Charities issue pets warning ahead of Easter Holidays 2014.
Video of Russian 'ghost car' goes viral on the web
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott says search for missing Malaysian plane will be revised after one week.
Teenagers send family last-minute messages before capsize of ferry
Pro-Russian protesters are seeking referendum to win greater autonomy for the eastern region
Indians have begun voting in the biggest day of the country's general election, with a quarter of the country's 815 million voters' todays heading the polls.
Prince William stood at the edge of a sheer cliff in the Blue Mountains, while Kate Middleton stayed well back on safer ground.
Rapper Andre Johnson cut off his penis before jumping from his apartment building.
Ukrainian servicemen open fire on militia trying to storm National Guard base as Geneva crisis talks begin.
Putin blames locals for unrest in eastern Ukraine and Kiev for lack of dialogue with Russian-speakers.
Best photos of the day: 17 April 2014.
Rita Ora's disrobing of Efron at MTV Movie Awards got plenty of attention - but sexism works both ways.
From Finnish fancy dress to Guatemalan sawdust carpets: IBTimes UK explores unusual Easter traditions
280 people, most of them children, remain missing after the Sewol ferry capsized off the coast of South Korea.
Ukraine interior ministry says six BMD vehicles snatched in Slavyansk
Rebels snatch back oil hub three months after President Salva Kiir troops regained control
Archaeologists trying to work out origins of well-preserved 800-year-old bodies
Hundreds of passengers remain unaccounted for after South Korean ferry capsizes.
Volunteer claims technology having negative influence on compassion towards homeless.
More than 280 people are still missing after a ferry carrying 462 people sank off South Korea.
Self-appointed pro-Russian parliament urges international recognition of Moldova's restive region
MPs repeal clause in 1804 Napoleonic civil code which classified household animals as inanimate objects
Photographer Cathal McNaughton asks Shetlanders how they will be voting in the referendum.
Gourmand expat Cath Everett finds the global village close to home
After 5.3m great white caught of Australia's coast, IBTimes UK looks at history's largest sharks
Amman says fighter jets struck camouflaged vehicles attempting to cross from Syria
Anti-Semitic leaflet handed over near synagogue in eastern Ukrainian town occupied by pro-Russian insurgents.
Iconic Naranj restaurant has opened a branch in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
China is to introduce Braille exams to help blind students into higher education.
French striker mingles with sultans instead of linking up with Ronaldinho's Copa Libertadores' champions.