Consuming too much salt leads to more than 1.6 million heart disease-related deaths around the world each year, research suggests.

Richard Fitzpatrick ponders the link between abnormal psychology and political power — and finds that many of those who have achieved high office were not, in fact, as stable as we think.

Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes – and lots of doubts about his future.

SHE was just a girl when she heard it on TV — the notion of “people getting together” to do something relevant and helpful after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001.

MILLIONAIRE technology guru John J Donovan Snr was convicted yesterday of falsely claiming to police that he was shot in an attack arranged by his son.

Militants freed a Filipino truck driver after the Philippines government gave in to their demands to withdraw troops from Iraq to prevent the beheading of the 46-year-old father of eight who had been held captive for two weeks.

Arabs accused the United States of having double standards on human rights as anger grew today over images of Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by smiling American troops.

A DRUG which lowers “bad” cholesterol and raises “good” cholesterol could help prevent millions of heart attacks every year, researchers revealed yesterday.