Isabelle Gerretsen

Adults with witchcraft and demonic possession beliefs responsible for almost 1,500 child abuse cases each year warns Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service.

Nov 25, 2017

Altercation between two men on tube platform at Oxford Circus station caused mass panic amid terrorism scare. Police call for witnesses to come forward.

Nov 25, 2017

Daily Mail wrongly suggests lorry ploughs into pedestrians on Oxford Street based on 10-day old tweet amid reports of gunshots at Oxford Circus.

Nov 24, 2017

Bomb explosion at mosque in North Sinai Egypt kills at least 235 and injures 130. Islamist militants believed to be behind attack.

Nov 24, 2017

Dramatic CCTV footage shows drunk woman being pulled out of Melbourne train path with seconds to spare, prompting calls for safety doors at train stations.

Nov 24, 2017

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has increased Oscar Pistorius' sentence from 6 to 13 years for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.

Nov 24, 2017

Practice is still common in several Asian countries, despite criticism that it is "cruel" and "unscientific."

Nov 23, 2017

Indian minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sparks outrage with comment that cancer is divine justice caused by sins.

Nov 23, 2017

TripAdvisor faces Federal Trade Commission investigation as accusations of deleted rape and assault reviews mount following Kristie Love and Jamie Valeri revelations.

Nov 23, 2017

Former North Korea prisoner Aijalon Gomes burned to death in San Diego in apparent suicide, 7 years after release with help of Jimmy Carter.

Nov 22, 2017

"Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic removed from International Criminal Tribunal genocide trial after shouting outburst during verdict announcement.

Nov 22, 2017

Blackfriars Priory School in Adelaide Australia mocked on social media for suggestive statue of saint handing loaf of bread to young child.

Nov 22, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un bans drinking and singing parties in wake of UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang nuclear missile tests.

Nov 21, 2017

Resignation comes as tensions mount in the country following Mugabe firing former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier in November.

Nov 21, 2017

Sierra Leone mudslide survivors evicted from government emergency camps in Freetown without prospect of resettlement.

Nov 21, 2017

Takahiro Shiraishi charged with murder of Aiko Tamura and accused of dismembering and killing 8 others in Zama.

Nov 21, 2017

Human rights activists protest against Iraq's bill of Jafaari Personal Status Law that could legalise child marriage, marital rape and ban Muslims from marrying non-Muslims.

Nov 14, 2017

Clancy's Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts recalled because packaging does not mention that it contains cashew nuts.

Nov 14, 2017

Eagles of Death Metal play surprise concert in front of President Emmanuel Macron on 2nd anniversary of Paris attacks when Isis terrorists stormed Bataclan in Paris.

Nov 14, 2017

Pacific islands are expected to sink and erode by 2100 due to climate change, scientists warn. Baron Waqa discussed global warming and Paris Agreement with Pope Francis.

Nov 14, 2017

FBI transcript reveals details of a mafia initiation ceremony conducted by mobster Damiano Zummo of New York's Bonanno crime family.

Nov 13, 2017

National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) introduces two-week firearms amnesty after national figures reveal gun crime rose by 27% in 2017.

Nov 13, 2017

Relatives of Holocaust victim Karolina Cohn gathered for Frankfurt memorial after discovery of pendant, identical to Anne Frank's, confirmed she died at Sobibor concentration camp.

Nov 13, 2017

Dutchman Wim van Griensven and Belgian Sabine Goossens were trampled to death by an elephant while on safari at Mosi-o-tunya National Park in Livingstone, Zambia.

Nov 13, 2017

Kristie Love, whose post about being sexually assaulted at Iberostar Paraiso Maya in Mexico was removed from TripAdvisor, says company's new warning badges are "offensive".

Nov 11, 2017

Southern Indian city Hyderabad has banned begging ahead of Ivanka Trump's visit for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at the end of November.

Nov 10, 2017

Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi's book Original Sin claims priests sexually abused teenage boys at a St. Pius X pre-seminary for middle- and high-schoolers in the Vatican.

Nov 10, 2017

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal imprisoned inside the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following mass arrests of Saudi royals in anti-corruption crackdown.

Nov 09, 2017

Sri Lanka government promises to investigate allegations of torture and rape against Tamils after AP testimony of 20 men about human rights abuses by army and police.

Nov 09, 2017