Isabelle Gerretsen

Swastikas drawn on Polish embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says Jews were among perpetrators of the Holocaust.

Feb 19, 2018

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had obsession with guns and held racist, homophobic views, his social media reveals.

Feb 17, 2018

Inventor Peter Madsen allegedly texted submarine murder plot ideas days before killing journalist Kim Wall on board Nautilus in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Feb 17, 2018

15-year-old boy and grandfather on way to football match killed after car is hit by train at level crossing in Horsham, West Sussex.

Feb 17, 2018

A funeral home is forced to pay £5.7m ($8 million) compensation after losing a woman's body and then blaming the woman's ex-boyfriend and an employee who was "into Satan".

Feb 17, 2018

Imran Ali is sentenced to die for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari, whose death sparked national outrage in Pakistan.

Feb 17, 2018

'Jeremy Corbyn knew I was a Soviet spy,' claims Czech diplomat Jan Sarkocy, accusing Labour leader of supplying information to communist regime under name of Agent Cob in 1987.

Feb 17, 2018

Donald Trump Jr. likes tweet suggesting that FBI was too busy undermining President Donald Trump to prevent Parkland school shooting in Florida.

Feb 15, 2018

Baby born in one of England's richest areas will live 8.4 years longer than child born in poor neighbourhood, study into life expectancy by Longevity Science Panel (LSP) reveals.

Feb 15, 2018

Actresses encouraged to ditch low-cut dresses and heels at Berlin International Film Festival with #NobodysDoll on Twitter in wake of #MeToo movement.

Feb 15, 2018

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approves nitrogen hypoxia bill proposed by Senator Trip Pittman as it strives for 'more humane' executions

Feb 15, 2018

London teacher Andria Zafirakou of Alperton Community School who learned to greet her students in 35 languages shortlisted for prestigious Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize.

Feb 14, 2018

All Dutch adults to automatically become organ donors unless they opt out under new law approved by Senate in the Netherlands.

Feb 14, 2018

Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell says women shouldn't bare their arms on TV because "it's demeaning and undermines credibility and gravitas."

Feb 14, 2018

Muslim scholar Ali Selim should be sacked after calling for female circumcision (FGM) to become legal in Ireland, says Dublin imam Dr Umar Al-Qadri.

Feb 13, 2018

Whistleblower Helen Evans says volunteers were not vetted for criminal records after Penny Lawrence resigns.

Feb 13, 2018

British navy to send warship to South China Sea and challenge Beijing's claim to disputed international waters - a move likely to anger China.

Feb 13, 2018

Response to Oxfam Haiti sex scandal: "Judge me by my work, not what I do in my time off," says aid worker who had sex with prostitutes during Bosnian War.

Feb 12, 2018

Malaysian newspaper Sinar Harian sparks outrage after publishing checklist how to recognise LGBT people. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia and carries a 20-year prison sentence.

Feb 12, 2018

"Shoot female rebels in their vaginas," President Rodrigo Duterte tells Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Feb 12, 2018

Turkish President Erdogan's crackdown on dissent and free speech after July 2016 coup attempt has led to Gülen and Hizmet supporters fleeing persecution across border to Greece.

Feb 12, 2018

Dress code advice by Pontifical Bolivarian University (UPB) in Medellin sparks protest over "disrespectful" attitude to women.

Feb 09, 2018

'Sinking' Pacific nation Tuvalu appears to be growing, according to a University of Auckland study examining geography of 101 reef islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Feb 09, 2018

Woman dies and male friend seriously injured as reckless stunt at Bangkok's Samsen station ends in tragedy.

Feb 09, 2018

Northern League party leader Matteo Salvini declares Islam to be "incompatible" with Italian values and says Islam is a "law, not a religion".

Feb 08, 2018

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte under preliminary investigation at International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in war on drugs.

Feb 08, 2018

New York Ithaca High School production canned in backlash over "racist casting" of Romany gipsy character.

Feb 08, 2018

Germany is biggest breaker of EU rules and subject to 74 infringement proceedings, according to figures released by German Economics Ministry.

Feb 07, 2018

Iran executed at least three child offenders in January 2018. Only four countries in the world, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen, carry death penalty for children.

Feb 07, 2018