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The former foreign secretary William Hague says that Russia is not Britain's enemy, as his successor is set to hold talks in Moscow.

X-rated glamour model Chloe Hammond was jailed for five years for biting part of a woman's ear off during a road rage attack.

A fire in the early hours of Monday morning in the New York borough of Brooklyn left three children and their mother dead while other family members fight for their lives.

Daniel Aimson, 36, formerly an officer with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was at the head of a drugs gang selling cannabis in Manchester and North Wales.

Christopher Parker, 33, who has 84 previous convictions, attacked 91-year-old Audrey Bremner in a street mugging 100 metres from her home in Blyth, Northumberland.

Drugs kingpin Dean McCaffrey has been ordered to pay back £1 for trafficking millions of pounds worth of cocaine and heroin.

A water-based traditional "healing" ceremony ended in tragedy on Friday (15 December) after a teenager and a 27-year-old man both drowned while taking part.

The immigrants were shackled at the hands and feet throughout the ordeal. Some claimed they were not properly fed, hydrated, or allowed to use the bathroom.

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaves over 30 dead and dozens missing in island province of Biliran after triggering severe flooding and landslides.

A man has murdered his wife after he received a letter alleging she had been having an affair. He stabbed her in the neck multiple times before committing suicide.

The far-right party Britain First and its leaders have had their Twitter accounts suspended amid a crackdown by the social media company on "hateful and abusive" speech.

Weird news stories in 2017 included Donald Trump tweeting "covfefe," Theresa May's conference disaster, the bizarre statue of Cristiano Ronaldo and a black bear playing piano.

Mikah, a nine-year-old boy from Ohio, showed how it was better to give than receive after he returned his Xbox to help rough sleepers.

Ten Indonesian men have been jailed for their role in a gay sauna sex party that led to the arrests of more than 140 participants back in May.

The train was on Interstate-5 highway in Pierce County when it came off the tracks just south of Tacoma, Washington.

Several thousand North Koreans braved freezing conditions in Pyongyang to pay tribute to their former leader Kim Jong-il on the sixth anniversary of his death.

Scotland houses 2,000 Syrian refugees three years ahead of schedule through the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces.

West Midlands Police urge people to stop posting pictures from scene of Edgbaston crash, which killed six people

Parents and teachers unions expressed concerns over sweeping changes to sex education in Canadian province.

Naloxone knocks opioids off the brain's receptors almost instantly, nullifying the drugs' depressive effect on the respiratory system.

Police in Suffolk are responding to a "significant incident" at Suffolk RAF Mildenhall, a US airbase.

The head of a council in south east Australia has questioned calls for a mural painted by convicted paedophile Rolf Harris to be torn down.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to run in Libya's 2018 presidential elections, tribal chief Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul has said.

A 62-year-old man died at a meat processing plant after getting his leg caught in a waste grinder.

A man who claimed to be a nurse and was able to treat patients at four separate hospitals in Sweden has been jailed.

Text from artist sparks outrage after it was used in painting to promote pop-up shop in east London.

Crystal Palace midfielder Jason Puncheon has been charged with assault and possession of an offensive weapon after a fight broke out near a nightclub in Reigate.

31-year-old police officer Adam Cox from Windsor could face time in jail for possessing thousands of indecent images.

Animal welfare authorities have launched investigations into the incident that took place in Singapore.