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Baby left covered in blood after thug glassed his father during christening for no reason

Ryan Hamilton jailed for 20 months for attacking complete stranger Michael Banthorpe with pint glass in Stockton.

Harvey, Irma, Maria: 2017's monster Atlantic hurricane season in 60 dramatic photos

This year's most powerful Atlantic hurricanes – Harvey, Irma and Maria – caused so much damage that 2017 will almost certainly prove to be the costliest hurricane season on record.

28 people found crammed inside rat-infested house with one bathroom in London

Enforcement officers were horrified to discover Romanian workers living in a vermin-riddled house with no working smoke detectors.

Somalia's deadliest attack - 'Every home in Mogadishu has lost someone or knows someone who died'

More than 300 people died when a truck packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of Mogadishu's Safari Hotel on 14 October.

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Man-eating Indian tigress electrocuted on farmer's fence, ending armed hunt

A man-eating tigress that killed four villagers in the west Indian state of Maharashtra has died after being electrocuted, ending an armed hunt for the beast.

Hundreds just died in Africa's worst ever terror attack. Why doesn't the West care who murdered them?

This is the worst attack in Africa's history since Al-Qaeda was blamed for twin attacks on US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, when 220 people died.

CCTV footage shows Pavel Luzyanin standing above barber Dany-Dastan Adkhamov who he stabbed because he did not like his haircut

Barber stabbed to death with meat skewer over cut-price £2.60 haircut

Maddened customer unhappy with his haircut slaughtered the stylist in a town just just outside Moscow.

Indonesian Officials Map Potential Damage of Agung Volcano

Indonesia plans to build prisons in remotest islands especially for drug offenders and terrorists

Indonesia witnessed a massive jailbreak, which saw more than 450 inmates escaping from the prison in May 2017.

Australian places $120,000 bet on Donald Trump winning a second term in office

Bet comes despite a series of controversies that have engulfed the White House since Trump took office.

'I saw Isis militants shoot a two-year-old': Syrian civilians recall horror scenes as they flee Raqqa

Hundreds of civilians fled the city last week as US-led airstrikes on Isis fighters intensified to drive them from one of their last Syrian strongholds.

Israel jets under fire from Syria retaliate with bombing raid near Damascus

Syrian battery attacked after it allegedly fired on Israeli warplanes during reconnaissance mission over neighbouring Lebanon.

Sean Hughes dead: Irish stand-up and Never Mind the Buzzcocks star dies aged 51

Comedian best known for Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Sean's Show passes away after long battle with alcohol problems.

Toddler may die waiting for kidney transplant because 'perfect match' father violated parole

Two-year-old AJ Burgess may have to wait until January 2018 for operation despite his '110%' match father being available on 3 October

Police shootings: Will gun cameras improve civil rights in America?

Departments being testing gun cameras as alternative to body cameras - but law enforcement officials and civil rights groups are skeptical.

Was Sally Jones's 12-year-old son a legitimate target? US drone strike on Isis 'white widow' questioned

British national Sally Jones and her 12-year-old son Joe Dixon are believed to have been killed by a Predator drone in Syria. Legal questions surround their deaths.

Founder of Women's March Tamika Mallory says 'white male aggression' got her kicked off flight

Tamika Mallory was thrown off the flight without reason by the pilot after disputing a seat change.

UK firm to open museum dedicated to espionage in New York

The spy museum would be privately funded with a visit likely to cost nearly $40 per head.

Police issue image of mystery man who fell from top floor of London Hilton and died three years ago

The Metropolitan Police have published an E-fit of a man who fell to his death from the top of the Park Lane Hilton in March 2014.

Student who inhaled 360 laughing gas canisters a week may never walk again

Australian woman suffers nerve damage to spine after abusing nitrous oxide as experts warn against the dangers.

Texas Justice Department employee 'stole $1.25m worth of fajitas'

Gilberto Escaramilla, a former South Texas juvenile justice department employee, is accused of stealing $1.25m of fajitas over nine years.

Facebook paedophile who targeted underage Lancashire girls is jailed

Joshua Stanley, 19, has been jailed for raping an underage girl and committing sexual assaults against on two others after befriending them on Facebook.

CCTV video captures murder of Egyptian Coptic priest amid ongoing Isis persecution

Members of the minority Coptic community have repeatedly been targeted by Isis-affiliated militants in recent months.

Drone hits commercial airliner landing in Canada's Quebec City: 'This should not have happened'

The incident comes as drone usage continues to soar, with many aviation agencies rolling out regulations to address safety concerns and avoid such incidents.

Photos: Hurricane Ophelia whips up hundreds of deadly wildfires in Galicia and Portugal

Hurricane Ophelia's winds fanned more than 140 wildfires across northern Spain and Portugal, killing three in Galicia and six in Portugal.

Manhunt for gunman who shot Liverpool teenager in the buttocks

Merseyside police have launched a manhunt for a gunman after a teenager was blasted in the buttocks in a Kirby park last night.

Philippine troops kill Southeast Asia Isis 'emir' and a Maute group leader in Marawi

Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute were dead and the Marawi siege could end soon.

Kurds claim Iraqi soldiers 'burnt lots of houses and killed many people' in assault on Kirkuk

Kurdish forces, called the peshmerga, had driven Isis out of Kirkuk. Now their positions in the city are under attack from the Iraqi army, its former ally against Islamic State.

New Zealand hit by potato shortage causing 'chipocalypse'

Heavy rains and floods have wiped out the potato crop in many regions of New Zealand.

Teenage boy in Australia charged for allegedly raping and robbing 83-year-old woman

The police had published the 15-year-old boy's name and photograph in the local papers to locate and arrest him.

'We were saying goodbye to each other': AirAsia passengers recall terror of plane plunging 20,000ft

Passengers on board an AirAsia flight have spoken of the moment when their plane plunged 20,000 feet just after takeoff.

London police move to save £400m by not probing certain crimes 'could lead to vigilante justice'

London's Met Police will reportedly not probe certain crimes like burglary as it seeks to cut £400m from its budget, leading to concerns it will promote vigilante justice.

Russia 'funds the Taliban by $2.5m a month for anti-NATO operations in Afghanistan'

Russia funds the Taliban in Afghanistan by $2.5m a month through laundered fuel sales, according to the Times who spoke to a treasurer with the group.

Murder probe launched after teenager, 19, dies following boxing match brawl

A brawl at a boxing event in Walsall has left a teenager dead and several injured. West Midlands Police has launched a murder inquiry.

Foul odour from steel drum floating in bay leads police to decomposing remains

Human remains found in 55-gallon drum giving off bad odour that was floating in in San Diego bay after a diver discovered it and reported it to Chula Vista police.

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