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Tamil Nadu's health minister announced that breast surgeries would be publicly funded, saying that the poor should not be denied the benefits.

The US Supreme Court denied last-minute stay of execution for Eric Scott Branch who raped and murdered University of West Florida student Susan Morris in 1993.

Bulldozers sent in to destroy homes of Muslims who were ethnically cleansed.

A painting by the French master Edgar Degas was discovered on a bus nine years after it was first stolen from a Marsaille museum.

Police in Argentina seized more than $60m (£43m) of cocaine from the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentine security minister Patricia Bullrich said.

Social media users were irate after an EMT claimed a man had called for an ambulance, only to walk off after getting to the hospital, saying he wanted to visit a friend.

In South Sudan's civil war, sexual violence against men and boys is common. New UN report reveals how men have been castrated and children were forced to watch rape.

Rex the German Shepherd helped saved the life of its owner Javier Mercado during a home invasion in Des Moines, Iowa.

Police in London are asking for information after a series of stabbings left two people dead and one hospitalised. Five have so far been arrested.

Police have arrested twin 47-year-old brothers, both in the space of 10 days, after they were allegedly found with child pornography.

South Londoner Andy Lewis has been charged with the manslaughter Paul O'Donnell close to Nottingham Forest's City Ground on the opening day of the season.

Twins Josh and Jeremey Salyer and identical sisters Britanny and Brianna Deane met at Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the child, was later taken to hospital to treat his superficial neck wounds.

Liza Kanareikina was found ravaged and dismembered after not returning from her daily walk home, which passes through a wooded area in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Armed guard Scott Peterson did not enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland, Florida, and stop Nikolas Cruz shooting dead 17 people.

A teacher at Perth High School got drunk in the classroom from a secret supply of alcohol concealed in a hot water bottle then launched an abusive tirade at her pupils.

Foreign Office issues terror threat for tourists visiting South Africa after Brits are kidnapped.

Air travellers have had some bizarre experiences in recent days -- from watching a woman drying undies in the plane to enduring a person with uncontrollable flatulence.

Materialism leaves a big black hole inside millions of people. The more you have, the less content you feel.

The 16-year-old told police that first one of the men raped her some six months ago but she kept mum due to social stigma and later others joined him in assaulting her.

The victim identified as A Madhu died after a mob beat him severely, accusing him of stealing valuables from the house of a local person.

An anonymous group said it wanted to bring some fun back into the city. Exact locations of the rope swings have not been disclosed.

The weekday morning presenter wanted to share the "most exciting day" of her life with her audience.

Angela McDevitt claimed that her friend Jack Sawyer has revealed his attack plans in a series of messages around the time the Florida shooting happened.

Joseph Boeckmann's lawyer had sought home detention for him but after hearing from two of his victims, Judge Kristine Baker decided to impose stiffer penalty.

A boy aged two and his brother aged six have died in a hit-and-run crash in the Stoke area of Coventry.

A member of the Ertzaintza, the Basque civilian police, died when rival supports from the Spanish club, Athletic Bilbao, and the Russian outfit, Spartak Moscow.

18-year-old Zion Isaiah Shockley has been charged with the murder of his five-month-old daughter with authorities saying he shook the baby to death in frustration at video games.

Authorities have charged 44-year-old William 'Jeff' West with the murder of his wife Kathleen West, 42, who was a model on an adults only website.