The attack took place at the headquarters of Air Products, in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near the city of Lyon, in the south east of the country. The attack is believed to have been accompanied by several explosions on the site, caused by 'gas bombs' being ignited, causing many of the injuries. The murdered man's head is understood to have been found 30 feet away from his body, hanging on the factory's fence. The dead man's head was covered in Arabic 'inscriptions' before being placed on the fence, according to local journalists at the scene. Local media reported that a 30-year-old man 'known to security services' has already been arrested at the scene, telling police officers that he is a member of the Islamic State terror group.

The eldest daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced the big news with a blog post on Thursday. Palin did not say who the father was in the post. She recently called off a wedding to Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer, pictured with her at their engagement right, which was scheduled for the end of May. When she was 18, Palin caused scandal for her mother's VP campaign when it was revealed she had gotten pregnant out of wedlock with then boyfriend Levi Johnston. Their son Tripp, now aged 7, is pictured with his mother left.

What happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937, has intrigued experts, amateurs and conspiracy theorists for the last 78 years. But the mystery could be solved within a matter of weeks, as pieces of metal (inset right and left) found during an expedition to the North Pacific are analysed to find out whether they could belong to her Lockheed Electra plane (main, with Earhart). Dick Spink and Les Kinney are hoping the tests will confirm once and for all the plane landed on Mili Atoll, and did not crash into the ocean near Gardner Island (see map, inset left). But it is a further piece of tantalising evidence which may hold the key to what happened next.

The wife of a multi-millionaire Wall Street CEO accused of pressuring his assistant into sex broke down in tears as she was questioned about the alleged affair in court. Michaela Wey, whose husband Benjamin Wey is being sued for $850million by Swedish-born model Hanna Bouveng, sobbed on the stand in Manhattan on Thursday as she revealed the 'chaos' of the sexual harassment lawsuit. The 39-year old, who was born in Czechoslovakia, explained to the jury how she agreed to let her other half pay the the 25-year-old intern's rent at a swanky apartment near his office.

A gorilla who grew up in an Australian zoo has become a heartthrob among women in Japan. Shabani the gorilla, who now lives in Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, has attracted a large following of admirers who visit him because he is so 'handsome'. The western lowland gorilla was raised at Sydney's Taronga Zoo but moved to Japan in 2007. Zoo officials said there had been a notable increase in young female visitors thanks to Shabani. Shabani's rise to fame has been fuelled largely by Twitter, where fans post pictures of him claiming he is 'too handsome'. His adoring Twitter following often refers to him as an 'ikemen', which means a 'good-looking man'.

The first funeral was for Ethel Lance (inset), 70, a Charleston native who had been a member of the Emanuel AME Church, where the shooting occurred June 17, for most of her life. Throngs of mourners, among them family and friends, filed into the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston to pay tribute to the massacre victim. It came as Dylann Roof's family put out a second statement offering their condolences to the families.

In its heyday the secluded spot in The Hamptons, New York, played host to the likes of Jackie Onassis, Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor and John Lennon. The 30-acre oceanfront compound (pictured main) includes one main house and six cottages, but sadly none of the pop artist's work. Andy Warhol (inset), whose iconic images of everyday consumer objects and celebrities consistently command high prices and draw enthusiastic crowds to museum and gallery shows, originally bought the pad for just $225,000.

This is Nick Gordon relaxing near his Florida home as Bobbi Kristina Brown's family gather by the 22-year-old's hospice bed five hundred miles away in Atlanta. These exclusive pictures captured by Daily Mail Online show Gordon less than 24 hours after it emerged that his fiancée Bobbi Kristina has been taken off life support and moved to hospice care as her condition continues to deteriorate. And while Gordon, 25, lounged with friends at the hot-tub near his duplex home in Florida Thursday evening, Fulton County Georgia's District Attorney's office have revealed they are 'reviewing the case with greater interest.'

