SOCIETY

The Cambridge classics professor reveals she received a message on Twitter that a bomb had been planted outside her home.

Officers sentenced in second stage of trial over 52 Carandiru riot deaths in 1992.

International crimefighting agency has requested intelligence to establish if breaks are co-ordinated.

Mugabe wins seventh term of office but election mired in controversy.

Group of 30 female officers laid off because of their links with Bo Xilai, then beaten as they protested.

Police arrest seven of eight vigilantes who inflicted degrading torture on own relative in Meghalaya.

Guidelines say letters should be 'positively phrased' ahead of national schoolchildren 'weigh in'.

Millionaires Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow plan to take legal action against church for ban on gay weddings.

A team of archaeologists from Brown University have unearthed the remains of a native village in northwest Alaska in the Arctic region.

Alexander Kettler stumbled across a sarcophagus, a canopic jar and a death mask. The mummy was in the sarcophagus.

Court of Protection to decide if father should be sterilised to avoid the distress of having more children.

Daniel Fino Galvan among prisoners pardoned by King Mohamed VI.

US State Department warns of new terror attack in Middle East and North Africa.

Question posed after publication of birth certificate of new heir to the throne.

‘Guccifer’ forces former US secretary of state to deny affair with Corina Cretu after he hacked into his emails.

Tokyo’s deputy PM reportedly praised Adolf Hitler’s quiet constitutional changes.

Student accused of murdering 82-year-old and terrorist acts to stand trial in January.

Changchun man saved by super-elastic boxer shorts.

Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek to serve minimum of 30 years for beating and starving four-year-old to death.

Couple from Eastern Europe were found lying dead in bed at Edinburgh hotel, according to reports.

Racist priests flipped Nazi salutes and demanded 'negro' cleaned food off table while chanting Badenweiler March.

Medical law and ethics expert takes a legal look at what the London court ruling will mean for Right-to-Die campaigners

Department posts series of legally prejudicial tweets incriminating suspected illegal immigrants

Malcolm Tucker actor is bookies' favourite but Idris Elba also strongly tipped to take over from Matt Smith.

Former Italian Prime Minister receives first ever definitive conviction after being found guilty of tax fraud.

Ohio man who kidnapped Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, claimed victims were not virgins and sex was often consensual

Michelle Knight, who was kidnapped by Ariel Castro aged 21 in 2002 spoke at his sentencing.

Samantha Kidd jailed five months for repeatedly punching and throttling brain-damaged husband.

Cleveland court hears details of kidnap of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.