China: Great Wall slowly deteriorating
World's longest human construction, the Great Wall of China, faces natural and human-driven deterioration.
David Cameron: 'I wish the BBC would stop calling it Islamic State'
Prime Minister urges broadcaster to stop giving Isis undue credibility by calling it 'Islamic'.
UAE: Woman given death sentence over fatal stabbing of US teacher Ibolya Ryan
Local Emirati woman waved to her relatives after being sentenced.
India: 109 jailed in Agra for public urination
In an unprecedented move, Agra police in India sentence people found urinating in public for 24 hours.
CNN mistakes sex toy banner for Islamic State flag at gay pride parade
CNN reporter mistakenly assumes flag with images of sex toys at London gay pride parade is Isis flag.
Greek debt crisis: Athens stock exchange and banks to remain closed on 29 June
Banks to remain shut in Greece with PM Alexis Tsipras assuring Greek people 'bank deposits are fully secure'.
Tunisia hotel attack: Gunman Seifeddine Rezgui filmed on beach after deadly rampage
Chilling 55-second video shows Tunisia gunman after his deadly rampage on Sousse beach.
UK: East London housing raid finds 26 people living in three-bedroom house
Housing raid in East Ham finds a property was being resided by four times its legal occupancy.
France: Woman charged with suffocating eight newborns after consensual sex with father
In one of the worst infanticide cases in French history, woman is charged with suffocating eight of her babies.
Phew what a scorcher: Britain set to endure hottest day for nine years
UK temperatures expected to soar to 30C as Wimbledon starts.
UK: Man charged with biting woman on her bottom and thigh during sex
Student charged with physical assault after drunken sex session.
Scotland: 600 dogs mysteriously jump off haunted suicide Overtoun bridge
Century-old haunted bridge continues to claim lives without explanation.
Germany: Queen Elizabeth II warns 'division in Europe is dangerous'
Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will also visit site of Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp.
China: Twin baby pandas born after mother artificially inseminated
In a bid to boost the diminishing panda population, panda was artificially inseminated.
US: Man sues doctors for £320k after recording them mocking him during operation
Man uses smartphone to record doctors' defamatory comments during his colonoscopy.
UK: Teenagers invent condom that changes colour when in contact with STIs
Condom changes colour every time it comes in contact with a different strain of bacteria.
France: Leading food website flooded with anti-Muslim comments over Ramadan recipes
Marmiton urges tolerance as trolls post inflammatory remarks.
'Disgusting sexual monster' headteacher Anne Lakey guilty of assault on teenage boys
Acclaimed headteacher found guilty of having sex with teenager schoolboys over a three-year-period.
Google News: Gmail formally adds 'undo send' option
Move comes after years of experimenting with function in Google Labs.
Poland: Drone to deliver DIY abortion drugs to women
It will fly off from Frankfurt, Germany, to a country where abortions are legally restricted.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un praises female fighter pilots as 'flowers of the sky'
The dear leader has 'unconditional love [and] respect of women'.
US President Barack Obama uses 'n-word' in interview
US President Obama: 'Racism, we are not cured...it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger.'
Study finds heavy metal music makes you calmer
If you think extreme music incites anger, think again. New research finds metal music can make you calmer.
Israeli politician's wife apologises for 'racist' President Obama joke
Israeli politician's wife Judy Mozes sparks criticism after 'black' Obama joke over Twitter.
Protest over video showing men 'surfing' on top of whale shark
Conservationists call for prosecution of two men using a whale shark as surfboard.
One in 35 men 'pose potential sexual threat to children'
National Crime Agency finds three per cent of men are sexually attracted to children or surfing child porn.
Saudi Arabia: Citizens warned against sharing of WikiLeaks documents
60,000 documents were released by WikiLeaks giving insight into its position on regional politics.
Slovakia: Successful European Union states have 'moral duty' towards migrants
Slovakia's president Andrej Kiska appeals to Slovak parliament to help migrants fleeing from war and poverty.
US: Utah Valley University installs texting lane on stairs
Utah Valley University divides a stairway into three lanes for walkers, runners and texters.
Australia: Mother appeals court order to stop breastfeeding after getting tattoos
Judge in Australia says breastfeeding mother with tattoos poses risk of passing HIV infection to baby.