Gene Palmer was released from jail early today after charging $25,000 bail on his credit card. He has been charged with promoting dangerous prison contraband, destroying evidence and official misconduct. He will be arraigned on Monday after getting new lawyers. Just about everybody around Dannemora, NY where murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat broke out, is rooting for the affable 57-year-old. Palmer lives with his girlfriend (above right), but is married and takes care of his wife Laurie (left) and pays her health insurance premiums. Now that could be all in danger if he loses his job at the prison where he has worked for 27 years Palmer claimed he had no idea the meat, given to him by Joyce Mitchell contained contraband. The former prison guard plays and sings in local rock band Just Us.

Ryan Hutchinson, 20, was repeatedly Tasered and arrested for disorderly conduct on board Metra's Milwaukee West Line train in Illinois after a conductor asked him to stop spewing obscenities. The entire incident was captured on video, which shows a Metra police officer ordering the Bloomingdale man to get out, but Hutchinson refuses, claiming he has done nothing wrong. The confrontation concludes with the cop pulling out his stun gun and using it on the unruly man.

The body of American student Sunny Kim, 26, was found in a suitcase and buried under a metre of cement in hills near her home. Her 24-year-old boyfriend confessed to her murder, say police. He told police he murdered the economics graduate in a fit of rage when she tried to break up with him, after she received a new job offer. He reportedly walked into a police station in the southern city of Busan and confessed to her murder. He allegedly texted friends and family, and even emailed her new employer turning the job offer down, in an attempt to cover up her death.

While some people live life on the edge, here's a daredevil couple who take the concept to a whole new level. Leonardo Edson Pereira, 23, and his girlfriend Victoria Medeiros Nader, 18, are fearless as they hang off Brazil's 2,769-foot-high Pedra de Gavea in a series of breathtaking images. Only their strength and bravery keeps this dynamic duo in place on the cusp of the rock in this spectacular setting in Tijuca Forest near Rio de Janeiro. 

The NBA Draft has finished at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and while there were few surprises in terms of selection order for the evening, there was still plenty to enjoy about the evening. The biggest moment did not come however not when the Minnesota Timberwolves selected freshman sensation Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky with the first pick, but rather when New York Knicks fans reacted to the team's selection of Kristaps Porzingis (left with commissioner Adam Silver) with the fourth overall pick. Instead of excitement there was a loud chorus of 'Boos,' (bottom right) and one young fan even appeared to be on the verge of tears as he slapped his forehead in disbelief (top right). And, as is the case every year, there was a wide array of stylish suits being shown off by the future professional players (inset karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell).

Jeremiah Sprague, pictured inset, was in the crowd for a Tampa Bay Rays game in St Petersburg, Florida, when he saw the ball flying through mid-air towards his seat. Unlike his parents - who covered their faces and leaned away from the projectile - Sprague's first thought was to grab the ball, and he caught it inches away from the heads of his little brother and sister, pictured main.

This video shows the dramatic moment a soldier from the Queen's Guard turned his rifle on a tourist who grabbed him outside Windsor Castle. Friends are heard giggling as the Asian man marches alongside (left) the serviceman - who is thought to be from the Scots Guards battalion - and rests his hand on the soldier's shoulder (top right). But the grin is soon wiped off the tourist's face as the soldier suddenly points his weapon (bottom right) directly at the man, barking: 'Get back from the Queen's Guard!'

The turboprop plane (such as the one top-right) was found wrecked some 800ft above a lake 20 miles northeast of the town of Ketchikan, in southeastern Alaska. Skies over the pituresque Misty Fjords were grey and threatening around the time of the crash (a live picture at the time of the crash left), which is still being investigated. Rescuers confirmed that everybody aboard had died - but were unable to recover the bodies due to the bad weather.

At just 13 feet tall, and 224 square feet wide, most people would call this a shed. But to Trevor Gay and Marianna Benasutti, pictured top right, it's home. Tired of a conventional life littered with belongings, the Ohio couple had a brutal spring clean to move into a custom-built box in Spring Valley. And if they get restless, they can just wheel it somewhere else.

100,000 people gathered on the streets of North Korea for the closing ceremony of the country's annual 'Struggle Against American Imperialism' month. It marks the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. Furious demonstrators headed to Pyongyang's Sung Stadium where they denounced the evils of the US and waved banners with anti-American sentiments.

