Tougher sentences will be imposed in a bid to deter perpetrators from committing acts of cruelty against animals.
US secretary of state say 'we do talk to them' and looking into discussions with Pyongyang.
Police have sealed off more than half of the 2,315 polling stations designated for a disputed referendum.
Professor Ted Baker says health system failing to cope with population growth.
Painting of Myanmar's de facto leader removed from St Hugh in wake of Rohingya ethnic cleansing claims
Guardian/ITV News investigation alleges workers breached hygyiene standards and altered food safety records.
Pontida mayor already stirred criticism for proposing parking spaces for mothers only if married and from EU.
Tropical systems Lee and Maria in the Atlantic set to bring unsettled weather to large part in next few days
Police not treating attack on 14-year-old in Small Heath as terror related.
Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after girl suffers broken wrist after being dropped into river.
Four men face jail following 'extremely frightening' abduction on streets of Edinburgh
Wales and Ospreys coach said it was one of the 'silliest things I've ever been involved in'.
Move part of Baghdad's stepped-up efforts to isolate the Kurds following their vote on independence earlier this week.
Witnesses said the rockfall was 'the size of a 13-storey apartment building'.
Murder investigation launched after fight breaks out outside Suburbia nightclub
Notorious thief who targets multi-million pound homes in south west London has evaded detectives for 11 years.
The Spanish government considers the referendum illegal but regional separatists have vowed to go ahead with balloting.
The incident happened in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Vrushali Lande wrote in the letter that she and her boyfriend were responsible for the invasion of privacy of her two hostel mates.
The academy had earlier sent out the alert at 10pm local time.
14-year-old Abhinav said that the teacher beat him with a chalkboard duster because he was talking with his classmates.
Leah Carroll has spent more than 400 days in the hospital.
The clip was published on 23 September by the UCF Police Department on their Facebook page.
Catt Gallinger says that the eye might heal but she is likely to lose her eyesight.
Lisa Doolan, from Merseyside, helped paedophiles abuse a girl to help fund her addiction to drugs.
Lee and Mat Samuels-Camozzi have been taken out of the new 'We Are Family' advert following a backlash.
Louie Tom Fenton had self-harmed after being bullied by classmates because of his veganism.
Marlene Warren was shot dead by a person dressed as a clown in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1990.
A sickening video of the incident has been viewed 20 million times.
Erin Macke, 30, was arrested on her return to the US and charged with child endangerment.