Cristiano Ronaldo tells Syria's children 'I am with you' in heartwarming message
The Real Madrid football star sent a message to children in war-torn Syria calling them heroes.
Teacher accused of sex with 3 pupils and sending 'inappropriate' messages to 12-year-old
Heidi Verret, 30, is accused of having sex with boys aged between 15 and 16-years old.
Police officer sacked after 'advertising threesomes with girlfriend for £210 while on sick leave'
Sussex Police officer Daniel Moss and girlfriend Tracey Perryman were caught advertising sex.
Cleveland police officer's two-year-old son shoots himself dead with dad's gun
The 2-year-old from Cleveland, Ohio died in an 'accidental shooting' police confirmed.
Two terrorist sympathisers used Syria aid-convoys to send cash to al-Nusra Front extremists
Syed Hoque of Stoke-on-Trent, and Mashoud Miah of London were both convicted of funding terrorism.
Joey Barton hit with misconduct charge for allegedly placing 1,260 bets on football over 10 years
The FA says he broke rules by betting on 'football matches or competitions' as recently as May this year.
UN demands end to Israeli settlements in new resolution as US abstains
The UN Security Council passed the resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements.
Isis video shows two Turkish soldiers 'burnt alive after being captured' near Aleppo
Turkey reportedly banned some social media sites after the Isis video emerged online.
Mother 'hit two sons with belt and threw them against the wall' for opening Christmas presents early
Sascha Collins is alleged to have hit her sons, aged seven and nine, with a belt buckle in Indiana
Dead body of Joseph Stalin's grandson and Vladimir Putin critic found on Moscow street
Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, son of Stalin's eldest child, Yakov, was found near to his Moscow home.
Arrests made after girl, 3, was 'forced to live in tiny insect-ridden wooden box' in Indiana
The child was held in a plywood box discovered by police in her family's living room
Ties between Putin and Le Pen probed amid claims Front National gets Kremlin-linked funds
According to reports foreign loans accepted by France's National Front are being probed by the US
Mother accused of stabbing her son 55 times claims 'Satan was coming after her'
Illinois mother Jody Kossow was said to be 'preoccupied with witchcraft' before killing her son, 8.
Grave of famed Hasidic rabbi desecrated with a pig's head and fake blood in Ukraine
Jewish pilgrims were also reportedly attacked in the incident at the tomb of the revered Hasidic rabbi
Police hunt suspect after three men 'slashed in the face' in Liverpool nightclub attack
Merseyside Police have issued CCTV images of a suspect and appealed for witnesses.
Manhattan man arrested for hate crime after allegedly throwing coffee in Muslim woman's face
Homeless suspect reportedly told her that he hated Muslims and was going to kill her.
Nepali teen dies after being banished to shed for menstruating in ancient Hindu ritual
Chhaupadi is now banned in the country but is still practised in remote rural regions.
Accountant jailed after stealing £300,000 to buy designer handbags and clothes
Julie Sexton-Blythe paid the money into her own current account and even bought a beauty salon.
Possible breakthrough in preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Doctors have discovered babies who died from SIDS had low levels of brain protein orexin.
Mother guilty of murdering 19-day-old son after fracturing his skull and breaking 17 of his ribs
Nicola Brown, 43, was found guilty of murder and two charges of GBH against her newborn son.
Seven arrested in Siberian city Irkutsk after 48 people die using bath oil as alcohol substitute
Locals in the Russian city unknowingly drank methanol which is a toxin found in anti-freeze.
Weetabix workers vote to strike in dispute over shift patterns
Trade union Usdaw says cereal company's staff are set to take industrial action next year.
Liverpool paedophile gave girls fake 'skinny pills' and said that sex would help them lose weight
Philip Farley, 48, even conned his child victims into taking fake 'urine tests'.
Riot officers secure all wings at HMP Birmingham amid stabbing reports
The prison was taken over by up to 600 inmates for almost 12 hours at the privately-run jail.
Two ex-Paras face murder trial over 1972 Belfast shooting of IRA man
Joe McCann, 24, was shot dead in Belfast city centre on 15 April, 1972, with no charges brought at the time.
US boosts bounty on Isis warlord Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's head to $25m
The reward for information leading to the arrest of the Isis figurehead has been increased from $10m.
Philippines president Duterte confirms he personally killed three men
The bombastic Rodrigo Duterte claimed he had killed criminals in the southern city.
Rolf Harris does not have to attend his own sex attack trial because of age and ill health
Rolf Harris is alleged to have indecently assaulted 7 young girls over a 30-year period.
Serbia: Boy, 12, alleged to have burned alive homeless man is too young to be prosecuted
Three boys were reportedly arrested after the incident in the northern town of Novi Sad.
Adolf Hitler's Austrian birthplace will house disability charity after politicians seize house
Austrian politicians passed a law to seize the property in Braunau am Inn on Wednesday
