Islamic State militants chopped the heads off 15 of their own fighters in Afghanistan according to officials, who did provide an explanation for the mass killing.
An armed moped gang face jail after causing a staggering £1m of damage in a string of raids on mobile phone shops across London.
A cattle trucked overturned on Interstate 84 in Riverdale, Utah . It is unclear how many cows died in the crash, but about 25 were thrown from the overpass.
Practice is still common in several Asian countries, despite criticism that it is "cruel" and "unscientific."
The EU commission has told cities hoping to become the next UK Capital of Culture to forget about the whole thing.
The one kilometre fatberg cost millions to remove - and a second berg has been discovered elsewhere too.
"I thought he was just going to walk past me and keep going. Then I heard him smelling me from behind," Dan Hartley said.
Washington State Patrol said that a drunk driver was having sex with a woman while they were both naked in the car. They ended up crashing into a tree.
Masterson is accused of having sexually assaulted four women, including two former girlfriends who allege they were drugged and abused while in a relationship with him.
Israeli blogger Ben Tzion has provoked outrage in the Arab world by posing for a picture in Medina's holy Mosque of the Prophet Muhammed.
A young mother with mental health issues drowned her two-year-old daughter in the bath because she wanted to "get rid of the evil in her".
Milcamps waffle factory in the south Brussels region was destroyed by fire on 23 November, but thankfully no-one was injured. People mocked the incident for being a Belgian cliche.
Jurors have failed to reach a verdict in the trial of British Army sergeant Emile Cilliers, accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute.
Australia's Olympic Stadium will be demolished and rebuilt as part of a mulitibillion overhaul of sports grounds in New South Wales.
Mexican Juan Pedro Franco completes one hour procedure after successful gastric bypass surgery earlier in the year.
Ratko Mladić, the Serb commander who presided over the murder of more than 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia, will die in jail.
Navy declined to speculate whether "hydro-acoustic anomaly" might have been an explosion, saying experts did not know what it was.
A sugar house in Bristol, Vermont, was broken into and 300 gallons of maple syrup were destroyed. Another 12 gallons were stolen, Vermont State Police said.
Indian minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sparks outrage with comment that cancer is divine justice caused by sins.
Bailiffs who turned up to serve an eviction notice were shocked to find the mummified corpse of a man who had died four years ago.
A 58-year-old man has spoken about his infatuation with a £2,000 ($2,700) sex doll, which he has brought into the family home. His wife doesn't mind that he romps with it.
Report found that Manhattan, the White House, the Pentagon and the US territory of Guam were all possible targets.
Violent stalker Fatmir Stafasani has been jailed after abseiling into a mother's Fulham flat and bludgeoning her with a crowbar.
Mock-up of Berlin memorial built next to home of AfD politician Bjorn Höcke's home after previously describing it as "monument of shame".
The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis
Sydney Loofe went missing after positing about her Tinder date on social media in the small town of Wilbur.
Queensland Ambulance Service shared a story of paramedics taking a detour on their way to a local palliative unit in Hervey Bay so their dying patient could see the beach again.
French police have asked parents to be vigilant after a new internet craze has taken hold in the nation's schools.
Merseyside Police confirmed that four people had been arrested and one man had been hospitalised following the fracas in Concert Square.
Craig Campbell had spent three years teaching when he was suddenly let go by the school in Western Australia.
