Calais migrant crisis: UK and France to sign new deal
Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve set to meet in Calais on 20 August.
Spain: Animal rights activist called a 'whore' by police for comforting dying bull
Female animal rights activist bravely comes to the rescue of a dying bull before being pulled out of the ring.
UK: Doctors find unborn twin inside woman after 45 years
Woman left horrified after finding unborn twin growing inside her with face, one eye, tooth and black hair.
Researchers reveal 'drinkable book' that filters water
Trials successfully completed on 'drinkable book' that can remove 99 per cent of bacteria from water.
Bangladesh: Six people sentenced over deadly toxic paracetamol syrup for children
Drug company employees found guilty of adding toxic solvent to children's medicine paracetamol.
South Africa: Prosecutors push for murder charges against Oscar Pistorius
As Pistorius' release date nears, prosecutors call for paralympian to be convicted over Reeva Steenkamp murder.
Germany: Angela Merkel stresses migrant issue bigger challenge for EU than Greek debt crisis
Angela Merkel says migrant crisis could preoccupy Europe much more than Greece and the stability of the euro.
UK: Hedgehog suffers painful death after 'inexcusable' fire attack
Adult hedgehog sprayed with aerosol and set alight by group of youths in Cornwall.
Canada: Novak Djokovic felt 'dizzy' due to marijuana smell during Rogers Cup
Novak Djokovic complains to umpire after getting distracted by marijuana smell during Rogers Cup semi-finals.
UK: Homeless student secures admission at Cambridge University
Homeless student becomes first in family to go to university after sleeping on friends' sofas.
BBC Radio DJ suspended over rant against breastfeeding women
BBC Radio DJ likens breastfeeding in public to having sex in the outdoors and urinating.
Turkey: Hotel staff stage Tunisia beach massacre-style prank on guests
Turkish hotel leaves tourists traumatized after staff members storm pool area with fake guns and fuel cans.
Uzbekistan Airways to weigh passengers before boarding
Uzbekistan Airways to use weighing machine to estimate average passenger weight with hand luggage.
Australia: Artist to connect implanted human ear on arm to Wi-Fi
Australian artist to insert microphone with GPS and wireless Internet into human ear implant on his arm.
France: McDonald's apologises after forbidding staff to 'give food to tramps'
McDonald's withdraws 'clumsy' internal note to staff forcing staff meals to 'be eaten on premises'.
UK: Man commutes from Barcelona to London to save money
London blogger Sam Cookney trades West Hampstead apartment for a home in Barcelona.
India: 31 students vomit, faint in school lab after experiment goes wrong
Students passed out after choking on fumes in a school laboratory in India.
Britain braces for summer storms
Summer downpours with thunder and hail expected to hit the UK starting 13 August.
South Africa: President Zuma dismisses killing of Cecil the lion as 'just an incident'
South African President Jacob Zuma defends American hunter Walter Palmer accused of killing Cecil.
Scotland: Cat dies after being forced to snort cocaine
Man tests how a Class A drug affects a cat by pushing cocaine dabbed finger in the feline's nostril.
Isis news: Islamic State militants holding pregnant Swedish teenager
Swedish teenager who ran away to join al-Qaeda is being held by Isis militants in Syria.
UK: Couple deny oral sex act during Paloma Faith concert in Hyde Park
Couple acted 'beyond bounds of public decency' at concert and were ejected by security guards.
France: Student's body found dissolved in acid in Breaking Bad-inspired murder
Murderers re-enact Breaking Bad body disposal scene by disposing French student's body in acidic container.
Pakistan: Police accused of cover up in Punjab child abuse scandal
Lawyer of victims slams police for protecting criminals in the biggest child abuse scandal to hit Pakistan.
US: Woman sets record by crossing shark-infested open waters
Swimmer becomes first woman to dodge great white sharks from Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Spain: Man gored to death while filming bull run on his smartphone
Young man is gored to death after standing in the path of a bull run while filming using his mobile phone.
Japan: Nuclear industry to revive following Hiroshima anniversary
Four years since the Fukushima disaster, first nuclear reactor to restart in southwestern Japan.
China: Amateur porn banned over social media
China is cracking down on the circulation of amateur porn over social media.
Norway: Prison escapee surfs out of Bastoy prison to shore
Prisoner uses old surfboard, toy spade to surf three kilometres to shore from island prison in Norway.
London tube strike: Cab drivers condemn Uber's high fares
Licensed Taxi Drivers Association criticizes Uber for 'exploiting' commuters during tube strikes.
