Nicholas Edmondson

Scientists researching alcohol consumption have found that laboratory mice show similar drinking patterns to humans, including binge drinking.

One in every six species related to the characters in the film Finding Nemo is threatened by extinction, according to a new study released on Tuesday.

A Saudi woman has been beheaded after being convicted of practicing “witchcraft and sorcery”, prompting outrage from human rights campaigners.

Thousands of UK patients are dying because of a shortage of organ donors, according to a healthcare group.

The lead investigator for the police inquiry into the shooting of Mark Duggan has admitted a “mistake” was made when it was announced that he had fired at officers first.

Two people have appeared in court accused of plotting to blackmail Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen ofr £5,000 over hundreds of family pictures

UK police may be armed with a futuristic laser cannon that could be used to dispel crowds.

Scientists will use wild monkeys to test radiation levels around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Sprinter James Ellington, who put himself up for auction on eBay, claims a lack of financial support for athletes could weaken Britain's chances at the London 2012 Olympics.

Russia’s parliamentary election results will stand despite widespread claims of corruption, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin has claimed.

A Walmart store packed with Christmas shoppers stayed open despite a woman being stabbed to death inside.

Joe Nelson , a former Goldman Sachs banker, has launched the world’s first 95-size range of custom-fit condoms.

Five hill walkers have been found safe and well by mountain rescue experts following a manhunt in the Scottish Cairngorms.

The winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year award 2001 have been named (Slideshow)

A new Twitter game has branded London Mayor Boris Johnson as more of a party animal than Jordan.

The Japanese whaling authority has launched legal proceedings against an anti-whaling group in an attempt to thwart its interference in the annual whale hunt.

Rick Perry's anti-gay campaign video has been named the most disliked video on YouTube. International Business Times UK list five videos that has viewers giving a "thumbs down".

A major search and rescue mission is underway in the Scottish Cairngorms for five hill walkers who have not been seen since Wednesday.

The gunman who shot a Virginia Tech police officer on Thursday then turned the same gun on himself, police have announced.

Murders motivated by hostility to transgender people will result in longer sentences according to a new Home Office action plan.

The winner of the 19th annual Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award has taken the dubious honour in good humour.

A U.S. citizen has been sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison after translating a banned biography of the country's King online.

After UK audiences cringed when two couples in a row fell at the first hurdle on Wednesday night's Million Pound Drop, International Business Times UK presents a list of other game show disasters.

A total lunar eclipse will take place on Saturday afternoon.

The principal of a school in North Carolina has been forced to retire after accusing a nine-year-old pupil of sexual harassment.

Stalkers are to be treated in a new London clinic aiming to prevent violent crimes.

NASA claims it will build the world's most powerful telescope by 2018.

British troops and Afghan police have seized an opium stash worth more than £17.5 million in Helmand.

Former soviet leader claims the controversial election should be held again