Graphic outlining the steps taken to create human-animal hybrid embryos. British lawmakers will debate Monday a bill which would allow scientists to use animal-human hybrid embryos in research after Prime Minister Gordon Brown passionately defended the...

An 22 stone inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge in Arkansas is suing the county, complaining that he has lost more than 100lb (45kg) because of the jailhouse menu. Broderick Lloyd Laswell says he isn’t happy that he’s down to...

A stunt driver has crashed the car used by movie secret agent James Bond into Italy’s Lake Garda during filming of 007’s latest movie, Quantum of Solace.

At first sight, Giran Jobe might have seemed to tick all the boxes to be a good neighbour - a regular working man who didn’t play loud music or have riotous parties. But, as residents in his block of flats discovered, he came with a heavyweight...

When Islamist parties seized political control of one of Pakistan’s most devoutly religious regions five years ago, people like Maryam Bibi immediately sensed the danger. Her fears were well founded. Bibi, a soft-spoken 58-year-old whose...