Terrorist who tried to blow up plane with underwear bomb sues US over prison conditions
Terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who tried to blow up a plane with a bomb hidden in his underpants on Christmas Day is suing the US Government.
Man 'not guilty' of raping wife because he believed it was his right to have sex with her
An Ottawa man has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting his wife because he believed he had the right to have sex with her whenever he liked.
French women name harassers online in #ExposeYourPig campaign
French women have begun shaming predators online as the debate about sexual harassment gathers pace on both sides of the Atlantic following the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Oxford and Cambridge under fire for excluding black students and only admitting 'posh' whites
Oxford and Cambridge Universities accused of "social apartheid" after data showed they are still dominated by the sons and daughters of professionals from South East England.
Siberia: The world's deepest lake is being destroyed by putrid algae, poaching and pollution
Lake Baikal, the world's deepest inland sea and a major international tourist attraction, is being crippled by a series of mysterious ecological attacks, say experts.
Inmate mocked for having a penis-damaging 91-hour erection sues Pittsburg prison for $5m
Oklahoman prisoner Dustin Lance was denied medical care and jeered by guards while suffering a very long erection, according to a suit filed by his lawyers.
Carnage on the streets of Ukraine as heiress 'jumps red light and kills six'
Alyona Zaitseva, the 20-year-old daughter of a Russian oligarch, has been detained by police, but critics fear her powerful connections will see her escape justice.
The bizarre reason Trump added Chad to the US travel ban revealed
American security officials said a passport paper shortage was a key reason the African country of Chad was hit with travel restrictions by the US.
Theresa May tells EU nationals in the UK: I'll make it easy for you to stay after Brexit
British PM Theresa May has appealed directly to EU citizens living in the UK, vowing to make it as easy as possible to remain in Britain after Brexit.
American career woman becomes princess after meeting Ethiopian prince in Washington club
American Ariana Austin became an African princess when she married into the royal family of Ethiopia, after first meeting her man in a Washington nightclub.
In a country with 80% unemployment, even Zimbabwe's hangman job is fought over
The nation's last hangman quit his post in 2005 after hanging two armed robbers who murdered a prison guard while escaping jail.
French music mag blasted as 'obscene' for putting rocker who murdered girlfriend on cover
Bertrand Cantat battered to death his actress girlfriend Marie Trintignant in a hotel room in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2003.
Sweden bows to public vote and christens new express Trainy McTrainface
A Swedish express train has been christened Trainy McTrainface in an echo of the name chosen by the British public for its new polar research vessel.
Donald Trump tells widow of soldier killed in action: 'He knew what he signed up for'
US President Donald Trump slammed for being "insensitive" after reportedly telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that "he knew what he signed up for".
Drug-fuelled mum broke into pensioner's home and threatened to 'suck fat off her' with vacuum cleaner
Mother of one Cara Thorne broke into two homes on a drug-fuelled rampage in the same night, before spitting at a police officer.
'Social cleansing' councils buying homeless one-way train tickets
'Reconnection' tickets given to homeless people in a bid to shift the problem of rough sleepers elsewhere.
Missing airman tracked down after 40 years charged with desertion after leading double life
Serviceman Jeffrey Michels who disappeared 40 years ago from an Air Force Base in North Dakota has been arrested for desertion after leading a double life.
Dangerous 'Isis Game' leaves school student needing six-hour surgery to save hand
A Michigan school student suffered a severe cut to the hand that needed surgery after playing the "Isis Game" where pupils pretend to behead each other.
'Nazi grandma' convicted of denying Holocaust for fifth time
Ursula Haverbeck, 88, known as the 'Nazi grandma' was sentenced to six months in jail for saying there were no gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp for the fifth time.
Man-eating Indian tigress electrocuted on farmer's fence, ending armed hunt
A man-eating tigress that killed four villagers in the west Indian state of Maharashtra has died after being electrocuted, ending an armed hunt for the beast.
Barber stabbed to death with meat skewer over cut-price £2.60 haircut
Maddened customer unhappy with his haircut slaughtered the stylist in a town just just outside Moscow.
Facebook paedophile who targeted underage Lancashire girls is jailed
Joshua Stanley, 19, has been jailed for raping an underage girl and committing sexual assaults against on two others after befriending them on Facebook.
Manhunt for gunman who shot Liverpool teenager in the buttocks
Merseyside police have launched a manhunt for a gunman after a teenager was blasted in the buttocks in a Kirby park last night.
Storm Ophelia set to batter UK and Ireland with 'potentially deadly' winds
Storm Ophelia is set to hit Ireland and parts of the UK with gusts of up to 80mph from the Atlantic, causing schools and airports to close.
Greek island chapel bans foreign weddings after British bride and groom 'sex act' photo
Newlyweds Matthew and Carly Lunn posted a pic of them apparently performing a sex act in front of the scared monastery of St Paul in Rhodes, where they had just been married.
Rapist jailed for seven years after victim records attack on phone
Sarbast Fatah, 24, has been jailed for seven years for rape after his quick-thinking rape victim recorded her attack on a mobile phone.
Tesco Reading security guard stages rooftop protest over sacking - and livestreams it on Facebook
Ex-security guard Adama Jammeh, who was sacked from Tesco after accusations of stealing, has spent the night protesting in the supermarket's roof.
Winston Churchill's half-smoked cigar nets more than £9,000 at auction
WWII leader smoked the cigar while he was in Paris in 1947 to receive France's highest military honour, the Medaille Militaire.
Teenage girl sexually assaulted by three different men in space of an hour after night out
Girl was preyed on by men after she lost her friends following a night out at a club in east London.
HS2 rail project puts lives of 200 reindeer at risk
The owner of a Staffordshire Reindeer farm, Stephen Swinnerton, said the proposed route of the HS2 rail project could force him close the business and put down the 200-strong herd.