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40-year-old Nottinghamshire man who admitted raping 21-year-old woman acquitted after court learns of his sleep disorder.

Brothers arrested after trio of captives escape suburban nightmare in Cleveland, Ohio.

Police say Geoffrey Portway spoke online of desire to kidnap and kill children in secret dungeon at his house.

Five climbers dead and many injured as Mayon volcano, near Albay’s provincial capital of Legazpi erupted.

Comedian arrested over claims he sexually abused a young boy in Harrogate in the late 1970s.

IBTimes UK takes a look at one of the fastest growing economies in the world

Printable gun manufactured with powdered plastic goes online.

Three people were killed and 14 injured on Sunday, after a balcony collapsed onto a religious procession in Portici near Naples in southern Italy.

Max Milligan, the brother of Padstow speedboat crash victim Nicholas Milligan, paid tributes to the BskyB senior executive, who he described as an "extremely loving father, husband, son and brother, who doted on his family".

Antibiotic-resistant form of gonorrhoea has potential to be as deadly as Aids virus.

Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated the Easter or the Holy Pascha.

Nazi sympathiser Beate Zschäpe has been charged with complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a policewoman.

Saudi Arabia says militants 'reformed' through rehabilitation programmes.

51-year-old Nicholas Milligan, 51, a senior executive at BskyB, named as the father who died in the horrific accident in Cornwall.

At least 10 dead and 75 wounded as protesters clash with police in Bangladesh.

Toby Burke, 48, had to use his bare hands to fight off the animal when it attacked his family in Alaska.

Ricardo Portillo fell into a coma when he was punched during a football match in Utah

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons has requested to be excused from his role in Wednesday's ceremony after being accused of rape and sexual assault by two men.

Hundreds of right-wing supporters demonstrate against World Jewish Congress in Budapest.

Illegal trading of dog meat sparks police probe in Morocco after a man from Casablanca was arrested with the dog carcasses meant for restaurants.

More than 16 corpses have been mixed up by hospital morgues in the last two years, with one blunder even stopping a funeral.

Part X-Factor, part-Apprentice, The President hit TV show pits Palestinians in mock electoral contest.

The passengers, all in their 30s, were killed when the vehicle caught fire crossing the San Mateo Hayward Bridge.

Amateur video showed storm tearing into towns and villages close to Bologna.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons has described allegations of rape and sexual assault made against him by two young men as "completely false."

A 13-year-old boy slashed the neck of his 14-year-old gaming partner after a fight while playing online games

Two people have died after a train carrying highly toxic chemicals was derailed in Belgium and burst into flames.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons was arrested yesterday after claims of rape and sexual assault on two men in their 20s.

The party claims that action is needed to increase Britain's white population.