Isis 'Cyber Caliphate' hacks more than 54,000 Twitter accounts
Most of the victims of the Twitter hack are based in Saudi Arabia, but some are feared to be British.
China: Terminally ill Beijing man weds lifelike sex doll
Man marries doll since he does not want to leave behind a grieving widow.
Russian plane crash: Sharm el-Sheikh airport staff questioned to find out if insiders helped plant bombs
Egyptian investigators have said that they now are "90 per cent sure" that the aircraft was bombed.
US: Mother kills 5-year-old son, takes her own life at hospital
Lola's body was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, although a gunshot was not heard inside the hospital.
Tottenham factory fire: 120 firefighters bring blaze under control
A building next to the factory was also gutted in the blaze.
WHO declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free
Thousands of people celebrate the WHO announcement in Sierra Leone capital Freetown.
US will conduct more operations in South China Sea says defence chief Ash Carter
According to Carter, tension in the controversial territory is high due to China's continuous expansion works.
Tacony dungeon: Linda Weston gets life plus 80 years for locking up and starving disabled people
Weston's group tortured six disabled adults and four children by starving them.
Xi-Ma meeting not meant to influence elections says Taiwan leader
Ma has dismissed accusations made by opposition party DDP that the meeting was fixed in secret.
Mexico: Woman arrested for cutting open pregnant woman's womb and stealing her baby
The accused later got herself admitted at a birth clinic and tried to claim the baby as her own.
US couple want to marry each other even as they are legally father and son
The father-son couple undertook adoption three years ago to become a family.
UK has one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world says OECD
UK lags behind many other OECD countries in containing obesity in adults and children.
MI5 and GCHQ secretly collected phone and email data for 15 years says Theresa May
May and her predecessors secretly approved the bulk collection of communication data since 2001.
Global warming could make people have less sex, resulting in falling birth rates
A study has found that birth rates drop in the nine months after a particularly hot day.
Florida man convicted of biting dog and choking it until its eye popped out
David Etzel's mother said that her son's anger and drinking led him to bite her dog.
Ohio votes against legalising marijuana
A pro-vote would have also given investors behind the proposal the right to grow marijuana for commercial use.
Australians have sent $38m to help Islamist militants carry out terror activities
The country's anti-money-laundering agency says terror financing has jumped from 118 cases to 367 in 2014-15.
Premier League players found suffering from dental problems
Sugary foods and drinks blamed for footballers' dental problems.
Germany: Teen 'bedroom dealer' jailed for peddling drugs on Darknet
He sold cocaine, ecstasy tablets, hashish, LSD and prescription pills.
US: Woman forces 4-year-old son to swallow ant poison
Texas woman also revealed plans to kill her two other children and herself.
Syrian rebels use caged hostages as human shields against airstrikes
At least 40 people were killed by bombings carried out by Assad's forces on 30 October.
China rolls out jetliner to challenge Boeing, Airbus
Asian giant has orders for 517 aircraft, with the C919 expected to be pressed into service in 2019.
97-year-old grandmother earns high school diploma
Margaret Bekema left school when 17 to care of her three younger siblings and cancer-stricken mother.
Cancer care: One in 4 diagnosed at London A&E departments died within 2 months
London Cancer Alliance said only 36% diagnosed at London A&Es lived for over a year.
Subway employee recalls 8-hour nightmare inside chiller
Karlee Daubeney, 20, was alone on the late shift at the Gloucester store when the freezer door shut on her.
Philippines market fire: 'Faulty electrical wiring' kills 15, injures 13
Most of the victims were vendors and their family members, who spent their nights at the market to guard their merchandise.
Mogadishu hotel attack: Twin bombs set off by suspected al-Shabaab terrorists kill 12
The terror group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, while saying that they have taken hostages at the hotel.
US: Four dead including gunman in Colorado Springs shooting spree
It is unclear how many people were injured after the gunman went on a rampage.
India: Documentary on beef eating practices denied screening permission
Caste On The Menu Card has been denied screening permission at a documentary festival in New Delhi.
Pakistan sold nuke technology to Iran in 1980s says former president Rafsanjani
Rafsanjani has revealed that Pakistan gave his country 4,000 used centrifuges for enriching uranium.