Ewan Palmer

Moscow has launched a team of Space Defence Troops, a combat arm of air, space and missile defence commands.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have been made official ambassadors for Team GB and Paralympics GB in the run-up and during the 2012 London games.

A small church in Kentucky voted to ban interracial couples from joining its congregation, triggering arguments of race between its members.

China expects the number of people infected with infected with the AIDS virus will reach 780,000 by the end of the year, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex.

The suspected cannibal killer of a German tourist whose bones and teeth were found on a South Sea island has given himself up after a 50-day hunt.

Miley Cyrus has become the latest celebrity to get behind the Occupy Wall Street Movement by releasing a video of her new song featuring a montage of Occupy protests.

The 176th birthday of author Mark Twain was celebrated today with a Google Doodle on the search engine's homepage.

The Catholic Bishop of Raphoe has admitted that "horrific acts of child abuse" has occurred in the diocese and that "very poor judgements and mistakes" have been made.

An Arizona gun club is offering families to have their picture taken with Santa Clause with a twist - by getting them to pose with high-powered firearms.

A set of previously unseen Pablo Picasso etchings worth £1 million have been donated to the British Museum in London.

A former Church of Scientology member has claimed that she was held against her will onboard the Church's cruise ship, The Freewinds, for 12 years.

A record number of gay and bisexual men in the UK were diagnosed with HIV in 2010.

European cities still have the highest quality of life in the world, despite the recent turmoil, according to a new report.

A German pensioner charged with raping his daughter nearly 500 and fathering three children during a 34-year period insists the sex was consensual.

A report from the Dr Foster Hospital Guide published today has revealed which NHS trusts have higher or lower mortality rates than expected.

A policeman nicknamed "Robocop" because of his prolific arrest rate is in hospital after being critically injured while on his bicycle.

The director of Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant is stepping down due to ill health, according to the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)

People admitted to an NHS hospital for emergency treatment at the weekend are nwarly 10 per cent more likely to die than during the week, according to research.

The Pakistani woman arrested for killing and cooking her husband had planned to make a korma curry from parts of his arm and leg.

The government is hoping to "cement a real and meaningful partnership" with the private sectors in order to combat cybercrime.

Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter is free again to travel after his three-year ban came to an end, with no plans currently to renew it.

When a well-known BBC sports television presenter and spokesperson for the Green party appears on a chat show, it is fair to say you would not expect too much controversy to come from the interview. You wouldn't for example expect him to claim he was the Son of God.

Police in Pakistan have arrested a woman who killed her husband and was attempting to cook his body parts in the southern city of Karachi.

Music fans around the world have paid their respects for Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, who died 20 years ago today.

Former soldier Shaun Clark has turned himself into a living tribute by having the names of the 383 servicemen and woman killed in Afghanistan tattooed on his body.

A series of Lynx adverts staring glamour model Lucy Pinder has been banned for a range of offences including objectifying woman after receiving more than 100 complaints.

An investigation is under way at an Australian hospital after staff treating a woman carrying twins accidently terminated a healthy 32-week-old foetus.

A student from the University of Derby had to be cut free by firefighters after becoming trapped in a clothes horse for more than an hour.

An image of a fearless jackal going for a young lion has been awarded the overall winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine Camera-trap Photo of the Year 2011 competition.