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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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".

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

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.

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

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.