Audit reveals thousands of law-enforcement requests to secretly monitor the mail of American citizens.
A police officer with a foot fetish was arrested and charged on accusations that he asked sexual favours from a woman he pulled over.
Cummins lost his middle finger after his right hand was crushed in a roller used to create the ceramic poppies.
Zola Tongo described the events on the night that Anni Dewani was killed in a staged carjacking.
First International Association of Exorcists conference in Rome this week warns of a rise in Satanism.
Archaeologists and local volunteers have been excavating a Roman settlement in Papcastle since 2012.
Incredible story of Rehana the scourge of Islamic State is a nightmare for journalists too.
Authorities try to soothe clown panic after series of pranks and fake sightings.
Creator of much-loved children's game asking for funds as he cannot afford own oral surgery.
Around 13,000 Israelis, Arabs and tourists partied for 12 hours last week in the historic palace complex of Masada.
Ebola hazmat suits and terrorism-themed costumes are topping the outfit lists this Halloween
Cult leader kept more than 30 women and 80 children in southern Tel Aviv
Real-life superheroes Xtreme Justice League patrol San Diego's streets at night.
Ju Peng is on the hunt for rich 'temporary' boyfriends to fund cross-China trip.
Mother and daughters died of multiple stab wounds and father died from hanging, post-mortems shows.
Monument dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat state will cost £300m.
Woman allegedly said she was 'possessed by a demon' who told her to commit murder.
This year sees the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on 9 November 1989.
Father André Luiz Facchini accused of holding abusive rituals in Lanciano, Abruzzo
Social security department denies tweeting praise for struggling government welfare scheme.
South America's biggest city may run out of water in two weeks if it doesn't rain soon.
Water floods gallery in Pamuklu village, central Anatolian province, trapping more than 20 workers
The bodies of Jitendra, 49, and Duksha Lad, 44, and their daughters Trisha, 19, and Nisha,17.
Israeli PM calls international criticism of settlements in occupied East Jerusalem 'disconnected from reality'
Everyone remembers the Armenian Genocide, but Assyrian victims of Ottoman jihad have been airbrushed from history.
Morrisons said was "very sorry" about the incident but British Legion "wanted to collect outside".
Seoul spies tell lawmakers North Korean dictator underwent ankle surgery.
Live updates after a couple and two teenage girls found dead in Bradford.
Opposition group barred from all activities for three months
It is less than a quarter of what it was three years ago