A 99-year-old former Nazi death camp guard will not face justice after a court in Germany declared him unfit to stand trial. Former SS trooper Gregor Formanek was due to…
A British investigative journalist has been sentenced to two years behind bars after she was declared guilty of defaming Malaysia's royal family. Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the sister-in-law of former UK Prime…
A 90-year-old woman declared dead by doctors was found alive in a body bag by a horrified crematorium worker who was about to send her body away. Frail Norma Silveira…
Italy's other leaning tower is at risk of collapse after scientists listening for cracking sounds in the stonework declared it potentially unsafe. Bologna's Garisenda Tower, one of a pair built…
A 1,500-year-old town unearthed by archaeologists has been declared the Persian Gulf's oldest known commercial pearl diving community. The 6th-century town - in the Emirati state of Umm Al Quwain…
A small pottery shard that was believed to be a rare 2,500-old find inscribed with the name of the Persian king Darius the Great turned out to be nothing more…
Two mountaineers engulfed by an avalanche 11,000 feet up a mountain peak, which swept them into a crevasse and buried them under the snow at the bottom, have been declared…
The world's oldest zoo has declared its cute colony of meerkats its visitors' favourite animals. Footage released by Austria's Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna to celebrate their status shows the adorable…
Ancient human footprints found in southern Spain two years ago have been declared nearly 300,000 years old, making them unique in Europe. The footprints are now believed to be 200,000…
A three-year-old girl has been declared dead twice after doctors allegedly misdiagnosed her the first time and she woke up at her own funeral – only to be declared dead…