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Body in a cement-filled drum found in Toronto harbour; two sets of human remains found in cottage country As the boom on a Marine Police launch cranked up its winch, the rusty oil drum broke […] […]

There are reports that shots are being fired in west Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens, Jamaica, as members of the security forces prepare to move in to arrest alleged crime lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. The […] […]

A state of emergency is to be imposed in Kingston and St Andrew at 6pm today as as the instability of the capital continues with criminals seeking to prevent the arrest of alleged crime lord […] […]

POLICE ARE QUESTIONING a 13-year-old female secondary school student who allegedly attacked a nine-year-old girl witha knife, then forced her to unrobe and to perform oral sex on her (the older student’s) brother. Reports reaching […] […]

“THE bitch was in my way.” That was the alleged justification from a cyclist who fatally attacked the elderly mother of former footballer Joe Thomas in a suburban Sydney street. Mary Touma, 71, was walking […] […]

THE ‘Umbrella’ gang has emerged as one of the “most brutal” criminal organisations operating across the country. The gang has made its name in Newlands, St Catherine, where it is involved in a bloody battle […] […]

SHANGHAI, China — Usain Bolt has won the 200 meters at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai with a time of 19.76 seconds. The reigning world and Olympic champion over 100 and 200 meters was […] […]

THE Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for a night-time assault on NATO’s biggest base in southern Afghanistan, in which insurgents firing rockets, mortars and automatic weapons tried to storm Kandahar air field. It was the second […] […]

A JORDANIAN man was charged with raping and murdering his daughter after allegedly impregnating and then carrying out an abortion during which she died, police said. “The 19-year-old woman died on Sunday morning of severe […] […]

SIX people were shot with one person confirmed dead at a house party in Queens, New York yesterday. The incident took place at 182nd Street and 145th Drive in the Springfield Gardens section of the […] […]