Stunning photos show indigenous Kamaiurá people diving underwater and swimming beneath a waterfall in the Amazonian basin in a remote part of Brazil. The Kamaiurá, whose name means 'a raised platform to keep meat, pots and pans', were first contacted by the outside world in 1884. Its population was ravaged by disease in the 1950s but the region was declared a national park by the Brazilian authorities in 1961 to prevent the spread of deadly epidemics.
About 200 rounds of ammunition was found in an underground car park under a mosque in West Berlin, Germany - but officers quickly ruled out any terror link.
The North Korean dictator is steadily acquiring new machinery that can be used to churn out microbes by the tonne, according to US and Asian intelligence officials.
Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel provides much-needed stability in the Middle East that stops the spread of militant Islam and protects Europe as he spoke to EU leaders in Brussels.
The trial, beginning today on the Tokyo subway in Japan, will link pregnant women with 'supporters' who have downloaded the app and alert them when a seat is wanted.
Maduro announced that leading opposition parties will be barred from the 2018 presidential vote after they boycotted mayoral polls, in a move set to further consolidate his grip on power.
Elena Kordyukova, 39, from Ekaterinburg, Russia confessed to murdering two of her sons and attempting to murder a third using heart drug Warfarin, originally developed as rat poison.
A beaming President Vladimir Putin shook the hand of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad before declaring that their military alliance had been a victory for the Syrian regime. Speaking during a visit to a Russian military airbase near Latakia, northeast Syria, Putin announced that he has ordered a pullout of 'a significant part' of Russian forces from Syria after helping Assad defeat the 'most battle-ready group of international terrorists,' apparently referring to ISIS. Putin and Assad watched a parade by Russian troops and met with air force pilots (bottom right) before a sit-down meeting (top right) during the Russian president's flying visit.
Hayssa Andrade, a 21-year-old student, was allegedly shot around 20 times by off-duty military policeman Jorge Aguiar da Silva, 38, in the early hours of Friday morning at a roof top bar in Campo Grande, west zone Rio de Janeiro. Miss Andrade had refused to back down over her pick of party music after Aguiar da Silva objected to a funk song she had chosen. When she would not turn the song off, he reportedly responded by shooting her, resulting in some 36 bullet wounds.
A post-mortem report also found bruises on the girl's shoulders and waist, injuries on nose and throat and intestinal bleeding.
Saudi Arabia announced that cinemas will be allowed to operate from early 2018 and that licences will be handed out immediately as part of the country's cultural reform agenda.
A total of 24 women were arrested by Public Order Police at a party on Wednesday evening in El Mamoura, south of Khartoum.
It is not known how many Rohingya women have been raped by Myanmar soldiers in recent months, but aid workers fear only 'a fraction' will ever dare to speak out about the horrific abuse.
Tanzania's president John Magufuli sparked anger among children's rights activists after announcing the decision in his independence day speech on Saturday.
The images, which illustrate the Nazi's last year in power before the war, are featured in author Blaine Taylor's new book, Hermann Goering: Blumenkrieg, from Vienna to Prague 1938-39.
Huge crowds packed a public memorial in Zagreb, Croatia for a service to remember war criminal Slobodan Praljak whose final act was to kill himself in front of UN judges (right). Public buses ran free of charge to the ceremony for the wartime military commander, who swallowed potassium cyanide last month during a court hearing broadcast live around the world. About 2,000 people filled the main concert hall (left) where the memorial was held, while hundreds more crowded into the building's entry and hallways to watch on giant screens.
Field Marshal Edmund Allenby defeated Turk forces defending Jerusalem on December 7, 1917, before entering the city on foot and declaring martial law on December 11 - 100 years ago today. He went mounted to Jaffa Gate but dismounted as a mark of respect to Jews and Muslims before walking to the Citadel, where he issued his proclamation. Watching the whole event was officer TE Lawrence, otherwise known as Lawrence of Arabia, who wore a borrowed uniform instead of his traditional Arab dress.
When the 15-year-old cancer survivor flagged down a 45-year-old man to get help after being gang-raped in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, he also raped her and then dumped her by the road.
Dutch model Ivana Smit, 18, was found dead on a sixth floor balcony of the Persiaran Capsquare block in Kuala Lumpur's Jalan Dang Wangi district and was not wearing any clothes.
Sergei Lavrov, speaking after a meeting between of ministers from India and China, said all three countries did not want tensions to escalate further on the KOrean Peninsula.
Manuel Hegel from Cologne, Germany was shocked to come across figures dressed as WW2 soldiers complete with banned Nazi symbols on their uniforms and helmets on Amazon.
Wu Yongning, 26, filmed himself doing pull-ups at the top of the Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, China, when he lost his grip and fell 45ft to his death on a terrace below.
North Korean state media has made another dubious claim about Kim Jong-un's 'superhuman powers' after insisting the overweight tyrant had climbed an 8,000ft mountain.
These North Korean artworks depict the country's greatest sporting achievements, both real and imaginary, including their 1-0 victory over Italy during the 1966 World Cup. One painting shows a North Korean player passing an Italian as a lion roars in the background (right). Meanwhile another shows a player from the 1976 Olympic squad holding aloft a trophy. The team finished second in their group and were beaten by Poland in the quarter finals (left). Others show wrestlers competing (inset) and appear to depict long-distance runner Jong Song-ok winning at the Sydney Olympics, though in fact she did not compete.
Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd
Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group
© Associated Newspapers Ltd Contact us How to complain Advertise with us Contributors Work with Us Terms Privacy policy & cookies
|
|
||
