Malaysia floods: Five dead and 160,000 lose homes as heavy rain continues
Victims outraged with prime minister as photos show him reportedly playing golf with Barack Obama.
Kate Gross: Former Downing Street aide dies from cancer on Christmas Day, aged 36
Gross had been battling colon cancer for two years.
Kidnapped Mexican priest Father Gregorio Lopez 'murdered by gangsters in Guerrero state'
The priest's death has been linked to murder of 43 students.
Billingshurst: Parents kill themselves on Christmas Day 'over financial worries'
Jan and Julia Tshabalala died in apparent suicide pact on Christmas Day.
France: Ex-Lehman Brothers executive Craig Schiffer killed in Tignes avalanche
Schiffer died on route to hospital in Grenoble
Palestinian militant shot dead following clash with Israeli troops in southern Gaza
Breaking: Israeli soldiers patrolling the southern border came under sniper fire.
Isis: British jihadi and Canadian brothers 'killed fighting for Islamic State' in Syria
A UK Algerian fighter paid tribute to the British fighter.
Sydney: Australian Defence League leader Ralph Cerminara charged after 'racist' 10-man brawl
Three men were charged after being arrested and detained by police.
Scot Young inquest: Death of British multimillionaire impaled on railings 'not suspicious'
Young died from 'multiple injuries' and was found beneath his London apartment.
Isis issues list of seven rules for Christians in Raqqa: Pray quietly and not in public
Christians have also been ordered not to prevent each other from converting to Islam.
American jihadist reportedly killed fighting for Islamic State in Kobani
The dead fighter was named as Abu Yusuf and is reportedly from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Al Jazeera Egypt channel suspended by network
The network has been trying to improve relations with the Egyptian government.
Senior Hezbollah leader Wathiq al-Battat 'assassinated by accident' in Iraq
Battat, leader of the Mukhtar army was reportedly shot dead in Diyala province.
Nasa could send humans to live on Venus
The High Altitude Venus Concept mission, known as HAVOC, would use a helium-filled, solar powered airship.
Armed robbers steal €100,000 worth of jewellery in daring daylight heist at famous German shop KaDeWe
Robbers used tear gas and hammers and escaped before the arrival of armed police
Boko Haram release new video showing massacre of 'non-believers'
A school hall, filled with dead bodies, is porudly shown in the distressing video.
Sherlock Holmes wins Twitter battle with Doctor Who
The return of Sherlock Holmes generated the most tweets for TV on Twitter
Nasa reveal new planet-searching satellite Tess to help in hunt for alien life
The satellite is scheduled to be launched in August 2017
NYPD Officers Shooting: Union allegedly tells '"wartime" police department' to stop making arrests
NYPD officers told to not arrest people unless it is 'absolutely necessary' in a revival of 1970s precautions.
Final Instagram post from New York police killer: 'I'm putting wings on pigs today'
The killer, Isamaaiyl Brinsley, killed himself in a subway station after the shooting
Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent criticises Pakistani Taliban for Peshawar school massacre
AQIS condemns the attack as 'Unislamic and contradictory to Islamic Shariah'.
SAS sent to Iraq to hunt down Jihadi John and Isis fighters
Islamic State have also launched a fresh offensive in the snowy mountains of Qalamoun.
Skiers face disappointment as severe shortage of snow hits Alps
Warm temperatures have meant that even artificial snow cannot be used
Obama promises revenge on North Korea after Sony cyberattack
The FBI confirmed that North Korean hackers were behind the attack on Sony Pictures
Australian fighter jets bomb secret Isis bunker network in Iraq
Australian super hornets have carried out over 180 sorties against Isis.
Retailers slash prices for 'Panic Saturday'
Card payments in stores are up by 224% from last Christmas.
Turkish police arrest 23 people after raiding opposition media
The editor of Zaman newspaper was among those arrested.
Russia denies Sweden's claim a Russian military jet nearly crashed into a passenger plane
Moscow admits the military jet was in the area at the time.
British millionaire Scot Young rowed with his ex-fiancée before falling to his death
Young's ex-fiancée told friends he turned up 'manic, crazy and probably high' to the apartment.
Isis in Iraq: Christians tortured in churches, photos show men being whipped for drinking wine
A man was also whipped for committing adultery in Syria.
