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Bob Mougtoussidis, a 70-year-old Canadian man is accused of collecting his mother’s benefits and pension worth almost $200,000 for around 15 years after she passed away, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

A wealthy man who admitted to raping his three-year-old daughter was only given probation instead of a jail sentence because he would “not fare well” in prison, it has been learned. Robert H. Richard IV, heir to the Du Pont chemical company, was sentenced in 2009, but the judge’s decision only became public in March after his ex-wife accused him of sexually abusing his toddler son.

More theories are being floated on the reasons behind the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. One theory cited by Web site Presstv.ir is that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is involved why the ill-fated Boeing 777 is still missing.

The latest report from Amnesty International showed that execution rose by 15 per cent in 2013

A year after the arrest of Matthew and Grace Huang for allegedly forcing starvation to adopted daughter, the American couple from Los Angeles had been sentenced to spend three years in jail in Qatar, according to reports.

A court in Victoria, Australia has acquitted a Melbourne babysitter for the death of a 10-month-old girl left in her care.

Some 147 kilograms of heroin bound for Australia from Ranong has been intercepted by Thailand police on Thursday.

A woman who had Asian features and estimated to be between the ages of 20 and 40 killed herself inside an Asda supermarket in Shipley, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday night..

A man from New Zealand suffered a double whammy when he filed a $70,000 lawsuit against a prostitute for failing to complete a sex session with him. He claimed the sex trade worker breached the country's Consumer Guarantee Acts when she did not deliver a service she was paid for.

Australia has committed to open its doors and facilitate all possible travel assistance to the family members of the 239 passengers of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH370 once wreckage of the missing plane has been found.

The producers of an Australian film of which the plot highly resembles the tragedy that struck the still missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 has decided to pull back the production of the movie out of respect to the victims, families and authorities affected by the incident.

Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg sentenced MP Craig Thomson on Tuesday to 12 months prison term for using $24,000 of Health Services Union (HSU) funds to pay for prostitutes and personal expenses.

The flight of some 2,000 passengers has been delayed at the Brisbane International Airport on Monday morning as authorities were forced to clear the area. A pair of scissors detected in a passenger's carry-on luggage sparked a major re-screening process.

A Kiwi house thief, dubbed as Spiderman, pleaded on Monday guilt to 19 charges, including the theft of expensive and branded items such as Prada watches and Louis Vuitton bags.

The Vatican could easily have received a box of cocaine and condoms if German officials did not intercept it.

Two men died over the weekend when the small plane they are flying crashed in Hawke's Bay in Hastings, New Zealand.

Despite 2 Iranian male passengers known to have used stolen passports and another passenger with knowledge of flight simulation, Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein declared on Friday that foreign intelligence agencies cleared all the passengers aboard the ill-fated Flight 370.

Pope Francis admonished on Friday the Italian Mafia, exposed in the 1980s film The Godfather, to repent of their sins or go to hell.

A Canadian man who claims to be a doctor has been freshly charged for allegedly acting like a paediatric neurosurgeon

New evidence related to legendary singer Kurt Cobain’s death dramatically has forced a fresh review of the case.

Court ruled against a Melbourne man who racially abused a French tourist

Aussie male strippers popularly known as Thunder From Down Under caught in gun brawl in Las Vegas

Gerald Francis Ridsdale, a former Australian Catholic priest, described his paedophile tendencies as "God's work." In raping a four year old girl, he told her she was "God's little angel."

Rachel Canning, the 18-year-old cheerleader who sued her parents for child support, has not only returned home, she has also dropped her lawsuit.

The apparent political motive of the pilot of the missing Malaysian Airline Flight 370 in diverting the Boeing 777 jet is becoming clearer. Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim admitted on Tuesday that he is related to Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the captain of the missing jet, through Mr Anwar's son-in-law.

Described as normally friendly dogs, a pair of Alaskan malamute dogs have mauled to death a 7-year old girl from Manitoba, Canada.

Western Australia's worst sex offender released from jail

The request by lawyers of convicted MP Craig Thomson would likely invite public criticism and anger. Defence lawyer Greg James argued before the Melbourne Magistrate Court on Tuesday not to jail the former national secretary of the Health Services Union (HSU) despite his being found by the court of misusing the HSU-issued credit cards, including pay prostitutes for sex services rendered.

Police investigates infant graveyard in a Queensland property