'And I very much hope that the law in Russian is not an empty vessel, and the people in our country are prohibited from eating one another'.

The 80-kilogram female was 'running wild' and endangering passengers, but was later found dead. 

Hope for millions around world with preparations under way for clinical trials on people starting next year.

Born without lips and chin, disowned by her family, she is to see one of Britain’s top  surgeons in the hope that she can finally smile.

Agafya Lykova, 73, lives in home her father built when he secretly fled Stalin's religious persecution, vanishing from world in 1936.

Ice swimming at night is the best cure for winter blues.

'Genius' teenager from the Urals helps Russian figure skating team to first gold medal.

Dozens of captive red and sika deer were released into the wild in a bid to coax the threatened Siberian tiger - the world's largest cat - back to China.

Wind brought down power lines but one week later some locals are freezing as thermometers plunge to minus 20C.

Hunter tells how he shot rare Siberian tiger as it attacked him, then fought the predator for 10 minutes.