Activist who led search for Mexico's 43 missing students found shot dead
Vigilante Miguel Ángel Jiménez Blanco who spearheaded the search for the 43 students who vanished last year in Mexico found shot twice in his hometown of Xaltianguis.
Iraq: Suicide attack on marketplace leaves 40 people dead and 55 wounded
Breaking: Iraqi officials say over 40 people were killed in the Diyala province.
Russia: 'Granny Ripper' Tamara Samsonova to feature in Horrors of St Petersburg museum
Police are carrying out a search for 10 more victims of the 68-year-old suspected cannibal landlady
Brazilian rainforest: Remote tribes given smartphones to prevent 'being massacred by ranchers'
The Tribal Voice project which launched on Sunday 9 August is enabling the world's remotest tribes to broadcast live from the rainforest.
China: Typhoon Soudelor batters east coast leaving 22 people dead or missing
The ferocity of Soudelor caused authorities to cancel hundreds of flights and evacuate over 163,000 people.
Ethan McKen: British teacher 'swept out to sea' by waves in Bulgaria feared dead
Nottingham teacher is missing after being carried out by a huge wave at the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach.
Crew and 'unwell' pilot ejected from Oslo plane for failing breathalyser test
A Latvian Air Baltic pilot and three crew members were taken off a Greece-bound passenger plane for failing a breathalyser test.
California: Man stung to death by swarm of bees
Construction worker Douglas Queen died after disturbing a hive of bees on an underground sprinkler control.
California wildfires: 13,000 residents flee their homes in wake of 'historic' infernos
More than 9,000 firefighters battle blaze which reduced 20,000 acres to ashes in just five hours.
Protest against Jack the Ripper museum on Cable Street
Protestors dressed up as suffragettes and in a variety of costumes to show their concern over the Jack the Ripper museum which opened on Tuesday 4 August.
Sir Edward Heath: Alleged victim claims he was 'raped by ex PM' aged 12
A man has come forward saying he was sexually assaulted by Sir Edward Heath when he ran away from home.
Lionel Messi accused of endorsing Gabon 'dictatorship' with visit to 2017 Africa Cup of Nations venue
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi accused by activists of showing 'enthusiastic support' for central African country that failed to halt ritual murder of children.
Cilla Black death: Star was in poor health and 'willed herself to die'
The British entertainer who died on Saturday, aged 72 was ailing and told a childhood friend that her late husband Bobby was "waiting for me".
RIP Cilla Black 1943-2015: British showbiz star passes away
Singer and presenter whose career spanned over 50 years, who fronted TV programmes Blind Date and Surprise Surprise, has died at the age of 72.
Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral: Chaos at service as aunt is kicked out of church by security guards
Aunt Leolah Brown launched into an angry tirade and had to be ejected from the funeral service.
Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral: Family feud looms over fears the Houstons will try sell photo of her body
Houstons and Browns pay separate visits to Bobbi Kristina's wake over contentious 'Sweet 16' funeral theme.
Australia: Prisoner Cell Block H actress Maggie Kirkpatrick charged with child sex offences
Australian soap star Maggie Kirkpatrick who played 'The Freak' prison officer in Prisoner Cell Block H faces child sex charges.
Norwich paedophile ring: Marie Black found guilty on 23 charges including rape
Marie Black is alleged to have been at the centre of a paedophile ring that used children as "sexual playthings".
Lord Sewel's Westminster flat searched by police amid cocaine and prostitutes scandal
Police with sniffer dogs and a battering ram entered the former Deputy Lords Speaker's Dolphin Square home.
Conley Thompson: 7-year-old Barnsley boy died after 'slipping into pipe'
Missing boy Conley Thompson died as the result of a tragic accident on a construction site in South Yorkshire, say police.
US: Fight over final resting place of Wild West hero Buffalo Bill
Burial site of Buffalo Bill is the source of conflict between Wyoming and Denver.
David Cameron discusses plans to tackle Isis on trade trip to Malaysia and Indonesia
Cameron will call for closer cooperation in fighting terrorism during South East Asia visit.
Kate Moss has no pre-nup agreement with husband Jamie Hince
Supermodel Kate Moss, who is worth £48m, has consulted solicitors over her separation with The Kills rocker.
Top secret plan revealed for army to fight jihadist terrorist attacks on UK streets
More than 5,000 armed soldiers could be mobilised on UK streets in the event of terrorist attacks.
Sandra Bland funeral held in Lisle as family demand independent autopsy
Funeral for Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas jail cell two weeks ago, took place on Saturday 25 July.
UK climate scientist Peter Wadhams feared assassination by 'death squad'
A Cambridge professor says hitmen murdered scientists exposing melting of Arctic ice.
Shark attack: Father mauled to death while diving with daughter in Tasmania
Daughter watched her father being killed by a huge shark while diving.
Queen Elizabeth II collects 18% pay rise and payout of £16m from Duchy of Lancaster estate
Accounts posted online for the year ending March 2014 show record profits from Duchy.
Westminster paedophile scandal: Boys from Kincora were 'playthings for powerful people'
Survivor from Kincora Boys's Home believes documents in Westminster shows Government linked in child abuse in Northern Ireland.
Russia: Putin to step down in 2019 says Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's wealthiest man, says President Vladimir Putin is "unpredictable" and "irrational."
