A man was "scalped" by attackers with a machete as he ate dinner with his wife in a Paris restaurant.

Panic spread through an EgyptAir flight after an "agitated" passenger assaulted crew members and tried to storm the pilot's cabin.

A Perth family have found the world's oldest message in a bottle - discovered 132 years after it was first tossed into the sea.

The Kremlin said it had "no information" about what could have caused a former Russian double agent to collapse at a shopping centre in Salisbury.

A radio station aimed at Muslims has been fined for broadcasting "hate speech" against other faiths.

Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi is poised to stand down as leader of his party today (5 March) after a dismal showing in the country's elections.

Thousands of cheese lovers descended on The Big Cheese Festival in Brighton on Saturday (3 March) to face lengthy queues and empty stalls.

The dealers, both from India, were caught up in the Hollywood-style heist as they were about to pass through the turnstiles at Cadet Metro station in the 9th arrondissement in the French capital.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of another teenager on Valentine's Day in Canning Town, east London.

New homeowners in Houston were shocked to find a skeleton in their new home - but the gruesome find solves the mystery of a lonely woman who went missing three years ago.

Giant 'mega-colonies' of penguins have been discovered among the remote islands of Antarctica, easing fears their numbers had been in decline for decades due to climate change.

A morbidly obese man who ballooned to more than 60 stone has died after dropping almost half his weight in five months for a TV show.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been charged by a French judge for tweeting gruesome images of purported atrocities by Islamic State (IS).

Was he targeting Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida?

Russia has tested an "invincible" nuclear cruise missile that cannot be intercepted by enemy measures, claimed the country's president Vladimir Putin.

A married Science teacher, Stephanie Peterson, has been arrested in Florida over an alleged a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy.

A Catholic priest faces a string of charges including kidnapping, domestic battery and sexual assault against his wife after finding out she was having an affair.

Russia's Olympic membership has been restored, according to the head of the country's Olympic Committee.

Local prosecutor Carlos Bustamante told newspaper El Comercio the incident occurred around 9:20 am on Monday (26 February) when airport workers spotted three objects falling from a commercial flight.

Defending NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors, plan to tour an African-American museum in Washington instead of making the traditional visit to the White House.

Wild animals will be banned from performing in circuses across Britain by 2020, the government has said.

The effect is amplified when the pair holding hands are lovers, or close family members. But while this may work for women previous papers show that men are not as good at picking up on these kinds of social signals.

Masked robbers held up a Marks & Spencer store at knifepoint before stealing hundreds of pounds from the till.

Police swooped on a teenage gang member who had been on the run after being accused of killing a 10-year boy and injuring his mother.

Suspected serial killer, Bruce McArthur, accused of dumping his victims in plant pots, has been charged with a sixth murder leading the police to fear there may be many more.

Scientists plan to capture antimatter in a jar and drive it in a lorry to a lab in a bid to find out what super-dense stars are made of.

A 10-year-old French boy spent the night in sub-zero temperatures beside his dead brother after they became lost skiing in Avoriaz in the French Alps.

Police said that following a search, officers found no body and no gunman.

The murder of two young Somali men within three hours of each other in north London highlights the brutal gang violence that has gripped parts of this immigrant community.

A teenager has admitted to blackmailing his former teacher into handing £10,000 after threatening to expose their 'affair'.