Republican David Yancey was named as the winner of an election in one Virgiia district after weeks of debate over the result.
An Italian model and porn star has had to delay a national oral sex tour after a friend's dog attacked and scarred her face.
The 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, in China's far northeastern Heilongjiang Province, has opened.
A T-Mobile customer in the US became "extremely paranoid" after a store employee used her personal information to text has asking if she wanted to "hang out and smoke".
As the US east coast battles Storm Grayson and a "bomb cyclone," Victoria in Australia has seen a 10km stretch of Hume Freeway begin melting - with higher temperatures to come.
Children as young as three spend their days sitting in soot and breathing in coal dust and toxic smoke to make charcoal out of wood scavenged from rubbish dumps.
Spiders are scary in themselves, but a huge spider shedding its skin? Some might not recover. A 7-minute-long video documents the creepy phenomenon
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is now available for the public to get their hands on across parts of the world.
A leaked report from Theresa May's assigned body to tackle complaints in Parliament has suggested online training for those accused of harassment.
The son of tennis legend Boris Becker is set to take legal action against an MP accused of making a racial slur against him.
Suicide bomber detonates himself in a crowded place in Afghan capital, killing at least 20 people and injuring several others.
Michael Wolff's book on Donald Trump, Fire and Fury: Inside the White House, will be released tonight to an anticipating public.
Iran's chief public prosecutor says the ongoing anti-government protests are the result of a CIA plot.
About six residents, including a 14-year-old boy, were also taken to the hospital in an unconscious state.
The freezing conditions have come as a surprise, with one animal charity shocked to find several sharks washed up on the coast.
The Isis' Egyptian faction vows to overthrow Hamas from Gaza Strip for failing to stop President Donald Trump on his Jerusalem move.
Satellite images reveal that Pyongyang may be preparing to conduct a new rocket engine instead of the speculated satellite launch.
Chance Orozco from Kansas had gone to play at his friend Enrique Galvez Jr's house on 5 December when the incident happened.
In a rare gesture, North Korea has agreed to hold high-level talks with rival South Korea to discuss participation in upcoming winter Olympics.
Steve Bannon, Trump's ex-strategist, is portrayed as being concerned about the president's mental capacity.
A hit-and-run parolee in Wisconsin is believed to have frozen to death after he fled the scene of another car crash on 30 December.
Video emerges shows protesters at a Holocaust exhibition in Tunisia tearing down posters and chanting 'Free Palestine'.
The US Coast Guard is searching for animal rescue pilot Bill Kinsinger after his plane went missing over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday (3 January).
Bulgarian Lilia Botuseva and her unnamed German boyfriend were found dead at a guesthouse in Kefalonia, Greece, after both suffered knife wounds, it has been reported.
A teacher asked a simple riddle to his 6 year-old pupils expecting a simple answer. But a kid replied "death" and threw the whole class - and Twitter - into an existential crisis
A blind woman in Thailand who admitted sharing an article critical of the monarchy on Facebook was handed a sentence of 12 to 18 months in jail.
It seems that a vicar in Kent is pretty annoyed at brides for turning up fashionably late. Not on his watch- couples now get £100 for turning up on time.
The latest photos of the massive winter storm barrelling into the northeastern US, as a rapid plunge in barometric pressure causes bombogenesis or a "bomb cyclone".
The seaplane that crashed in Australia killing five Britons was involved a separate fatal accident more than 20 years ago.
A ready-to-wear fashion designer created a line of matching outfits for dogs called Dog a Porter. This photo gallery offers a close look at the work behind the pretty coats.