Irish Star

Tori was accused of breaking strict laws in the Muslim country

Tori Towey breaks silence with emotional message after return to Ireland

The Independent

An Irish woman has said she finds it “harrowing” and “so scary” to think about the other women who she spent hours with in a Dubai police station as she was charged with attempting suicide.Tori Towey, 28, from Co Roscommon, said she was told nothing by the authorities and had feared she would be incarcerated for months in the prison cell of the Al Barsha police station.Ms Towey’s case was raised in the Irish parliament on Tuesday, where politicians were told she was a victim of domestic violence and had been charged with attempting suicide and alcohol abuse after being...

Tori Towey: I can’t stop thinking about the other women in Dubai police station

The Week

Tori Towey was charged with attempted suicide and consuming alcohol after being attacked in her home

Irish flight attendant breaks silence after 'distressing' Dubai charges dropped

The Guardian

Taoiseach criticises ‘reprehensible’ scenes after bricks thrown at police guarding site in north Dublin

Police arrest 15 after clashes at Dublin site planned for asylum seekers

The US Sun

A BRITISH woman gang-raped on the streets of Paris after a music festival may have been filmed by her attackers, investigators fear. The tourist was found sobbing in the street in the early hours of Saturday morning after she was assaulted by a gang of hooded men. It follows similar attacks at the event in […]

Brit tourist ‘gang-raped in street by hooded men who filmed attack on their phones as she walked home’ in lawless Paris

The Standard

 Jay Slater's best friend has paid tribute to the “happiest and most smiley person” after a body was found near to his last known location.While formal identification has not yet taken place, the remains were found by the Spanish Civil Guard with the 19-year-old's clothes and possessions in the Tenerife village of Masca on Monday.In a post on social media, Lucy Law, one of two close friends Jay had gone on holiday with in Tenerife, said in a moving tribute: “'Honestly lost for words. “Always the happiest and most smiley person in the room, you was one of a kind...

Jay Slater's best friend pays heartbreaking tribute to 'happiest' person after body found on Tenerife

Pennsylvania State

A man with a rifle was seen on a rooftop minutes before shots were fired at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania, a witness has told the BBC. Greg Smith said the man had crawled on top of a building just outside the event in Butler County on Friday evening.

Witness says he saw gunman on roof near Trump rally

Video footage shows a gunman who opened fire at a rally for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on a roof. The FBI says it is treating the incident as an assassination attempt. One bystander was killed in the shooting and two others were critically injured, police said.

Video shows Trump rally shooter on roof

Two men who tried to flee during a death by dangerous driving trial have been caught by police.

Men arrested at airport after trying to flee trial

Appeals against approval of the development in Braddan are dismissed by the environment minister.

Plans for 320 homes and school given green light

As water scarcity threatens their livelihoods, indigenous women in Mexico are relearning how to grow their ancestral foods. When Agustina Ortiz, 45, returned to her hometown in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2010 after spending a decade in the US, she was well aware of the type of life that awaited her: a lack of drinking water and a life sustained solely through agriculture.

In drought-prone Oaxaca, indigenous women are reviving ancient techniques to preserve water

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Thousands of people have attended a celebration of Asian culture, now in its 12th year in the West Midlands. The Sandwell & Birmingham Mela South Asian music festival features "an eclectic mix of pop, folk and classical music from around the globe," organisers said. This year there were female-led headliners...

Thousands enjoy music, art and food at Mela

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Four people were killed when the stolen BMW crashed into another car at 100mph near North Ferriby.

Four died in 100mph stolen BMW crash, inquest told

Police are appealing for more information about the attacker as the victim remains in hospital.

Woman stabbed and robbed in hospital car park

Large black plumes of smoke could be seen near the Greenbank Industrial Estate in the city.

Farmers praised for help in tackling major fire in Newry

POLICE are hunting a British tourist who left another unconscious during a fight in Magaluf between two groups of UK holidaymakers. The 20-year-old was left KO on the ground after being punched in the head. He had to be given a sedative after coming round and reacting aggressively to attempts by paramedics to aid him […]

Magaluf cops hunt Brit who knocked out 20-year-old tourist in horror street brawl between two groups of UK holidaymakers

 Documents belonging to Jay Slater have reportedly been found with the body discovered in the search for the teenager in Tenerife.The Canary Islands High Court of Justice made the revelation on Tuesday, according to the BBC, as it echoed Spanish police’s belief the British 19-year-old in all likelihood suffered an accidental fall.An autopsy of the body is set to take place next week, it added, when the person’s identity and probable cause of death will be determined.Human remains were found in the search for the apprentice bricklayer on Monday, nearly a month after he went missing while on holiday...

Jay Slater missing – latest: Documents belonging to teen found with body as police think he ‘suffered fall’

Shine My Crown

Mel B, the renowned singer in the UK-based Spice Girl, is set to receive an honorary doctorate from Leeds Beckett University next month in recognition of her impactful charity work supporting survivors of domestic abuse. Mel B, born Melanie Brown, has become a prominent advocate for domestic abuse victims after...

Mel B To Be Given Honorary Doctorate For Campaign Work Supporting Survivors Of Domestic Abuse

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Tori Towey 'so relieved' to be in Ireland after Dubai ordeal

A woman charged with criminal offences in Dubai after she was allegedly a victim of domestic violence has said she is \"so relieved... thankful and grateful\"...

A woman charged with criminal offences in Dubai after she was allegedly a victim of domestic violence has said she is "so relieved... thankful and grateful"...

Tori Towey 'so relieved' to be in Ireland after Dubai ordeal

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