All news by author: Ryan Fahey

Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in the Algarve, Portugal in 2007 - and despite extensive police investigations, she remains missing

The 13ft crocodile was spotted stalking a surfer and a fisherman - who had to chuck rocks at it to stop it approaching - and had to be euthanised due to its "aggressive" behaviour in Queensland, Australia

Sinking to grimy lows, Russian troops are well-known for thieving lavatories out of Ukrainian homes to send back to their families as Western sanctions of "bidets, lavatory pans, [and] flushing cisterns" bite

British national Peter Falconio, 28, was shot dead on a remote stretch of highway in Australia's Outback in 2001 - but his body has never been found despite repeated searches

Aakash Majumdar, from India, has "objectum sexual", meaning he is sexually attracted to inanimate objects and balloons in particular, so much so that he shares a bed with them and they have an intimate relationship

The man, identified with his surname of Zhou, won just over £1million before sending slices to his sister and ex-partner - but hid the winnings from his wife in China

Kathleen Folbigg, 54, has spent 20 of a 25 year sentence in Australian prison after being found guilty of killing her three children, all the while maintaining that they died due to the symptoms of a rare genetic condition

Investigators discovered a woman's dismembered pelvis area before finding her head in a bag near a disused railway line in the southern area of the Buttes-Chaumont Park in the 19th Arrondisement of Paris in France

Prosecutors in Pretoria, South Africa, had argued that superstar athlete and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius gunned down his 29-year-old lover Reeva Steenkamp in cold blood after an argument

Kim Ju-ae, who is thought to be around 9 and 11, made her fifth public appearance as Kim Jong-un held a 75th anniversary dinner of the North Korean People’s Army before an enormous parade of the Hermit Kingdom's nuclear arsenal

Investigators have discovered other parts of the woman's body, a piece of which was found on Monday in the Buttes-Chaumont park in Paris, France

Prosecutors in Pretoria, South Africa, had argued that superstar athlete and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius gunned down his 29-year-old lover Reeva Steenkamp in cold blood after an argument

It comes ahead of an important meeting of NATO defence ministers today and tomorrow in Brussels as officials work to co-ordinate supplying more weapons to Ukraine, and to discuss the threat posed by spy balloons

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine's Day 2013 - with him later being sentenced to 13 years in prison for her murder

A group of women clearly unhappy with how their ex-boyfriend treated them, swarmed his wedding in Yunnan, China, holding up a large red banner which read: "We are the team of Chen’s ex-girlfriends, today we will destroy you”

Burglars forced their way into the Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden, Netherlands - which houses some of the most-valuable ceramic art in the country, including priceless Ming vases

According to the latest official figures, the 7.7-magnitude earthquake - branded the "disaster of the century" by Turkish leader Recept Tayyip Erdogan - has claimed the lives of at least 17,674 people and another 3,377 in Syria

Israeli officials confirmed that among the victims were two children, including a six-year-old lad who was tragically killed as a result of his injuries, as well as three men, aged 27, 30 and 40, and another as yet unidentified victim

Jesse O'Dell ordered a venti caramel frappucino for himself and an iced Americano for his wife Deedee, which should have cost around £8, but the pair were stunned to learn their balance had been crumpled by a whopping $4,456 (£3,686) charge

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said two Russian Kaliber missiles had travelled through the airspace of Moldova - which co operates with NATO - and full member Romania, before they came crushing down on infrastructure targets in Ukraine

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed it's highly likely that Chinese high-altitude spy balloons - like the one shot down off the coast of North Carolina last week - have soared over Britain and collected intelligence signals from below

The US Coast Guard triangulated where the distress call was coming from and launched nearby vessels and a chopper to the scene, where Petty Officer Michael Clark dived into the ocean to rescue a yacht captain as his vessel sank at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed thousands will be pardoned or have their sentences dramatically reduced after four months of protests saw 522 Iranians killed

The aristocratic Trevelyan family, which owned six sugar plantations and thousands of slaves on the Caribbean island of Grenada, are going to publicly apologise to the country and use £100,000 to establish a community fund on the poverty-stricken island

World-renowned forensics expert Peter Faulding said the fact that Nicola hasn't been found despite an extensive search of the River Wyre in Lancashire suggests she isn't there