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A Florida couple described as “doomsday preppers” allegedly abused their adopted twin daughters, subjecting them to beatings, sexual assaults and a restricted food intake, police said. Mirko and Regina Ceska were arrested on 12 July for charges including sexual assault and neglect. Their 22-year-old daughters escaped from the family’s home in Wakulla County …

A native American tribe is to sue a Miami aquarium for keeping a killer whale captive for half a century. Lolita, the last survivor from the biggest orca capture in history, lives and performs tricks for audiences in what is said to be the smallest whale tank in the US. The …

On Friday afternoon, the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker was making its way through the Strait of Hormuz when it was suddenly surrounded in the sea and in the air. Speedboats circled as masked men rappelled from helicopters to take control of the ship.  It was not long before Iran’s Revolutionary …