Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.

Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.

Russian girl Anna, 13, and boy Timofei, 5, rescued from torment by diplomats in Kyrgyzstan after mother's 'murder’.

Preserved by ice, the 25 year old ancient woman covered in tattoos used cannabis to cope with her ravaging illness.

Experts undertake pioneering tests on skulls to finally understand how doctors carried out remarkable operations more than 2,300 years ago.

When Darina was born 3 years ago without lips and a chin, her mother lost consciousness from shock, and soon her family disowned the child.

Angry big cat rushed at Lyubov Yakovleva, 53, tearing flesh from her arm with its teeth.

The animal is pictured at Norilsk garbage dump, a police convoy following its every move.