Autopsies carried out on six sharks that had washed up on the shores of Gansbaai in South Africa said they had been ‘physically ripped open’ by the whales in a ‘precise and refined’ way

Parents of 40 LGBT children met with Pope Francis to discuss how the Catholic Church can be more inclusive and presented the pontiff with a rainbow t-shirt

The city, where the global pandemic is believed to have started, is returning to normal as authorities claim there has not been a case of community transmission since May

The unnamed medic and her partner died in the freak accident at a local theatre in Wuhan after they became trapped between rotating chairs when they tried to rescue their son

WARNING – GRAPHIC IMAGE: A video of a woman claiming she bit off a man’s testicle during an attempted rape has gone viral while police investigate the claims

Vitaly Molchanov is suspected of the brutal and evil rape and murder of sisters Elena and Yana Saprunova, aged eight and 13, after he met the girls’ mum on a Russian dating app

Scandal in Ukraine as a wife faints after carrying her husband’s amputated legs on her shoulders and ‘felt the warmth’ as chronic cash shortages hit the health service

Health officials in Lanzhou, China, said 3,245 people tested positive for brucellosis, a bacterial disease often caused by close contact with infected animals or animal products

The teens – identified by Iran International TV as Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian and Mehdi Shahivand – were reportedly ordered to have four fingers on their right hands amputated

Suspicions have mounted as troops have been practising for a military parade to celebrate the anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party next month, North Korea experts have said