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Norse mythology predicts world will end on 22 February.

Suspect accused of stabbing up to five women with needles in city centre.

Woman gives birth in Israeli makeshift hospital in Philippines and names her child 'Israel'.

Switzerland is the happiest country in the world.

Pavlensky faces five years in jail if convicted for art statement against 'police state'.

NSA director general Keith Alexander said Snowden's actions 'seriously increase the chances of a terrorist attack'.

UN says official death toll for Typhoon Yolanda has hit 4,460 with more than 900,000 people displaced.

Scholastic apologises after book Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt didn't erased Israel from the map.

Commuters dumbfounded as Oyster travels 10 stops on rush hour Victoria line tube.

Medics at three hospitals in northern Israel patching up Syrians hurt in fighting.

Counter-terrorism chief says al-Qaida offshoots exploiting security lapses during Ashoura festival.

MPs Nadhim Zahawi and Anas Sarwar discuss the need to protect women and girls against sexual assault amid the Haiyan chaos.

Instead of the traditional tourist pleasures of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands, Cath Everett takes a different route.

Last person in Britain who was born in the 1800s and sixth oldest person alive dies.

Met Police say arrests could lead to landmark first prosecution of FGM in UK.

Zhejiang fiancé hires porters to deliver stacks of 100 yuan notes to beloved's house.

Ohio governor orders delay in execution to study if inmate's organs can be passed onto sick family

Family lawyer claims he was blocked from grilling MI6 agents during inquest and warns of 'dark arts' behind mystery death.

Rapist's lawyer condemned as 'disgusting' after guilty verdict in Wellington court.

Elephant carcasses cleared from tracks after speeding train hit herd in Jalpaiguri district.

Herders were arrested after Chinese firm accused them of occupying grazing land.

Virtual currency's value soared to $400 per coin on 13 November from $13 in January.

Mined by De Beers, Pink Star breaks record set by Graff Pink.

10,000 people sign up to help five-year-old leukaemia patient become Batman for the day.

Horn of Africa lashed by heavy rains - hundreds of people missing.

Tories remove decade of online material and block search engines access.

Suspect facing two years in prison after Ugandan police found photos of him having sex with another man.

Horse racing tipster's £3m claim rejected by Central London Employment Tribunal.

Campaigners praise East Riding council's decision to halt plans to breed dogs for experiments in Grimston.