Australian mother pleads guilty to 4-year-old son's manslaughter
Heidi Strbak and her then-partner Matthew Scown were initially charged with murder, but the charges were downgraded at a committal hearing last year.
Pakistani woman's plot to poison her husband's milk ends up taking 15 lives
Asiya Bibi has confessed to poisoning her husband Amjad's milk to avenge her forced marriage to him in September.
85-year-old woman raped to coma by 29-year-old man in Nigeria: 'Height of wickedness in our society'
The man, Kehinde Ariyo who lives in the same area as that of the victim broke the door of her house to commit the offence.
Beavers chew down power pole leaving a Canadian town in darkness
Beavers had weakened the base of the pole and strong winds knocked it over, causing the town to go dark.
The Great Pumpkin Chase 2017: Deer with head stuck in pumpkin bucket for four days rescued
People who freed the deer in Cincinnati are calling it the Halloween rescue.
Canberra man sexually assaults 4 teenage girls after befriending them at bus stop
Sunil Premanath Batagoda admitted to gaining trust of the four teenagers by driving them to parties and buying them alcohol and drugs, before raping them in his home.
Monkey business: Chinese couple face five years in jail for stealing exotic monkeys from park
The couple admitted to snatching a pair of macaques during their visit to Shanghai's Sheshan National Forest Park in August, local media reports said.
77-year-old Virginia man arrested for allegedly strangling woman he met on online dating site
When Alan Richard Schmitt showed up for their real-life meeting, he was much older than he had portrayed himself to be online.
Body of missing Malaysian climber found after a year on Mount Damavand in Iran
Ramli Abdul Majid's body was brought down from a height of 4,300 metres.
Brave New York woman fights off man who tried to rape her in elevator
The woman struggled to fight off his advances and then sent the elevator back to the lobby where the accused tried to assault her again.
Video of nurse singing to a dying patient her favourite song goes viral
Margaret Smith was suffering from liver cancer for about a year and doctors said she was too sick to survive a transplant.
Texas woman, 34, arrested after video of her brutally assaulting teenager in school goes viral
Mary Alice Hernandez was arrested by the Corpus Christie Independent School District Police and has been charged with assault for causing bodily injury.
'No flights will depart without a seal of approval': 450-pound seal on Alaskan airport runway removed
The seal is said to have come to the airport in Utqiagvik from the nearby Chukchi Sea during a winter storm.
'He's never had a meal in his life': 3-year-old boy suffers from debilitating disorder
Luca Dalzell suffers from avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, a rare and recently-categorised eating condition.
Florida man arrested for slapping police horse on patrol and possession of cocaine
Casey Waldner faces charges of injuring a police horse, resisting arrest without violence and cocaine possession.
Vacate the premises in 3 days: Judge serves eviction notice on unborn baby
Kaylee Bays was hopeful her baby was on the way, but the contractions stopped and she jokingly asked Judge Lynn Davis to serve an eviction notice on her baby.
Woman receives royal treatment as she gets all 189 seats on Jet2 flight from Glasgow to Crete to herself
Karon Grieve was the sole passenger on the plane, as of the three who had booked the flight, two did not turn up.
Canberra woman mauled to death by her pet dog in 'horrific' attack
When police officers tried to perform CPR on the victim, the dog moved to attack them as well.
Man who is accused of raping and murdering 11-year-old boy in Abu Dhabi plotted attack for months
The public prosecutor said investigations revealed that the accused is the brother of the child's stepmother.
Oklahoma teen arrested for killing 10-year-old boy with crossbow after disagreement
Austin Almanza was pronounced dead at the scene, while his brother suffered an injury to his arm.
Bear with tongue so swollen that it dragged on the ground gets an amputation
Asiatic black bear Nyan htoo had been suffering from a mystery illness from the time he was a cub and had been rescued by monks in Myanmar.
China's 'Olympic madman' who travelled by rickshaw to three Olympics dies in road accident
Chen Guanming was on his way to the Glaciar Perito Moreno, a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, when the tragic accident took place.
Perth teen pleads guilty to stabbing stepfather to death to protect 7-year-old sister
The Perth teenager is said to have started using the knife when his 36-year-old stepfather was "throttling" his sister.
Female bear and her cubs shot dead after biting and scratching two people in British Columbia
The black bear knocked the woman down, bit her in the back and scratched her and later attacked a conservation officer.
Two pastors arrested in separate incidents for raping minor girls in South African town
One pastor was arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old half-sister and the other for raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter.
Man charged with animal cruelty after pit bull puppy beaten up and found coughing blood
The dog was taken to a veterinary hospital for emergency treatment and a GoFundMe page has been set up to raise funds to meet the dog's medical expenses.
23-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder after baby falls from sixth floor
Police said it was an extremely traumatic incident and specially trained officers are working to support the child's family members and those who witnessed the incident.
At least 140 animals rescued and marijuana seized from a home in Georgia
Police officers found multiple reptiles, bird cages, fish tanks and an egg incubator inside the house, besides chickens, pigs, goats and dogs outside.
20 people feared trapped after landslide at a construction site in Penang
Two victims have been pulled out of the debris and it is unknown if they have survived.
50-year-old man allegedly rapes and suffocates neighbour's 3-year-old daughter
Abdullahi Sani a resident of Jabiri quarters, has been arraigned before a Katsina state senior magistrates' court for rape and culpable homicide charges.