Andrea Oldereide

DR Congo’s 17th Ebola outbreak, fuelled by the hard-to-treat Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccine, has surged to more than 900 suspected cases and 220 deaths

Britain is heading for far more extreme weather by 2050, with models forecasting 43°C heatwaves, drier summers and South East water rationing, plus violent thunderstorms

Western defence analysts warn the world may be “a few moves” from wider war as Putin aligns Russia with China, Iran and North Korea, with fears a Baltic flashpoint could test NATO

With 72% of Brits reportedly missing the recommended seven hours’ sleep, a UK GP warns that chronic sleep debt can snowball over 12 months into weight gain and impaired brain

A post-heatwave cool-down has driven the spiders indoors, with experts citing warmer spells boosting breeding and NHS data showing bite-related hospital admissions doubled

A woman dubbed the “Party Mom” has been jailed for 35 years and 10 months after prosecutors said she groomed her son’s teenage friends, got them drunk at booze-fuelled house parties

A 46-year-old man who admitted “exposing his testicles” to the public while walking around Swindon in a thong after a booze-fuelled dare has been fined £141 after pleading guilty

Asma Zarei was hanged at dawn on Wednesday at Ardabil Central Prison in northwestern Iran, after being convicted of murdering her husband — her two-year-old child had spent their entire life behind bars

Asma Zarei was hanged at dawn on Wednesday at Ardabil Central Prison in northwestern Iran, after being convicted of murdering her husband — her two-year-old child had spent their entire life behind bars

Alana Loftus, Andrea Oldereide Many protests have stemmed from the 48 executions of women last year in Iran (Image: Handout)