SOCIETY

There are plenty of unlikely stories doing the rounds this August, but some of them happen to be true.

Five dead in terror outbreak linked to Islamist and far-left groups.

Anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, began with a solemn march in his honour and ended in chaotic scenes.

BREAKING: Officials say both casualties and fatalities feared.

Police describe shooting as "a tragedy for the family of this man and the officers involved."

Gunfire was exchanged by Conley and law enforcement officials during a half hour-long stand-off.

Conflicting reports suggest suspected poachers were initially arrested and shot dead by police.

Police said the condition of the two people struck by the shots was unknown.

The hiker was found in the vicinity of the Elephant Black Loop Trail, near Lake Village, on 7 August.

8-foot 9-inch alligator attacked 37-year-old Rachael Lilienthal as she was swimming in the Wekiva River

Mayors are urging women to give birth to children, in an attempt to repopulate Europe's lowest birth-rate region.

PKK official says Ankara wants Isis to succeed to prevent Kurdish gains.

Irrawaddy Delta worst hit with villages and paddy fields submerged.

Islanders in Maldives spot several suspected wreckage objects.

EU laws encourage migrants, the foreign secretary says.

Over 26,000 spectators witness festivities in Padang, central Singapore.

Swimmer becomes first woman to dodge great white sharks from Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Christina Taylor, 19, was shot by a trainee officer responding to reports of a burglary.

Young man is gored to death after standing in the path of a bull run while filming using his mobile phone.

The US Air Force also deployed support equipment and around 300 personnel to Incirlik Air Base.

The killing of the head of the pride by Walter Palmer has had devastating repercussions.

Ethan McKen was holidaying with five friends in the Sunny Beach resort when swept out to sea by freak wave

Tapes of the abuse were then used to blackmail parents, or sold for as little as 31 pence.

Police are carrying out a search for 10 more victims of the 68-year-old suspected cannibal landlady

Party leadership front-runner says he will weigh up return of public ownership principle abandoned by Tony Blair

Officers were confronted by crowd 400 strong after being called with complaints of noisy party in northeast London

Police discovered bodies in home after armed siege with 49-year-old man inside.

The Tribal Voice project which launched on Sunday 9 August is enabling the world's remotest tribes to broadcast live from the rainforest.

Polish national was stopped on the M1 motorway after tip off from member of the public