Congratulations, if that is the right word for something you have no control over, to Henry Allingham, who has become the world's oldest man at the age of 113 after the death of Tomoji Tanabe, a Japanese. Allingham, one of two surviving vetera...

Dramatic footage of a woman's unsuccessful suicide attempt at a level crossing in northern Israel has been captured on CCTV. The video footage shows the woman approaching the track...

French and Brazilian Navy vessels have recovered 16 bodies from the Atlantic Ocean at the spot where the Air France Airbus crashed last week.

This morning's news that nicotine could be used as the basis of a drug against Alzheimer's - and the fact that there's not too much other news around - got us thinking that maybe there'd be room for list of "ten surprising things that are good for you."

A pet rabbit has been credited with saving an Australian couple from a fire that started in their house while they slept. The rabbit woke its owners, Michelle Finn and her partner Gerry Keog...