Indian police have filed a case against Miss Universe, American Olivia Culpo, for an unauthorised footwear fashion shoot at the Taj Mahal, India’s white-marble monument to love.

A residential building being constructed illegally on forest land in a suburb of India’s financial capital collapsed into a mound of steel and concrete, killing at least 47 people and injuring 70 others, authorities said.

A half-finished building that was being constructed illegally in a suburb of India’s financial capital has collapsed, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 50 others, police said. Friday.

A shark possibly 4.2m long killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired gunshots at the enormous predator.

A shark said to have been up to 14ft long killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach today, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired at the predator.

A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil, filling the air in seconds with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers, many of whom were caught in a stampede to escape.

A Brazilian man has turned up at his own funeral very much alive.

Children under 16 have been banned from a Welsh city centre at night in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

Attempts to explore the private lives of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey and her husband provoked fierce clashes today at the trial of two men accused of the crime.

A day after nearly 250 survivors were rescued when a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea, crews searching for more than 110 missing people have found no further survivors.

A viable explosive device has been discovered in a heavily populated area of Belfast city centre.

A powerful bomb tore into the heart of Norway today, killing seven people and injuring at least 15 as it ripped open buildings, including the prime minister’s office.

A house in Australia is expecting 200,000 party guests after an invitation was sent out on a hacked Facebook page.

Police are bracing themselves for a mass invasion of an ordinary home in Australia after 200,000 people replied to a party invite put on a girl’s hacked Facebook page.

New Zealand’s South Island was under a state of emergency today and rocked by aftershocks after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand’s South Island early on Saturday.

SPANISH police say that for the first time they have broken up a human-trafficking gang that brought men to the country to work as prostitutes, providing them with Viagra, cocaine and other stimulant drugs to be available for sex with other men 24 hours a day.

People evacuated from their homes told today how they picked their way through twisted shards of metal and glass after a car bomb attack at a British Army base in the North.

A TODDLER who had more than 40 sewing needles pushed into his body by his step-father was airlifted to a specialist hospital for emergency treatment yesterday.

A body believed to be that of missing toddler Aisling Symes has reportedly been found in New Zealand.

YOU could hardly imagine a more homely or tranquil scene: a young couple take time out to do a spot of gardening while their toddler plays happily nearby.

A paramedic who treated John Travolta’s son shortly before he died in the Bahamas threatened to release private information unless the star paid 25 million dollars, a court heard today.

Public-order tactics used by British police are “inadequate” and should be reviewed, a report into the G20 protests found today.

New Zealand police say two workmen have been killed and two injured after a house being moved to a new location collapsed, trapping the men under it in the northern city of Auckland.

India’s first woman serial killer who claimed at least 10 victims has been sentenced to death by hanging.

A MUMBAI businessman was arrested on charges of raping his daughter for nine years under the influence of a “holy” man.

A Mumbai businessman was arrested on charges of raping his daughter for nine years under the influence of a “holy” man.

Australian police say four teenage boys rampaged through a Sydney high school, smashing part of the canteen and a car with a small axe and a machete before being arrested. No one was injured.

Rescuers in New Zealand plucked a Japanese climber alive from the country’s highest mountain today, but his companion was found dead.

Brazilian authorities said today that they have recovered the forearms and left leg of a British teenager who was dismembered along the banks of a remote river near the central city of Goiania.

Two of the three cross-dressing prostitutes involved in the scandal with Ronaldo have admitted lying about having sex and using drugs with the AC Milan striker.

An overloaded cabin cruiser on a night-time joyride in Sydney’s famous harbour collided with a fishing trawler, killing five young people and injuring nine.

POLICE are investigating claims by AC Milan striker Ronaldo that a transvestite prostitute sought to extort money from him following an altercation at a Rio de Janeiro motel.

Police are investigating claims by AC Milan striker Ronaldo that a transvestite prostitute sought to extort money from him following an altercation at a Rio de Janeiro motel.

Two people died in a light plane crash today at an air force base in northern New Zealand, police said.

A TEENAGER was yesterday found dead in a county hit by a spate of suicides.

A Tanzanian primary school teacher appeared in court today to face charges he murdered his six-year-old daughter because he believed she was a witch, state radio reported.

Three people were reported to have been killed as cyclonic winds and rain ripped across Australia’s north-western coast today, tearing roofs from houses in remote towns and laying waste to at least one mining camp.

A SERIES of bombs hit packed commuter trains and stations in India’s financial hub Mumbai yesterday, killing at least 163 people and wounding hundreds.

Eight bombs tore through packed commuter trains in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) today, killing at least 147 and wounding hundreds more in what authorities called a co-ordinated terrorist strike at the heart of a city embodying India’s global ambitions.

AT least 100 people were killed when flames engulfed a crowded trade fair in the north Indian city of Meerut, police said.

Two British tourists and one from Ireland were among five skydivers killed when a plane crashed into a lake in eastern Australia shortly after take-off, police said today.

A teenage boy has been locked in mediation – allegedly without food or water - in a Nepalese jungle for six months, and thousands have flocked to see him with some believing he’s the Buddha reincarnated.