Relief as hospital drama in Russian Far East ends with pair on the mend as global death toll rises.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Drifts have reached one metre in height with schools closed, cars abandoned and even a military tank pulling out stranded drivers.

He put the severed head in a bag and took it to her to show the grisly evidence: now he faces up to ten years in jail.

The vehicle with Orthodox pilgrims on board flipped into a ditch and overturned down an embankment, falling 'the height of a 5 storey building’.

Putin fires top official in Russian Far East, and calls for Investigative Committee to check how authorities performing.

Growing number of brave Siberians strip off for the winter, with debate raging about the benefits of taking to the snow and ice naked.

One child sends chilling video message home from inferno: ‘Mum, we’ve got a problem here.’

The pair returned from Nigeria, one of the countries stricken with the deadly virus.

Man detained after schoolgirls revealed they 'were forced to have sex with him during almost five years' until one victim confided the alleged abuse to teachers.