Ewan Palmer

Michael Jackson, 49, from Oldbury, West Midlands was arrested after the child was discovered bound and screaming for help in a flat in Oldbury.

Police working on a major counter terrorism operation have arrested four men in Birmingham in connection with an alleged suicide bomb plot.

Vast, unidentified structures in the Gobi Desert have spotted by Google Earth, raising questions about what China may be building in an area they use for its military, space and nuclear programmes.

A high IQ during childhood may be linked to drug use such as cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy in later life, according to a new survey.

The Queen has approved the hiring out of St. James' Palace for up to £30,000 a day (US$47,592) during the 2012 Olympics in London.

A previously unseen tour video of Michael Jackson at the height of his career is set to be sold for millions at an auction in London later this month.

The finalists for the RSPCA's Young Photographer Awards have been announced, with the highlights including photos of a disappointed goldfish and a mischievous Bengal kitten.

Claims that the troubled Red Arrows will be axed have been dismissed by the Ministry of Defence, despite a looming £100 million bill to replace the planes.

A public inquiry into journalism ethics launched after the News of the World phone-hacking scandal is set to begin today.

A new island off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands of Spain is forming as an underwater volcano spews magma 20 meters high.

U.S. Army sergeant who killed three unarmed Afghan civilians and cut fingers off the corpses as trophies has been jailed for life.

Astronomers have discovered two clouds of gas in the same state as they were in just moments after the Big Bang.

'Occupy' 'Arab Spring' and Steve Jobs have been announced as some of the most used words in the English language media in 2011, according to the latest survey by Global Language Monitor.

A former public schoolboy who fantasied about being a gangster has been jailed for 30 years for shooting dead a rival outside a London prison.

The International Business Times is marking Remembrance Day with a series of forgotten stories of war. In the Great War tens of thousands of men deemed to short to join the British Army formed their own unique units and became known as the Bantam Battalions.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has released the weirdest questions its staff has been asked by travellers who are in trouble.

The IUCN has releases their latest list of endangered and threatened species, showing that two species of rhinos have been poached into extinction.

The RSPCA are looking for a man who was caught on CCTV swinging a cat by the tail whilst walking down a street in Kent.

Training flights with aircrafts fitted with ejector seats similar to the one in which a Red Arrows pilot was killed have been suspended.

Children with autism have larger than average brains and too many cells in a key part of the brain, according to a new study.

A 22-year-old wild card player from Germany has won £5.4 million ($8.72 million) at the World Series of Poker main event.

Shakira now has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the first Colombian to do so.

Adele and JLS were among the big winners at this year's UK Music Video Awards, with Manchester Orchestra taking home the Video of the year award.

Director Brett Ratner has resigned as a producer of the 2012 Oscars after making an anti-gay slur in public.

The fourth UK Music Video Awards are scheduled to take place at the Empire cinema in London's Leicester Square on Tuesday November 8.

The High Court has ruled that the Catholic Church can be held legally responsible for priests charged with child abuse.

Fans of the broadcasting legend Sir Jimmy Savile have gathered to pay their respects at a Leeds hotel where his golden coffin will be displayed until his funeral.

Two male penguins at the Toronto Zoo who are showing signs of mating behaviour and pair bonding are to be separated so they can breed.

A surprise inspection of a jail in the Mexican city of Acapulco discovered 10 prostitutes, two sacks of marijuana, 100 cocks for fighting and 100 plasma televisions.