Two members of the Spain's People Party's government allegedly helped the king's son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin in his fraud activities according to an on-going investigation which is threatening the royal family's popularity.
At least 73 people have been killed and many more injured in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta (Kolkata).
A major search and rescue mission is underway in the Scottish Cairngorms for five hill walkers who have not been seen since Wednesday.
At least five UN members of a UN peace delegation and a Lebanese civilian have been injured in a bomb blast in southern Lebanon.
The new government in Libya has said it will allow British police to begin fresh investigations into the Lockerbie bombing and the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher.
Claire Johnson, 25, has been jailed for two years, and her boyfriend Russell Bennett, 24, for 14 months.
A 10-year-old boy who was shot by his mother after she was refused food stamps in Texas died on Thursday, a day after his sister lost her life.
Jean Francis Say, 62, killed his eight –year-old daughter Regina and ten- year-old son Rolls, in the weekend of February 12, 2011, when he had the custody of the children.
The gunman who shot a Virginia Tech police officer on Thursday then turned the same gun on himself, police have announced.
The Florence and the chemical tanker Afrodite collided at about 250 miles (402km) south west of Land's End.
The bodies of a couple and their child, who is believed to be a young girl, were found in an apparent case of murder-suicide.
“In the three years that Luke has had his phone, he has only gone over his allowance once, and then only by about £10. He’s never done anything like this before and has been a really responsible kid,” she added.
From ongoing fits, to one-off accounts that scare and surprise – here’s a selection of some of the funniest videos of animals witnessed sneezing.
A prominent Zionist rabbi is facing trial in Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court on charges of forcible sexual assault.
Murders motivated by hostility to transgender people will result in longer sentences according to a new Home Office action plan.
The Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was named journalist of the year at the 2011 Press Freedom Prize awards ceremony in Paris.
A U.S. citizen has been sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison after translating a banned biography of the country's King online.
The cost of British military intervention in Libya has been revealed as £212 million from 19 March to 31 October, amounting to a spending of nearly £1 million a day.
Lincolnshire is regarded as a paranormal hotspot in the UK and even has its own team of 'ghostbusters' and it needs it, according to recently uncovered police statistics.
We show you how to have a great time this festive season without breaking the bank.
The government of the Maldives has temporarily banned the depositing of more rubbish onto an artificial island used for dumping garbage over fears that it is overflowing.
A nation's happiness is determined by its overall prosperity.
Khurram Masih, who stays in Majeed Park, Shahdara Town, Lahore, faces charges under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly burning pages of the Koran.
Severe weather warnings are in place in northern parts of the UK, as powerful winds, rain and snow hit the area.
Prosecutors in Philadelphia announced Wednesday they had decided to stop efforts to execute Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been on death row after being convicted of killing a police officer 30 years ago.
A study has found that businesses would be expensive in Central London's West End area if proposed night time parking charges are imposed.
The head of a gangland prostitution ring, which forced women into selling their bodies, has been executed in China.
The severely injured model has taken her first steps after near fatal propeller accident
The principal of a school in North Carolina has been forced to retire after accusing a nine-year-old pupil of sexual harassment.
The 12-year old-daughter of Rachelle Grimmer, who was shot by her mother after she was refused food stamps, has died from her injuries.