

The 52-year-old man had travelled on Monday to Caye Caulker for a dream holiday, but just a day after checking into the Casa Vista Hotel, he was found dead with injuries.

'Mythical' Iberian lynx with ultra-rare all-white fur is captured on video for the first time ever in Spain

An Iberian lynx with all-white fur due to an ultra-rare genetic condition has been spotted for the first time ever in Spain. The 'mythical' creature, one of the rarest species in the world, was seen in jaw-dropping footage sitting calmly in the mountains of Jaén, southern Spain , on October 22. Spanish photographer, Angel Hidalgo, 29, had been photographing animals in their natural habitat, when he decided to set up a camera trap.

Height of stupidity! Moment fight breaks out between tourists in queue for selfies at popular cliffside Bali beauty spot

This is the moment a fight breaks out between two angry tourists in a queue for selfies at a beauty spot in Bali. The holidaymakers were waiting in line for their turn to pose at the idyllic Kelingking Beach on the Nusa Penida island, a short boat ride from Ubud, when tensions flared.

Afghan knifeman who attacked a group of toddlers, stabbing one to death and killing a man who tried to intervene, is placed in psychiatric care in Germany

The stabbings nine months ago in a park in the western city of Aschaffenburg killed a two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man who tried to protect the children, and left three others wounded.

Brazil police are accused of 'decapitating teen gangster and displaying his head' in favela crackdown before COP 30 delegates including Prince William arrive

Officers have been accused of beheading a teenage gangster and hanging his head from a tree after the country's bloodiest-ever favela raid.

Brit, 26, found dead with gunshot wounds while holidaying on Caribbean island

Kernelle O'Flaherty, 26, was holidaying in St Lucia when he was fatally gunned down in Garrand, Babonneau late on Tuesday evening.

Two policemen are arrested 'for raping mother, 26, while she was in custody at French court'

The woman who accused the two officers said the alleged assault took place overnight Tuesday to Wednesday in Bobigny, a town north of Paris, prosecutor Eric Mathais said.

Terrifying moment plane is hurled around as it flies straight into the eye of Hurricane Melissa

This is the dramatic moment a plane is violently thrown around as it flies straight into the eye of Hurricane Melissa.

Terrified Kremlin stresses recent weapon tests were 'NOT nuclear' after Trump announces US will begin testing its nukes

The Kremlin said its testing of nuclear-powered nuclear-capable weapons - the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater drone - did not constitute a direct test of an atomic weapon.

Cut that out! Politician sparks fury in Peru after she is snapped getting an adviser to trim her toenails

Cut that out! Politician sparks fury in Peru after she is snapped getting an adviser to

A congresswoman has sparked fury in Peru after she was photographed getting an advisor to cut her toenails.

Strike by strike, how Hamas carried out October 7 atrocities in Israel - two years on

The merciless violence claimed 1,200 lives and saw thousands more injured, raped and brutalised. Hundreds were taken back to Gaza as hostages. Two years on, the dust has not settled.

Sun, sea and smugglers: The scourge of narco gangs delivering drug shipments on Spain's tourist beaches in full view of holidaying families

As sunbathers looked on and children played in the sand, a speedboat roared up to a busy Marbella beach - its masked crew leaping ashore to unload bulging packages before racing back to sea.

Tragic story behind one of the world's most iconic photos of vulture waiting for a starving child to die: How famed photographer killed himself after being tormented by guilt over shocking image

The shocking scene was captured in a picture titled The Vulture and the Little Girl - although the child was later revealed to be a young boy - by South African photographer Kevin Carter in 1993.

Inside the whites-only town where new arrivals are strictly vetted and residents deny being racist

At its entrance stands a bust dedicated to Hendrik Verwoerd, the Dutch-born sixth prime minister of South Africa nicknamed the 'father of apartheid' for his entrenchment of racial policies into law.

Inside China's execution conveyor belt: How 'mobile injection vans and firing squads are used to put thousands to death a year' - outstripping capital punishment figures for the rest of the world combined

In 2022, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty said that at least 8,000 people per year were executed in China from 2007 - more than all other countries combined by some margin.

The curse of 'Death Island': How Thai holiday paradise of Koh Tao became a nightmarish hub of murder, suspicious deaths and rape

Local police have often explained the deaths as accidents or suicides, but many cases appear suspicious to family members of the deceased, and are often left insufficiently investigated.

