A man has been found alive after spending five weeks trapped in a labyrinth of underground caves in south-west France.
Jean-Luc Josuat-Vergès, 48, told his rescuers that he had survived for 35 days in the pitch darkness by eating rotten wood and clay. He was found only by a “miraculous” stroke of luck when teenagers taking [...]

Two Colombian men exchanged by mistake at birth have described their feelings after a DNA test confirmed they had been raised by the wrong families.
Carlos Estor and Rancis Puello, 29, went on to live in very different backgrounds after a Cartagena hospital gave them to the wrong parents.
The mix-up was uncovered by a mutual friend [...]

My name is Arthur Jones and I was called up for the Army and never came home till the war was over. The following is a letter written to the Queen and the reply from her Lady In Waiting. Any mother with love in her heart for her children will understand what my mother must [...]

A 12-year-old boy from India’s poorest and most lawless state, Bihar, is celebrating being named India smartest kid after winning a nationally televised quiz.

Subham Prakhar won the title of “India’s Child Genius” after several rounds of stiff competition between some 16,000 schoolchildren.
Both of his parents are currently unemployed and Subham had to depend on [...]

Owen Campbell returned to Borneo last week, back to the jungles where half a century ago his best mates were marched to their deaths.
Wearing a row of ribbons and medals across his left breast pocket, Mr. Campbell, 82, sat in the stagnant heat of the jungle and stared straight ahead at a black slab of [...]