A supermarket in the German city of Offenburg is increasing its security measures after five people have so far reported finding needles in food bought at the store.
Three people who forced Vietnamese women and girls to work for nothing in nail bars around the country have been jailed for human trafficking and modern slavery offences.
Celebrated children's author JK Rowling now has a pub named after her in Edinburgh - but only for a short while.
A desperate woman who called police from her car as she sunk into a freezing pond on New Year's Eve pleaded: "It's filling up. It's cold."
A mosque in Fort Smith, Arkansas which had a Swastika sprayed on its building alongside the words "go home" has paid off the culprit's fines so he can be spared prison.
Dr Zhao Bianxiang reportedly collapsed after working 18 straight hours. After colleagues desperately tried to save her, she was pronounced dead the next morning.
A former Christian convent schoolgirl, Bailey Gibson, has put her virginity up for sale at a world famous Brothel in Nevada.
Muslim man Waseem Ansari beaten to death in Jharkhand, India, after he complained about loud New Year music.
Argentinian law student Nahir Galarza, 19, has admitted to killing her ex-lover Fernando Pastorizzo, 21, on the morning of 29 December in Gualeguaychu.
Chance Nichols, 7, narrowly escaped with his life after wrecking a stolen car at 100mph in Wagon County, Oklahoma, to see his mother.
Architect Fernando Donis who is behind Dubai's latest wonder says he was cut out from building The Frame
Drunk man takes taxi from Copenhagen to Oslo on New Year's Eve and refuses to pay for 600km trip. Norwegian police were called to wake him up and order him to pay fare.
The number of women illegally selling their bodies as surrogates in China is thought to be rocketing.
Myanmar pledged that Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh by the hundreds of thousands would start their journey home later this month. However, few believe that will happen.
A store in Australia has been told it has to pay an employee A$17,000 after she was seriously attacked by a bird outside the shop.
Couples are trying some strange methods to get pregnant, including feasting on McDonald's chips, drinking pineapple juice and wearing frozen underwear.
Incredible photos taken in Bouin on 1 January show the a 62m wind turbine ripped from its base and lying crippled in a field after Storm Carmen passed through.
Will the left support the struggle of the Iranian people?
Vinod Moorjani denies the allegations, claiming that a phone call he made requesting the "BOM-DEL status" – the status of his Bombay to Delhi flight – was misheard.
A Florida man faces the death penalty after he beat a 7-year-old boy for sneaking out of bed to get a biscuit.
A horrified mother and father watched their toddler son die on New Years Eve after he was crushed by a man who fell from a building in a suspected suicide.
Rail commutes got on average 3.4% cheaper from the start of 2018, which sparked protests at stations across the UK. It is often cheaper to nip over to Europe than get to work.
According to police, the 27-year-old had a skin problem that affected his scalp and caused severe hair loss.
A convicted murderer who killed an autistic teenager for the thrill of it has been attacked behind bars on New Year's Day.
76-year-old Florence Myerscough from Bolton was found by neighbours after being left in the freezing rain and unable to get into her home.
Former England footballer Trevor Sinclair pleads guilty to drink driving and racially abusing police officer at his home in Lytham, Lancashire.
The teen was found by police on New Year's Day with a gunshot wound to the head in the city of Sherwood in Oregon.
John Struthers, a Scottish professor, met his wife Justina at the Glasgow University in 1970s; and despite criticism over the years, he said they haven't "wavered".
One gang of inmates launched an attack on a rival faction and set their mattresses on fire along with the inmates.
A man has died after falling at a construction site near JP Morgan's offices in Bank Street, Canary Wharf, east London.