American women are swooning over the series' Irish leading man Aidan Turner (left), with thousands posting tweets in tribute to the 32-year-old's remarkable good looks and chiseled frame. With his tousled dark locks, smoldering eyes and impressive six pack, it is no surprise that the the Irishman easily captured the hearts of women in UK - and now Turner fever has hit the US thanks to PBS's Sunday night debut of the eight-part BBC series.

L. Ron Hubbard lived in Johannesburg for six months at the beginning of the 60s - an experience which is said to have had a formative experience on the development of Scientology. While in South Africa, Hubbard developed Scientology's toughest test: a confessional-style list of probing questions, asked of followers while they hold the tin can electrodes of a lie detector-type device known as an 'e-meter.' The 'Johannesburg Security Check,' or the 'Joburg,' as it is known, asks a range of intimate and sometimes bizarre questions focused on crime, espionage and sex. One of the questions asks: 'Have you ever slept with a member of a race of another color?' Also: 'Do you know any Communist personally?' and 'Have you ever been a newspaper reporter?'

Australian author Cathryn Chapman has revealed the dark side of working aboard a cruise ship, with her fictional novel drawing from the promiscuous, wild, and shocking experiences she had as a cruise liner employee, where there was an average eight male workers for every female. 'I was dating an Italian officer on the ship for a month and when I asked him whether he had seen anyone else on the ship he revealed he was dating 10 other women at that time like it was nothing,' Ms Chapman told Daily Mail Australia.

A recipe for a deep-fried Big Mac are likely to divide opinion with some McDonald's fans lovin' it and others thinking it's 1000-calorie indulgence too far. An American food blogger shared his recipe which includes deep-coating the burger in eggs and breadcrumbs before putting it into a deep fat fryer until it is golden brown.

Dawn Shaw, 48, from Grapeview in Washington was born with a tumour growing around her windpipe. Fearing it would turn cancerous doctors were forced to remove part of her jaw bone (left and right with her husband Ian). The operation caused misalignment to her face, as well as hearing loss and partial paralysis. After a series of corrective operations, the 48-year-old has vowed to have no further reconstruction. Despite being the victim of cruel taunts and ridicule her whole life, Mrs Shaw said she is perfect as she is. 'If somebody came up to me and said they could fix me tomorrow, I wouldn't want them to,' she said. 'I don't let my appearance define me.

Lumberjack chic is all the rage...and one male grooming company has sent up the idea that 'real men wear beards' in a bid to sell more of its 'legendary' beard oil. The Dollar Beard Club's video shows company founder 'Chris' shirtless and wandering through a warehouse stacked with beard oil saying the product can make facial hair 'smell like the beard of Zeus'. (Pictured clockwise from left: Chris with a box of beard oil, Chris wandering through a warehouse, women going crazy for a bearded man and three bearded men in a limo with a female friend)

Caleb, an eight-year-old Japanese Spitz, has been videoed trying - and failing - to bark at a passing siren. Many viewers have commented that the pet pooch sounds more like a duck than a dog. The adorable 15-second video has thus far received more than 140,000 views.

The Marche des Feticheurs in Lomé, the capital of Togo in West Africa, is the world's largest voodoo market with products including a love potion consisting of Chanel and ground-up chameleon. Cures include monkey heads (left), which are thought to be a stimulant, and burn-healing boa constrictor skins while the markets also stock dried hyena heads (bottom right), elephant tail bones and even live hawks. People who practise the voodoo tradition believe that life derives from the natural forces of earth, water, fire and air.

Dave Clark (bottom left) of WPXI in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was setting up his equipment for a shot on Wednesday when a man pulled his car over to see what the crew were doing. When Clark looked up at the vehicle, he noticed that the man was unconscious. With his camera still rolling, he ran to the vehicle and shook the man, yelling, 'Talk to me!' before unfastening his seatbelt and dragging the stranger to the ground (right) - as his reporter called 911. Clark was able to get his pulse back and paramedics gave the man an anti-overdose medicine when they arrived. 'If the news crew had not been there, he probably would've died,' Washington Police Officer Matt Karlowsky said.