Heartwarming image of Pikin the gorilla resting in the arms of her human companion Appolinaire in the back of a car wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.
Dominic Wallis and Elizabeth Ellis, from Nuneaton, have been jailed for the murder of Dionne Clark, who was left with 69 separate injuries after the attack in June last year.
Stephen Mader won $175,000 in a settlement after suing the city of Weirton for wrongly termination. In 2016 he was fired after not shooting a black man he believed was suicidal.
Police say they recovered a syringe and a bottle after the victim's father was hoodwinked into believing gang were officials carrying out medical study in the city of Hafizabad.
Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer was arrested in Israel after fleeing Australia. Leifer, who is in her 50's, faces 74 allegations of rape and sexual abuse of children
Mark Woolley, 52, from Hackney, east London, was jailed for the murder a BBC costume designer Liz Sherlock, 42, after he run her over after his girlfriend snatched her handbag.
The daughter-in-law of US President Donald Trump was taken to hospital after police say she opened a letter filled with white powder. Authorities think it was nonhazardous.
Response to Oxfam Haiti sex scandal: "Judge me by my work, not what I do in my time off," says aid worker who had sex with prostitutes during Bosnian War.
Derbyshire-native Duncan Robb thought he was buying tickets for LA-based band the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a Christmas present for his girlfriend.
Authorities released a picture of a man brushing his teeth while at the wheel to highlight to dangers of distracted driving.
Spanish police made a second huge drugs haul in under a week on the Costa del Sol, in a raid which netted 3,500 kilos of cocaine worth around €120m.
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has been abducted by armed men from a restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine, after a court rejected his appeal against extradition to Georgia.
A nightclub in Tomsk has allegedly offered a woman a membership and three free drinks if exchange for performing oral sex while on stage.
Passenger at Auckland Airport went for a cigarette break while at the gate and bypassed security upon returning.
Mumsnet user jumpinline has sparked a heated debate on the website over the role parents are expected to play in the children's financial matters.
An elderly woman who was trapped in her bathtub for three days has been rescued after Essex police broke into her house.
Deividas Subacius filmed himself punching a toddler and then sent the video to the girl's grandparents threatening to hurt the child more if they did not send money.
Judge calls Garfield White "an intelligent man from a good home" who is also "an aggressive, violent, dishonest and scheming thug".
Malaysian newspaper Sinar Harian sparks outrage after publishing checklist how to recognise LGBT people. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia and carries a 20-year prison sentence.
Penny Lawrence resigns as charity faces further criticism workers used prostitutes following major 2010 earthquake.
A father of two who has worked a school crossing for 20 years has quit after the local council told him giving out high-fives was potentially grooming.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to continue strikes in Syria despite the risk of sparking a conflict with Iran via its Syrian and Lebanese proxies.
Germany celebrates its annual Rose Monday carnival in traditional fashion: with floats featuring huge, unflattering puppets of politicians.
CNN slammed by leading public figures for its praise of North Korean diplomat's visit to South Korea.
Around 138,000 houses and flats have been damaged or completely destroyed by the bitter conflict, say experts.
Clydesdale Bank employee denied having sex with the female involved in the incident, who was also fired in the aftermath.
Users in West Midlands could soon be offered heroin is special drug consumption rooms to tackle £1.4bn a year costs to public service.
"Shoot female rebels in their vaginas," President Rodrigo Duterte tells Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
A former senior UN official has suggested that Oxfam workers involved in the Haitian prostitution scandal could face prosecution for sex crimes in British courts.
Foreigners including four Brits deported from Cambodia after being charged with producing pornography.