Families reunite on the festive occasion and decorate the Christmas tree with colourful twinkling lights.
The boy went on to shoot himself after murdering the couple and is currently being treated at a hospital in Virginia.
Many of the victims of the blaze at the Davao shopping centre were suspected of being trapped in a call centre office in the building.
A 17-year-old boy from Knowlesley, Merseyside has died after taking ecstasy, police have confirmed.
Copenhagen police said a drug dealer carrying a stash of marijuana had a surprise when he mistakenly climbed into a police car.
Marquise Byrd, 22, was the front passenger in a car when a construction sandbag crashed through the windshield and struck him.
However, researchers also found that men are more responsive to the incentives attached to paying taxes.
Pakistani fire kills 4 Indian soldiers along disputed border of Kashmir as tensions between two countries over Himalayan region escalate.
Kim Jong-un's North Korea is a threat but war with America can still be averted with robust diplomacy backed by military strength, Jim Mattis told US troops.
Tiananmen Square death toll at least 10,000 and victims were 'remains hosed down drains' according to telegram by British ambassador Alan Donald.
Philippines Storm Tembin kills more than 180 on Mindanao island - latest typhoon from Pacific to strike the island country after Kai-Tak.
Shameless star Tina Malone was playing the evil fairy godmother in a performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Cloud 9 theatre in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Coptic Christians make up about 10% of Egypt's 96 million population. Islamic extremists have targeted them in a sereis of brutal attacks in recent years.
Anissa Weier, one of two Wisconsin girls charged in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of a classmate, has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.
She urged people to "remember the missing" during this festive season, saying, "we must never forget them."
London Zoo fire: Aardvark killed and four meerkats missing as more than 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines tackle huge blaze at Adventure Cafe.
India has the world's highest road accident death toll, with more than 110,000 people dying each year.
"Ella began angry lashing out at family members, saying she wants to die and tried to run away from home in the cold" the heartbroken mum wrote in a Facebook post.
Video footage showed primary school teacher Lian lifting his foot close to the face of girl students in an activity room.
The stunning jellyfish-like UFO, actually turned out to be a "contrail from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket".
Everitt Aaron Jameson, who calls himself a "slave of Allah", was plotting a truck attack in San Francisco at the Pier 39 tourist attraction.
The bodies of Clara, a fitness instructor, along with eight-year-old Karina and Yesenia, 7, were found in the family's Kelowna home in British Columbia.
Mark Nesmith, from Coventry, was stabbed to death by Tyler Smith outside a BP garage in Butts Road, Spon End. Smith, 21, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years.
Pc Adam Cox, 31, was working in Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection when he used the photo of a Canadian woman, who committed suicide at the age of 21, for an online alter ego.
At an inquest into the death of Natalie Lewis Hoyle said a post-mortem examination gave the medical cause of death as compression of the neck consistent with hanging.
80-year-old Patrick Jiron faces drugs charges after deputies say he and his wife were driving with 60lbs of marijuana in their pickup.
Evan Brewer's body was found encased in a slab of concrete at a house where his mum and stepdad used to live in Wichita, Kansas, on 2 September.
North Korea had said after a recent missile test that fresh united Nations (UN) sanctions would only make the state accelerate its nuclear programme.
A Russian news agency reported initial investigations suggesting the man tripped and fell in a glass table while using a VR headset, leading to his death.
Trump's coastal golf course in Ireland had its application to build a seawall approved by the council. Originally the course had cited climate change as a reason it was necessary.