Disappearance of Kim Jong-un's top aide General Hwang Pyong-so sparks rumours that he may have been executed for receiving kickbacks in exchange for promotions at Politburo.
Paedophile barred from boarding flight in Sydney under new Australian sex tourism law, which aims to stop sex offenders abusing children in developing countries.
Oscar Pistorius injured in prison brawl for 'spending too long on phone', 10 days after Supreme Court more than doubled his prison sentence for murder Reeva Steenkamp
Bermuda set to become first country in the world to abolish marriage equality, just six months after gay couple Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche won Supreme Court ruling to marry.
Alabama's Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore cited Hitler during a 2011 interview about Barack Obama's birth certificate and said he would be interested in "new 9/11 hearings".
Psychotherapist Maude Julien writes in memoir The Only Girl in the World about childhood trauma inflicted by abusive father who gave her electric shocks and alcohol.
Heavy UK snowfall causes flight delays, train disruptions and chaos on roads as Met office issues amber weather warning and temperatures plummet to -10C.
