SOCIETY

106,000 people pledged their support for Stephen Sutton's charity appeal to raise funds for The Teenage Cancer Trust.

A former student of the teacher said three of her friends had committed suicide after being molested by Vahey.

South Korean authorities arrest four further Sewol crew members charged with criminal negligence

Mother appeared in court on Friday accused of three counts of murder

Chinese officials are offering Xinjiang citizens up to £4,750 to report people with long beards or women wearing veils

No clear winner between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani at polls means election goes to run-off next month

Paulo Malhaes admitted torturing political dissidents during 20-year military rule in Brazil

Terror group leader calls for Islamist groups to join forces in fight against Assad

Five killed aboard British helicopter which crashed in Afghanistan

Kim Jong-un's Communist state said to be in grip of 'Breaking Bad'-style addiction

Catholics see Marco Gusmini's crucifix tragedy as a bad omen ahead of John Paul II's canonisation

Pope Francis will declare two popes saints on Sunday.

Prescriptions of 'happy pills' increase by almost 25% in Britain, leading to concerns that doctors are handing out prescriptions too easily

Latest violent death at French bank Bred-Banque-Populaire stokes more conspiracy theories

Nato-led security mission confirms death of five troops after helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan

Aida Alic was prevented from boarding NY-bound flight as her name sounds like al-Qaeda pronounced backwards

Televangelist Pat Robertson has predicted that a giant asteroid would hit earth and destroy 'everything'

In another Islamic edict, cleric says husband should have witnessed 'penetration' to claim wife's adultery.

Henry Miller, 19, was using Yage as part of a 'spiritual experience'

Al-Qaida offshoot Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.

Drugs seized in joint Australian-UK mission to sever terrorist funding

Stadium goes up in flames as a play on the martyrdom of Shiite saint Imam Hussein was being enacted.

What led to meltdown and explosion at Ukraine nuclear power plant and what is the fallout?

Researchers at Spanish National Research Council say wild animals benefiting from ionising radiation

Divers said the children were wearing life jackets and had crammed into the cabin which had a capacity of only 30.

Rebels detain 13 passengers aboard Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe bus in east Ukraine

Covanta Marion Plant ordered to stop accepting human biomedical waste to make electricity

Mother accused of killing children Olivia, Ben and Max who had life-limiting spinal muscular atrophy

Miller Matthew Todd detained in North Korea on 10 April for 'rash behaviour' at immigration according to state news agency