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The UK Foreign Office has rejected an appeal from Ecuador requesting diplomatic status be granted to WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange, who has lived in its London embassy for years.

Tory Gentry, from Snellville, near Atlanta, Georgia, faces charges of aggravated battery and first-degree cruelty to children after his child was found with large burn on his side.

Four people have been left temporarily homeless after a man set his apartment ablaze trying to kill a spider with a blowtorch.

Shanta Myers, 36, her girlfriend Brandi Mells, 22, and Myers' children, Shanise, five, and 11-year-old Jeremiah were killed at a house in upstate New York on 21 December.

A Texan woman who ate raw oysters has died in hospital after a 21-day battle with a flesh-eating infection.

Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee were among those mocking Donald Trump's upcoming "Most Dishonest and Corrupt Media Awards of the Year".

As the US east coast battles Storm Grayson and a "bomb cyclone," Victoria in Australia has seen a 10km stretch of Hume Freeway begin melting - with higher temperatures to come.

A man has been charged with sexual abuse and faces up to five years in prison for allegedly groping a women while she slept on a flight.

A Twitter user named Ziggy went viral with his account of "nearly getting killed" by police in Nassau County, New York, when officers responded to a falsely reported armed robbery.

New research has found that more than half of Tory party members in the UK are in favour of the death penalty. IBTimes UK has looked at the problems with state executions.

James Goolsby, manager of the Bonchon Chicken restaurant in Manchester, Connecticut, is charged with fatally shooting another employee with a bad Yelp review possibly the catalyst.

The emotional moment Heather and Dave Mosher were married at a Hartford hospital, Connecticut, after her courageous fight against breast cancer.

Erica Garner, the eldest daughter of police brutality victim Eric Garner, has died aged just 27. She became an outspoken Black Lives Matter campaigner after her father's death.

Jordan Preshong, 11, was found dead on Wednesday (27 December) after a sleepover at her neighbour's home in northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Donald Trump drew anger online on 29 December after he claimed the US east coast, which is going through a severe cold spell, could use some "of that good old global warming".

Evan Brewer's body was found encased in a slab of concrete at a house where his mum and stepdad used to live in Wichita, Kansas, on 2 September.

Former congressman Pete Hoekstra was caught in a tricky situation on Dutch TV programme Nieuwsuur after a reporter asked him about claims Netherlands has "no-go zones".

Contrary to what some people assume, members of the working-class are wiser than their counterparts from wealthier backgrounds, and have less difficulty reaching compromise.

Researchers found that American poultry is washed in up to four chemical disinfectants that do not meet EU safety standards.

Nicole Finn, 43, from Iowa, was found guilty of the first-degree murder, kidnapping and child endangerment of Natalie Finn in West Des Moines, Iowa, in October 2016.

Republican state lawmaker Dan Johnson accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl dies of "probable suicide".