5 Christmases and New years with terrorists, the plight of 112 Nigerian schoolgirls held by Boko Haram.

Thanks to one of the world’s deadliest terrorist group in Nigeria, 112 girls are far from celebrating the Christmas holidays for the fifth time since their capture in April 2014 by Boko Haram. Boko Haram has killed about 20,000 people and forced more than 2 million people to flee their homes since 2009 in an insurgency aimed at creating a state adhering to strict Islamic laws in the northeast of Africa’s most populous nation.

Psychological abuse in a relationship is a criminal offence under new law in Ireland.

Chilling: Women’s Aid launched its Femicide Watch 2018 report revealing that almost nine in 10 women murdered in Ireland are killed by a man known to them. Picture: Paul Sharp
Psychological abuse in a relationship will be a criminal offence under new domestic violence legislation introduced by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and which has now come into force. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 will see a number of new reforms including safety orders being available to people who are in intimate relationships but who are not living with their partners.

New Year's miracle' in Russia as baby boy found alive in frozen rubble of collapsed building.


Labouring through sub-freezing temperatures, Russian rescue workers were digging into a sprawling heap of jagged rubble from a collapsed apartment building when one heard the faintest sound. It was the sound of life. To everyone's delight and surprise, they pulled a baby boy out of the rubble alive, nearly 36 hours after the disaster that blew apart his home.

HAPPY POO YEAR! Fat-berg and wet wipes spark ‘river of diarrhoea’ outside Aldi.

 Cars had to drive through the slush to get to the supermarket
A FATBERG and flushed wet wipes sparked a 300ft-long river of diarrhoea outside an Aldi on New Year's Eve in Staffordshire. Disgusted motorists were forced to drive through the stinking mess while shoppers physically gagged at the putrid smell.

TODDLER GRAPE DEATH Boy, 3, chokes to death on a GRAPE.

 Grapes are a hazard to children, and should be cut in half before being served
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy tragically choked to death seeing-in the New Year at his home in a bizarre Spanish tradition. The Spanish believe that by eating 12 grapes as the clock chimes each stroke of midnight you ward off bad fortunes.
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