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Dear was charged with 179 counts, including fist degree murder on 9 December.

Luis Moreno from Manchester has been jailed for grooming and raping five schoolgirls.

Report by UNHCR says there has been a sharp decline in casualties since ceasefire declared

Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December with the theme "Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always".

Nobel Prize Day marks the day the Nobel Prizes were first awarded on 10 December 1901.

The text from the jihadist group, also known as Daesh, read: 'He died with his brothers'.

The announcement comes as universities around the US are concerned about the rise of campus shootings.

Mounted patrol horse Charlotte died after she bolted and ran into a road, where she was hit by a truck.

A court heard how Duggan slashed Alsion Wilson's neck with a broken bottle as she tried to protect a stranger and baby.

The teenager from West Delhi survived her ordeal and was even able to identify the culprits who have since been arrested.

Gospel singer TJ Bristol charmed the police officers with his rendition of 'You are so beautiful'.

FBI Director James Comey said that the pair were radicalised before they began dating.

Harold Henthorn claimed his wife, Toni slipped and fell as she was taking a photo.

A third of trans people in the UK experience transphobic abuse every year.

Government crackdown on political opposition could compromise the DRC's 2016 elections, the UN has warned.

Reuters photographers tell the story behind some of the most iconic pictures of the year.

Confusion over how to beat Isis gives Putin an opportunity to seem proactive and powerful.

Israel's prime minister says he will meet presidential candidate but refuses to endorse his views.

New wave of Transhumanist religions believe technology could one day offer immortality.

Anti-Sikh hate crimes in the wake of Paris and San Bernardino attacks are often logged as Islamophobic.

By early next year, projections indicate that 400,000 children could be suffering from acute malnutrition.

Putin made offer in phone conversation with UK PM David Cameron.

Alexander Wood ran up huge hotel bills while pretending to be aristocrat Jamie Spencer-Churchill.

Burglars take train sets, dolls and puzzles donated during the festive appeal for underprivileged children.

As the floods begin to recede, many have begun volunteering their time, skills and money to help the victims.

Woman on trial for 10 racially-motivated murders denies involvement in National Socialist Underground neo-Nazi cell.

Daesh has made the use of child soldiers a cornerstone of its propaganda war.

The activist was a prisoner of conscience according to Amnesty International

The 38-year-old paedophile also sexually assaulted six-month-old and nine-year-old girls in Edinburgh.