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Police in India have arrested a man who recently alleged that he had been coerced into burying hundred of bodies of women who were raped before being murdered. His startling claims had thrown the tiny religious town of Dharmasthala in the southern state of Karnataka into turmoil. Home to the centuries-old temple to Manjunatha Swamy…

South Korea has confirmed it fired warning shots earlier in the week at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the heavily-fortified border between the two countries. North Korean state media called the shots a “deliberate provocation” and Pyongyang has accused Seoul of risking “uncontrollable” tensions. The incident was made public as new South Korean President…

Five people have died after a tourist bus returning from Niagara Falls crashed on the motorway in western New York. Witnesses saw the vehicle lose control and turn over approximately 40 miles (64km) from Niagara Falls, a major tourist destination on the US-Canada border. Most of the 52 people on board are from India, China…

Getty Images Lawmakers in California and Texas – the two most populous US states that together contain more than 70 million Americans – are at the centre of an intense political battle that is poised to have a major impact on the balance of power in Washington DC. After Texas passed a redistricting measure that…

Getty Images India’s opposition parties said they were considering an impeachment motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar India’s Election Commission (ECI), one of the most trusted public institutions in the world’s largest democracy, is facing a test of its credibility. Over the past few weeks, it has fielded a string of allegations from…

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, told US officials that a highly discussed “client list” does not exist, according to a released transcript of her interview. In a July interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Maxwell said she was “not aware of any blackmail” and did not witness any inappropriate…

Nardine Saad BBC News, Los Angeles California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Lyle appeared virtually for the hearing, which spanned more than 10 hours Lyle Menendez has been denied parole one day after his brother Erik was similarly blocked from being freed from prison after more than three decades. The Menendez brothers, who were convicted…

Frank Gardner Security correspondent EPA-EFE/KCNA Listen to Frank read this article Glinting in the autumn sun on a parade ground in Beijing, the People’s Liberation Army missiles moved slowly past the crowd on a fleet of giant camouflaged lorries. Needle-sharp in profile, measuring 11 metres long and weighing 15 tonnes, each bore the letters and…

Facebook has removed an Italian group which saw men sharing intimate images of often unsuspecting women with thousands of people online. The Mia Moglie group, which translates to My Wife in English, had around 32,000 members before it was shut down this week. Its discovery has prompted outrage among Italians who are concerned about similar…

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens wounded in two separate attacks in Colombia, deepening the country’s most serious security crisis in decades. Six people died and more than 60 were injured after a car bomb exploded on a busy street in the western city of Cali in Colombia, according to authorities. Earlier…