The bloodthirsty gangs ravaging Brit backpacking mecca including 'Los Killers' cartel led by mass murderer and his glamorous girlfriend - as three women are tortured to death on live-stream

The subtle smirk of the baby-faced 'murderer' was plastered on every TV across South America.

The bloodthirsty terror tactics of Mexico's cartels: How ruthless drug gangs punish their enemies and spread fear from mass beheadings to CANNIBALISM - after nine students were found with hands hacked off

The gruesome discovery of nine bodies and a bag filled with their severed hands on a Mexican highway last week had cartel violence written all over it.

Brutal tactics of Ecuador's gangs who send decapitated enemies' heads to their wives and their hearts to their parents - as it's declared the toughest place on earth to be a cop

The coastal nation has seen murder rates soar in recent years as drug lords and criminal masterminds dug their hooks into fresh territory and exploited its ports for maximum profit

Putin's secret space weapon: Kremlin's mysterious Cosmos 2553 satellite 'is fitted with dummy warhead' in 'forerunner to nuke that could wipe out rival spacecraft and cause chaos on Earth'

The 'Cosmos 2553' satellite was blasted through the atmosphere from Russia 's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in February 2022 days before Putin ordered troops across the border into Ukraine.

People who have come back from the dead... and what they say is waiting for us on the other side

Across cultures, centuries, and belief systems, stories of death experiences have stirred fascination, fear, and faith in equal measure.

Global war for control of the ARCTIC: Climate change is unlocking untapped natural resources, new trade routes... and a new international conflict that RUSSIA is already winning

The melting of Arctic ice opens up a massive new frontier, unlocking a treasure trove of previously untapped natural resources, new trade routes, and strategic superiority

How a baseless internet rumour has forced Brigitte Macron to prove she is a woman in a US court: Astonishing full story that led to French president's wife facing Candace Owens

The bizarre story of how an unsubstantiated internet conspiracy theory about 72-year-old Brigitte Macron secretly being a transgender woman has snowballed into a high-profile U.S. court case.

The humbling of Macron: From getting slapped by his wife, and egged by the public to dwarf comparisons and a snub by Trump - all the times the French president was brought back down to earth

Emmanuel Macron was humbled this week after New York City cops stopped him crossing the street because of US President Donald Trump's motorcade.

The Brits who shame us around the world: Global tourist hotspots where law-breaking UK nationals end up in jail - and the criminal activities they get up to from drug smuggling to nightclub brawls

Brits Abroad has long been shorthand for chaos, from nightclub beatdowns and brawls over sun loungers to rape and murder charges at tourist hotspots around the world.

Un-believable! The Western influencers making a living by telling the world how wonderful North Korea is (maybe someone should tell them Kim Jong Un executes people who try to leave)

A new generation of social media influencers are posting vlogs and glossy Instagram photos about their positive experiences visiting the hermit kingdom.

Majorca counts the cost of rejecting tourists: Restaurants and bars say their season has been devastated after UK families took their cash elsewhere in wake of anti-tourist protests

Restaurant and bar owners in Majorca have said their season has suffered due to a plunge in visitors.

Harrowing image of migrant tragedy that shocked Europe - as thousands still die trying to reach continent: Ten years after Alan Kurdi washed up dead in Turkey, how the EU has failed to tackle migrant crisis

The lifeless body of Alan Kurdi, a two-year-old Syrian boy, was found washed up on a beach near the Turkish resort of Bodrum, his red T-shirt and blue shorts soaked in seawater.

'Women are not safe anywhere': Inside 'rape fantasy' chat rooms where men expose footage of family members - even their own sisters or mothers - to equally perverted strangers

Dominique Pelicot solicited dozens of men on the chat room Coco to rape his heavily sedated wife Gisele. The site been shut down, but countless other 'rape fantasy' groups exist online.

Inside horrifying paedophile sect run by one-eyed Nazi colonel in German-style Chilean village where children were tortured and abused... and which is now a tourist hotspot

Once known as Colonia Dignidad, it used to be a secretive paedophile sect established by a one-eyed Nazi in Parral, south of the capital Santiago after he fled Germany .

The village of wives who killed HUNDREDS of husbands: After years of horrific beatings and abuse, one woman had had enough... and led a terrifying, murderous spate of revenge

From 1911 to 1929, dozens of women across Nagyrev and the Tiszazug region turned to homemade arsenic poison to get rid of husbands, parents, lovers, and even children.

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