Five people killed EVERY DAY by assisted suicide in Belgium as euthanasia cases soar by 25 per cent in last year alone

• Rise in deaths will fuel fears about country's controversial policies
• Under-60s accounted for just 15 per cent of the total number of cases…

UK troops to help free Nigeria girls: Hundreds sent to country to assist local forces in battle against Boko Haram

• Top Nigerian military official says they cannot attempt a rescue operation
• 'We can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back,' he said
• Pressure is growing on…

Israel to ‘evict the dead’ in Bedouin village demolished over 60 times

Published time: May 26, 2014 21:01

Israel is trying out a new sort of “flexible evictions” in its quest to root out the “illegal” Bedouin village of Al-Araqib, demolished 63 times to date. Now even those buried in the village cemetery are reportedly receiving eviction orders.…

Could pill wipe out our bad memories? Drug used to treat multiple sclerosis found to help us forget experiences that caused pain

• Mice given fingolimod forgot about previous experiences that brought pain
• Study offers hope drug could wipe traumatic events, phobias and hang-ups…

Did MI5 help Lee Rigby killer escape Kenyan jail before he murdered soldier? MPs probe claims Adebolajo was sprung free after he was arrested for trying to join terror group

• Michael Adebolajo is serving life for killing Lee Rigby in Woolwich
• Intelligence Select Committee is…

'I will slaughter every single blonde s**t I see': Seven people killed as son of Hunger Games assistant director carries out drive-by shooting 'because women rebuffed his advances and he was a virgin at 22'

• Elliot Rodger, 22, went on a shooting rampage in Santa Barbara, killing six
• Rodger also died of gunshot wound to the head; authorities have not confirmed if it was…

High school history teacher dons hoodie and Skittles to pose as Trayvon Martin for controversial yearbook photo

• History teacher Spencer Smith appears in the photo wearing a hoodie pulled down over his head and is prominently holding a bag of Skittles
• Smith hasn't commented publicly about his reasons for making the provocative…

More than 100 protesters arrested at McDonald’s HQ demanding fair pay

The killer pimple: Doctors warn of aggressive form of skin cancer which is six times more likely to kill if it is not removed within two months

• Nodular melanomas look like a red lump rather than an ugly dark mole
• The aggressive form of skin cancer makes up just 15 per cent of melanoma cases but causes 43 per cent of melanoma…

World's largest ever lawsuit seeking $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000 in damages over a dog bite is filed in New York

• Anton Purisima, 62, is suing a long list of defendants including the City of New York, Au Bon Pain and Kmart
• He is seeking two undecillion dollars - the number two with 36 zeroes behind it - more money than currently exists on the…

NHS to give sex change drugs to nine-year-olds: Clinic accused of 'playing God' with treatment that stops puberty

• Treatment with controversial drugs is for youngsters trapped in wrong body
• Monthly drug injections into the stomach stop puberty and may do harm
• Trial in North London was completed - and is set to be rolled out…

Factories burnt in Vietnam anti-China protest

14 May 2014 Last updated at 09:52 GMT

Several factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at an industrial park in southern Vietnam, amid tensions over the South China Sea.…

Storm over smutty cartoon advert designed to get young Danes to vote which uses naked women, a topless man and a couple having sex

• Cartoon produced by Danish government ahead of European elections
• Animated clip aimed at getting young people to the ballot box
• However it has been removed after complaints over its lewd content
• Follows the quest of…

Man who fathered three children with his own daughter during 16-year relationship - and got off with a CAUTION when police found out - is jailed for four years

• Girl separated from father as a toddler but got to know him as a teenager
• Pair moved in together after girl had a problem with her stepfather
• Told police she was 14 when father first kissed and…

Bomb discovered in Dublin during Giro d'Italia

By: Stephen FarrandPublished: May 12, 10:24, Updated: May 12, 19:31

Correction: Milk churn bomb probably unrelated to race

Police in Dublin have seized and disarmed a bomb discovered just hours before the Giro…

Spanish female politician shot dead in 'act of vengeance'

Woman detained in city of Leon after head of provincial council gunned down in broad daylight in what authorities said appeared to be a personally motivated attack

CIA torture techniques in Libya included prolonged diapering and insects

September 7, 2012

Wired News did a report detailing some of the alleged Central Intelligence Agency (…

New Mexico nuclear waste site halts shipments of toxic materials to Texas