Isabelle Gerretsen

Barack Obama to star as first guest on David Letterman's comeback talk show on Netflix: "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman."

An Israeli man, Moshe Harel, described as the ringleader of a global organ trafficking network has been arrested in Cyprus.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to fresh talks to form a new government in a bid to end the political crisis in Europe's largest economy.

US President Donald Trump could reject a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK if he is not invited to the Royal wedding, Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff claims.

Catholic Church rocked by new sex abuse allegations as Sion bishop Jean-Marie Lovey apologises for clerical abuse by 10 paedophile priests in Switzerland.

Replica of Noah's Ark breaks free and causes chaos, crashing into boats moored in harbour of Dutch fishing village Urk.

Jewels belonging to the Al Thani collection, owned by the Qatari royal family, were stolen from the Palazzo Ducale in Venice.

Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon slams Donald Trump Jr for 'treasonous meeting' with Russians in Michael Wolff's explosive new book.

Another Egyptian pop singer Leila Amer has been arrested for 'inciting debauchery' in racy music video.

The intoxicated passenger allegedly called the two women "faggots, dykes and poofters" and kicked their seats for hours.

Sauce sachet removed from bowel of woman "suffering from Crohn's disease" during surgery, according to British Medical Journal report.

Muslim man Waseem Ansari beaten to death in Jharkhand, India, after he complained about loud New Year music.

Drunk man takes taxi from Copenhagen to Oslo on New Year's Eve and refuses to pay for 600km trip. Norwegian police were called to wake him up and order him to pay fare.

Former England footballer Trevor Sinclair pleads guilty to drink driving and racially abusing police officer at his home in Lytham, Lancashire.

Saudi prisoner Raif Badawi urges Iranian revolutionaries to not forget jailed Brit Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mohammed Ali Taheri after protests break out across Iran.

Philippines Storm Tembin: Abdulsalam Binang Amerhasan eaten by crocodile while trying to flee rising water on island of Palawan.

Pakistani fire kills 4 Indian soldiers along disputed border of Kashmir as tensions between two countries over Himalayan region escalate.

Tiananmen Square death toll at least 10,000 and victims were 'remains hosed down drains' according to telegram by British ambassador Alan Donald.

Philippines Storm Tembin kills more than 180 on Mindanao island - latest typhoon from Pacific to strike the island country after Kai-Tak.

London Zoo fire: Aardvark killed and four meerkats missing as more than 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines tackle huge blaze at Adventure Cafe.

Syrians are covering one eye in photos to support #SolidaritywithKarim after baby lost one eye in artillery attack on eastern Ghouta by Bashar al-Assad's regime.

European Court of Justice rules that sharia law's 'triple talaq', Islamic instant divorce, not legal under EU legislation.

Cardinal Bernard Law, named by the Boston Globe's Spotlight investigation into clerical child sex abuse in Boston Archdiocese, fled to Rome and escaped prison.

Crocodile lizard, horseshoe mountain bat and snail-eating turtle among 150 new species discovered in Greater Mekong by WWF and under threat by poachers and illegal wildlife trade.

Parlaympian star Oscar Pistorius files papers at South Africa's Constitutional Court to appeal increased murder sentence, which Supreme Court doubled from six to 13 years.

Anger among University of Hartford students and civil rights activists as Brianna Brochu avoids hate crime charge for 'poisoning' black roommate Jazzy Rowe.

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaves over 30 dead and dozens missing in island province of Biliran after triggering severe flooding and landslides.

Scotland houses 2,000 Syrian refugees three years ahead of schedule through the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to run in Libya's 2018 presidential elections, tribal chief Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul has said.