Russian city sees domestic violence incidents double after Putin decriminalises beatings
Between 12,000-14,000 Russian women are killed every year because of domestic abuse.
Paris protests after claims that man was raped by policeman while being arrested
One police officer has been charged with rape and three with assault after victim was hospitalised.
Sexual harassment and online abuse are 'a normal part of school life' for children
New figures reveal more than 6,000 children sexually abused at school in the last three years.
Isis hostage Kayla Mueller's parents donate $120,000 to charity they claim refused to help daughter
Father says humanitarian group left his daughter in Aleppo to be tortured, raped and murdered.
Mississippi man's tumour the size of small adult misdiagnosed as 'just fat' by doctors
The tumour grew over 15 years and even developed its own blood supply.
Outgoing head of African Union slams US for 'taking Africans as slaves but not as refugees'
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma sats Trump's travel ban is 'one of the greatest challenges' facing Africa.
Morocco rejoins African Union after 33-year absence despite rift over Western Sahara territory
Country welcomed back into Africa's 'family' despite opposition from South Africa and Algeria.
Theresa May vows to keep post-Brexit Irish border 'friction-free and fluid'
Prime minister promises Enda Kerry there will be no return to the 'borders of the past'
Transgender woman banned from seeing children in ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
Judge fears they would be ostracised by other members of strict Jewish faith.
US commando killed as dawn attack in Yemen leaves 14 al-Qaida fighters dead
Bloody skirmish has left 30 people dead including 10 women and three children.
Corbyn attacks Theresa May for not standing up for British values over Trump Muslim ban
Trump's administration has temporarily barred people from seven Muslim countries entering the US.
Fast food worker who allegedly smeared menstrual blood on burger arrested
Sky Juliette Samuels handed herself into the police and was bailed on a $5,000 bond.
Chinese New Year firework celebrations spark fears of toxic smog in Beijing
Sales of fireworks dropped by 4.9% in Beijing due to government clampdowns on suppliers.
Tunisia beach attack: Survivor identified victim by shiny nail polish
Holidaymaker Carol Anne Powell survived the massacre by playing dead in hotel car park.
Archaeologists discover Roman Britain man with tongue cut out and replaced by stone
One theory put forward suggests that the man had mental health issues and severed his own tongue.
Massive explosion rips apart block of flats in Hornchurch
Several emergency vehicles, including at least 10 fire engines, were at the scene.
British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has five-year prison term in Iran upheld
The project manager was sentenced by the court on 'secret charges'.
1-in-10 people do not own a single book, but UK households have 8 web-connected devices
16% of adults in England are 'functionally illiterate', with reading abilities below an 11-year-old's.
Chile declares 'state of catastrophe' due to worst forest fires for a decade
Wildfires were caused by people, says the head of Chile's CONAF forestry service.
Kincora Boys' Home was not a 'honeypot' to blackmail gay men says abuse inquiry
An inquiry into historical sexual abuse in Northern Ireland has recommended compensation for its victims.
Islington 'devil worshipper' raped teenager in flat devoted to Satan
The 42-year-old convicted rapist described himself as a Luciferian.
UK's Antarctic research station Halley VI to move amid fears of toppling into giant ice chasm
The base will close for eight months and be moved to a safer location further inland.
Isis Istanbul nightclub attack suspect Abdulgadir Masharipov captured by Turkish security forces
A manhunt for the alleged terrorist has been underway since the New Year's Day attack.
'Last man on the moon' US astronaut Eugene Cernan dies aged 82
He was spacecraft commander on his third and most famous space mission on Apollo 17.
Sinn Féin claims there was 'no alternative' to NI snap election after crisis of confidence
The present assembly will sit until 26 January, when it will be dissolved.
Bishop 'deeply distressed' by abuse after reading Quran at St Mary's Cathedral
The reading was aimed at promoting understanding between Christians and Muslims.
Japanese poachers caught 'slaughtering whale' in Australia's Antarctic sanctuary say activists
Japan says more than 300 whales, including 200 pregnant females, were killed in the Southern Ocean.
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi trapped inside Nineveh and 'sleeps in suicide vest'
Iraqi forces claim to have liberated 90% of the eastern part of Mosul as thousands flee the city.
Pink 'pussyhats' will be making statement at the Women's March on Washington
Pussyhat Project is hoping to have knitted or crocheted 1.7 million hats for marchers wear.
Bars providing code words for women who need to escape from bad Tinder dates
Hooters bar in South Africa set up a distress signal sign in women's toilets which was shared 60,000 times.
