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A woman on a first date plunged to her death from the 17th-floor of a New York apartment block after the railing on her balcony…

Extraordinary dashcam footage captures the moment a Russian driver flees with a policeman clinging to his car bonnet.…

Silvio Berlusconi has slammed the Italian Supreme Court's decision to uphold his 'baseless' conviction for tax fraud…

Silvio Berlusconi has lost the last of his appeals against a jail sentence for tax fraud – but is still managing to stay out of…

Pregnant women and new mothers have allegedly been using Facebook to sell their babies illegally for up to £15,000…

A former school bus driver who kidnapped, raped and imprisoned three women at his Ohio home during a decade of horrific abuse has been jailed…

US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport transit zone where he has been holed up for the last month and…

Sweden's worst serial killer is to be freed after admitting he in fact never killed anyone…

Zimbabwe's prime minister has dismissed the country's election as a 'huge farce' and accused president Robert Mugabe's ruling party of intimidation and ballot-rigging…

Uruguay has moved a step closer to becoming the first country in the world to effectively set up a legal marijuana industry…

Millions of Zimbabweans have begun voting amid allegations Robert Mugabe was vote-rigging in a bid to continue his 33-year reign…

Gay athletes and tourists attending the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia could face being arrested and deported under the country's controversial new anti-gay legislation…

Bashar al-Assad has opened up a new front in the Syrian regime's propaganda war by joining Instagram…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said the mass disclosure site 'will not rest' under Bradley Manning is free, after the whistleblower was convicted over the…

A university student who was trapped in a windowless jail cell for four days without food or water has been awarded $4million (£2.6m) in compensation…

Dozens of Taliban members armed with guns, grenades and bombs have freed 250 inmates from a prison, including 25 dangerous terrorists.…

Bradley Manning was hailed as a 'hero' by Julian Assange after the whistleblower was found guilty of espionage but cleared of aiding the enemy by…

The driver of a train that derailed in Spain killing 79 people was talking on the phone when it crashed, new black box evidence has…

An original copy of Oskar Schindler’s list of Jews he helped to save during the holocaust has failed to sale on eBay for an asking…

Meet the record-breaking baby girl born in Germany - weighing a whopping 14lb 4oz. …

Sex scandal politician Anthony Weiner has vowed to stay in the race for New York city mayor despite his campaign manager resigning. …

Human teeth could one day be grown from urine, say scientists…

All workers at a US propane gas plant that caught fire have been accounted for, after initial fears up to 15 may have died…

Brushing your teeth every day and night not only may prevent cancer, heart disease and diabetes... it may also stop you from developing dementia.…