Law

A British paedophile has been given 22 life sentences after pleading guilty to abusing up to 200 children between the ages of six months and 12 years old in Malaysia. Richard Huckle, 30, posed as devout Christian and English teacher to win trust, then abused children in care home and orphanages in the region Huckle was sentenced to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison by a court in London. He clasped his hands in prayer as his sentence was read out.

A civil servant has been killed after being hit by a student who jumped to his death from an apartment building in the city of Gwangju, South Korea. Yang Dae-jin, 39, was killed when the 25-year-old student jumped from the 20th floor of an apartment building on Tuesday, The Sunshine Coast Daily reports: Mr Dae-jin sustained severe injuries to his head and later died in hospital. The student was killed instantly. The civil servant was on his way home with his pregnant wife and five-year-old son in Gwangju, South Korea.

The last thing Hillary Clinton needs a day before the California primary is a stark reminer of the "clan's" tendency for mischief outside of the White House. Which is why the latest news that Roger Clinton, Bill's brother, has been arrested - and in Southern California at that - for drunk driving, may have come at the worst possible moment for the Democratic presidential candidate, for whom winning the Golden State is a matter of urgency. 

Disturbing footage of an exorcism went viral this weekend showing what appears to be a woman possessed by Islamic spirits known as Jinn.  The video was uploaded to YouTube entitled, “It’s time for the truth”, with its uploader explaining that Jinn are “spiritual beings that can attack humans by order of Shaitan or Iblis, the equivalent of satan in Christianity”. Mirror.co.uk reports: It goes onto say that “a demonic possession and an exorcism or deliverance exercise of a woman victim of one of these evil spiritual beings is shown”.

The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) warns that a 15-year-old teenager imprisoned without charge in Saudi Arabia for 2 years may be executed at any time. Murtaja Abdullah Algariras was arrested at the age of 13 for attending anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia. He has been held without charge as a political prisoner and has suffered torture at the notorious Dammam jail.