Cat pictures flood Twitter under #Barcelona hashtag after police requests to respect the dead
Cat pictures were also uploaded to Twitter en masse as a 2015 terrorist attack in Belgium unfolded.
'Isis' suicide bomber kills Hamas Islamist in the Gaza Strip – world first
Hamas guards refused to let the bomber through the Rafah crossing into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Driss Oukabir: First photo of Barcelona terror attack suspect
At least 13 people killed when a van mounted curb at high speed on Las Ramblas.
British politician jailed for 23 child pornography offences
Ian Dolby, a former councillor in Lincolnshire, had a "rapacious appetite" for pornography.
Spain terror attack as it happened: Fourth suspect arrested
Five attackers killed as police thwart second attack in Cambril, 100km away from Las Ramblas in Barcelona.
Hurricane Gert will brighten up the south of the UK, but bring misery to the north
Met Office says Hurricane Gert will boost temperatures in London but bring rainfall to Scotland.
Baby died of opioid and benzodiazepine cocktail – Ohio father arrested
Dorrico Dawaun Brown's son died of an oxycodone and alprazolam overdose at their home in Hamilton, Butler County.
Man 'stabbed relative to death with scissors for allowing daughters to shake hands with boys'
The alleged honour killing took place by Stensjon lake in Grycksbo, near Falun in Sweden.
Decomposed man found with penis tied to shotgun trigger used to kill himself
The thirty-year-old was found by flatmates at their apartment in Murcia, Spain.
Tabby cat taped-up in a smoke-ridden box and left by the side of a road in Wales
RSPCS Cymru are appealing for any information relating to the cruel act.
Bush presidents take unprecedented swipe at Donald Trump with warning of 'racial bigotry'
George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush invoked Thomas Jefferson in their condemnation of 'racial bigotry'.
Babysitter, 17, 'forced to snort crystal meth and work as a prostitute for 10 days'
Christopher White, 19, and Adria Regn, 28 from New Jersey falsely imprisoned the girl, prosecutors say.
Seven Isis torture methods revealed include the 'flying carpet' and the 'German chair'
Isis torture techniques have been detailed by victims that survived them.
Girl, 9, testifies against 'clitoris collector' facing 58 charges in South Africa
Police say they found nine clitorides in the freezer at Peter Frederiksen's Bloemfontein home.
40 neighbours on 'red zone' street diagnosed with cancer after chemicals found in water supply
Residents of Williamtown, New South Wales, are suing the Australian government.
Porn movie secretly filmed in a Catholic church did not break Dutch law, judge says
Kim Holland starred in the movie shot at Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Tilburg.
Baby dolphin killed by Spanish beachgoers passing it around and taking selfies
The baby dolphin got stranded from its mother at a beach in Almeria when the crowds ambushed it.
YouTube 'deleted war crime evidence in Syria'
Elliot Higgins of Bellingcat says vital evidence has been removed by the Google-owned platform.
Tragic young 'fentanyl overdose' mother was kept in hotel room and pimped out
Elaina Towery died after an opiate overdose in a Burger King toilet in Detroit.
White nationalist Richard Spencer says Trump criticism of neo-Nazis was 'kumbaya nonsense'
The alt-right leader maintained Trump has not rejected his movement after Charlottesville bloodshed.
Charlottesville: Scientist flees home after internet wrongly identifies him as white nationalist
Social media accounts such as @YesYoureRacist wrongly identified Kyle Quinn as a Unite the Right protester.
CCTV shows mum rescue baby from the train tracks with just seconds to spare
The heart-stopping incident took place at West Ryde station in New South Wales, Australia.
Road safety campaign accused of 'sexualising' Muslim girls with hijab mistake
The TfL campaign featured a four-year-old girl wearing a hijab – normally reserved for pubescent females.
Italian hotel with specific toilet for gay men blasted by LGBT campaigners
Le Camporelle bed and breakfast in Lecce has been slammed by campaign group Associazione LeA.
Germany jails Syrian refugee hairdresser for trying to defraud Isis
Man sentenced to two years in jail for defrauding the terrorist organisation.
1,800 greylag goose eggs destroyed near Belfast City Airport to protect planes
"We need to find more humane solutions," said a critic amid efforts to reduce the risk of bird strike.
British Transport Police hunt couple 'who had sex on the Gatwick Express train'
The act took place on the 9pm service from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport.
26 years a slave: Lincolnshire family guilty of enslaving 18 homeless and disabled people
One of the victims had been held captive since 1991, Nottingham Crown Court head.
Scores of gay men deported from Kuwait after massage parlour crackdown
The morals committee found sex toys, women's clothes and make up in the massage parlours.
Shocking photo of baby smoking cigarette prompts child abuse investigation
The girl in Kassel, Germany, was smoking a cigarette put to her mouth by an adult hand.
