NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2014

The first controlled LSD study in more than 40 years reveals the drug could be used to help people with terminal illnesses deal better with death. The study, published in the Journal of nervous and Mental Disease, showed that 12 people who agreed to take

The handwritten log book of HMS Black Joke contains details of how the British ship chased slave ships across the Atlantic before capturing them and setting the slaves free.

The SkyShield system has now been approved for use on commercial airliners by Israel's Ministry of Defence after successfully completing tests.

Russian president, Pope Francis and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden among record 278 candidates for award

Shuhel Mahboob Ali told an undercover agent online how he wanted to have sex with a 13-year-old girl and raise a 'daughters-only' family.

United Nations peace envoy Robert Serry had to cut short his visit to Crimea after a group of armed pro-Russian militiamen blocked him and threatened in his car in Simferopol, capital city of the peninsula on March 5.

The recommended sugar intake will stay at below 10% of total calorie intake a day, with 5% the target, says the WHO. The suggested limits apply to all sugars added to food, as well as sugar naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit concen

Navy intercepts shipment of medium-range missiles near Sudan; says Israel has proof of Iranian origin; Hamas: IDF takeover is just Israeli pretext to justify the Gaza blockade.

All mountaineers and their support teams going to Mount Everest must bring back at least 8kg (17lb) of rubbish on their descent, Nepal's government says.

A previously unknown giant virus has been revived from 30,000-year-old permafrost, suggesting another possible threat from climate change.

The growing problem of synthetic identity fraud is raising concerns that terrorist cells could be linked to these schemes, experts say.

A 10-year-old boy was suspended from a Columbus, Ohio, school for three days for pretending his finger was a gun and pointing it at another student's head, the principal said.

Scientists have created an external membrane using a 3-D printer than can keep a heart beating virtually forever and possibly prevent heart attacks within the next two decades.

A lone civilian public affairs adviser for the Canadian army defied military officials last month and insisted on the public release of a potentially embarrassing email, according to newly released documents.

McDonald's has been hit with a supersized lawsuit. Unhappy eater Webster Lucas reportedly wants $1.5million from the fast-food firm after he claimed staff only gave him one napkin.

When Dana Snay learned her father had been awarded a settlement in an age-discrimination lawsuit, she couldn't resist bragging about it on Facebook. A judge ruled her boast may have cost the entire award.

More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at a train station in southwestern China late Saturday in what authorities called a terrorist attack by Uighur separatists, and police fatally shot five of the assailants, leaving 34 people dead and 130