Tragic death of mentally handicapped man after he is left at bus stop for 12 hours in minus 30C cold.

More than three-quarters of the population in some areas found to be overweight and now Jamie Oliver says it's time to act.

Stranded on Teletskoye Lake in the Altai Mountains, bird's only hope of survival is to be caught and put in a zoo.

Yakutia Airlines boosts flights from Alaska to some of the world's greatest, yet most unexplored holiday destinations.

CCTV captures full horror of knife attack that left father-of-two dead.

Scientists challenge nature by adopting an endangered orphan kitten, aiming to release her into the wild.

Snowboarder Vladimir Fomenko, 26, denies involvement in FBI claims that his leased servers were used to steal private data.

It was 50 years ago that Valentina Tereshkova made history blasting off into space.

Dozens of major tremors recorded this year as scientists monitor 'unusually strong seismic activity' that will one day tear continent in half.