SOCIETY

The Canadian province became the first place in North America to instute a ban effectively stopping Muslim women wearing the niqab or burqa from public services.

Police in Nigeria's southern Delta state say that a militant group kidnapped the four missionaries at around 2am local time on Friday (13 October).

Matthew Phelps told a 911 dispatcher he took too much cough syrup and awoke to find his wife stabbed to death. Lauren Phelps was found to have 123 stab wounds and cuts.

A researcher has posted video of the Lovense sex toy being sent commands via his computer after what he says began as a 'joke' with another researcher.

The FBI said they arrested 120 human trafficking suspects in the 4-day operation between from 12 and 15 October. Operation Cross Country XI was enforced in 55 FBI field offices.

The Supreme Court says Saudi envoy Jarallah al-Malki cannot hide behind diplomatic immunity on claims by Cherrylyn Reyes who accuses him of making her work for 17 hours a day.

An English aristocrat has lost a priceless family heirloom while on a shopping trip to a budget supermarket.

Nearly 100 students reportedly walked out of a New Jersey school after the incident caught on Snapchat was widely shared.

Hindus around the world are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, also known as Deepavali and Tihar.

Billboards have sprung up in several African countries for a product that claims to "visibly lighten women's skin colour".

A new restaurant run by an order of nuns will serve food to patrons in east London - and it will be completely free.

Several people have died in recent years due to the conflict between rival gangs in the state of of North Rhine-Westphalia.

American Ariana Austin became an African princess when she married into the royal family of Ethiopia, after first meeting her man in a Washington nightclub.

The 21-year-old posted a lengthy statement on Twitter that detailed the allegations of abuse.

Suspect Prince on the run after multiple fatalities reported at the Emmorton Business Park in Edgewood.

Jamal Mansour reportedly told investigators he thought "If she doesn't respect me, then she'll respect this".

The dogs fight wild boars in a bamboo arena in a practice known locally as "adu bagong". The animals fight to the death on Java island.

Police intercepted packages mailed from Yan's internet-based pharmaceutical companies which contained "multiple kilograms" of suspected fentanyl.

Police arrested ten suspects with ties to far-right extremist Logan Alexandre Nisin who wrote online that he planned to attack "blacks, migrants and jihadist scoundrels."

Embarrassed police officers took selfies as they waited for rescue services to save them from a faulty lift.

The nation's last hangman quit his post in 2005 after hanging two armed robbers who murdered a prison guard while escaping jail.

David Earl Vickers, 31, from Florida, has been charged with second degree murder, child abuse and grand theft after the murder of Luca Sholey, his girlfriend's son.

Bertrand Cantat battered to death his actress girlfriend Marie Trintignant in a hotel room in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2003.

The peace activist was slammed online for swapping her traditional Pakistani dress for casual Western clothing.

Photos show fighting is still going on in Marawi long after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared it had been liberated from Islamist militants.

Police release CCTV images of suspect as seven girls under 14 and two women attacked in Greenwich and Lewisham since June.

In the lawsuit, Daniel Card is suing for assault, negligence, breach of contract and emotional distress

A Swedish express train has been christened Trainy McTrainface in an echo of the name chosen by the British public for its new polar research vessel.

Rabbi Samuel Hiller has been sentenced to up to three years in prison for using funding for children with special needs for his personal expenses and business interests.