Melania Trump's transition from modest home in Slovenia to being First Lady of White House

She's set to become America's First Lady, with a life cossetted in the extravagant luxury afforded only to the super-rich. And although Melania Trump's existence today (left) as the wife of a billionaire is far removed from her childhood (inset) in a communist state, it is the fulfilment of the dreams that she nurtured living in her own white house as a 16-year-old. Now The Mail on Sunday has gone back to the young Melania's home town, spoken to some of her school friends – and tracked down that white house built by her father (top right).

Chinese man gets CHOPSTICK stuck in his penis while investigating blood in his urine

A Chinese man who was too nervous about visiting a doctor because of blood in his urine tried to investigate the problem by inserting a chopstick in his penis. The gentleman, named only as 'Chen', then had to undergo surgery to remove the painful object from his manhood. Doctors said he could have died if he pushed the chopstick any further into his genitals.

Young donkeys are bred and slaughtered for the DEEJ ejiao factory in Dong'e, China. Ejiao is a supposedly youth-preserving gelatin found in their skin but there's no medical evidence for this.

The Russian warship "Mirage" passes the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, on October 7, 2016 ©Ozan Kose (AFP)

The battle group has travelled to Syria from the North Sea through the English Channel in the biggest such naval deployment in recent years as part of Russia's military intervention in Syria.

An anti-Donald Trump protester has been shot during a demonstration early Saturday morning in Portland, Oregon, police have said.

Dr Sam Wang, a polling expert who said he would eat a bug if Donald Trump won more than 240 electoral votes during Tuesday's election has made good on that promise on Saturday.

Mairah Teli, 24, received the frightening order in an anonymous note left in her classroom at Dacula High School in Dacula, Georgia, on Friday.

Questions have swirled concerning what'll happen to Donald Trump's income in the wake of his winning the 2016 US presidential election.

Gripping dispatch from the Mexican border where Trump plans to erect his 1,954-mile wall 

The president-elect made the controversial pledge to build a wall along the entire length of the US-Mexico border (left) during his campaign. There's anger about it in the border towns of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. ‘If he comes here we will shoot him,’ said one Mexican. Nobody we spoke to thought a wall would make a real difference when it comes to illegal migrants (right) risking life and limb to reach the United States.

Sting arrives in Paris ahead of Bataclan concert on Paris Attacks anniversary

Paris' Bataclan concert hall turned away two members of Eagles of Death Metal who were playing during the ISIS attack at the venue last year. They tried to enter the venue for Sting's gig as the hall reopened to mark the anniversary of the massacre which killed 90 innocent music fans. But director Jules Frutos refused to let them in after frontman Jesse Hughes earlier this year suggested that Muslim staff were involved in the gun and suicide bomb attack on November 13, 2015.

Miami-Dade County has been working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the best approach to help stop Zika's spread.

A 309ft tree - which belongs to the Shorea genus - has been discovered on the island of Borneo. It is 15ft taller than the previous record-breaking tree also found in Malaysia.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Salah Abdeslam's lawyer Sven Mary says that the 'psychological torture' of his detention in a French prison has contributed to his radicalisation.

Michael Moore calls on Donald Trump to step down before joining protesters in New York

Film-maker Michael Moore has called on Donald Trump to step down as President-elect before he even takes office, before joining thousands of protesters in the streets of Manhattan. After making his way into the Donald's Central Park skyscraper, Moore attempted to get to Trump's office (right). However, he was stopped from going to Trump's office, and then let the building to join protesters outside (left). Moore also tweeted about the incident, demanding Trump step aside (inset).

Anaheim woman shields her two-year-old son while two dogs viciously attack them

The attack occurred in Anaheim, California, on Tuesday. It started when the boy was set upon by the two dogs in the front yard of his home, before his mom came to his rescue. As the woman tried to get her son inside, she couldn't find her keys, and the dogs continue to maul the two. Surveillance footage shows the woman shielding her son with her body while trying to fight off the animals (main). Finally a neighbor who heard her screams came and grabbed the dogs. The little boy suffered extensive injuries and was rushed to hospital, where he underwent plastic surgery for a laceration to his face (inset).

Vladimir Putin is considering quitting as Russian President, a Kremlin expert has claimed. Valery Solovey hinted that Putin, 64, may be forced to step aside due to illness.

The singer, 41, is said to be in a huge bubble' and making his three-year-old's treatment a priority - which allegedly includes four months of chemotherapy.

The mother of 19-year-old Franziska has received a final demand to pay up after her daughter tragically died in an unexplained car crash in North Rhine-Westphalia just three months ago.

Shacara McLaurin, 23, is accused of pushing an elderly man to the ground outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Thursday as they argued over the President-elect's recent victory.

Chelsea Clinton could run for the seat of  Rep Nita Lowey, in New York's 17th Congressional District - which includes Chappaqua - once Lowey, 79, retires from office.

Jack Marrian, 31, was arrested in July after the alleged discovery of 220lbs of cocaine hidden in bags of sugar being shipped from Brazil to Uganda, via the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

Barack Obama photographer Pete Souza's favorite images

A series of stunning images show Barack Obama's time as the current and 44th President of the United States. The photographs, the majority of which were taken by Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza, show the president in lighthearted as well as serious moments. Obama can be seen having fun with children, meeting with former US presidents and even sitting in the situation room for the May 2011 mission against Osama Bin Laden. Souza's 'Year in Photos' albums on the White House Flickr account covering Obama go back to 2009. It's believed the photographer has snapped approximately 2million photographs of the president.

Will Donald Trump be slumming it on Air Force One instead of his own 'T-Bird' plane?

After his inauguration as the 45th President in January Donald Trump will have to give up his own plane, with its luxury fittings, and fly around the country and beyond on Air Force One. Trump's own plane (pictured, top right) has wood panelling and 'yards and yards of elegant silk', silk pillows embroidered with his family crest (bottom right) and gold and marble bathrooms (bottom left). The Trump Organization's Vice President of Marketing, Amanda Miller (top left) conducted a video tour of the plane after it was refitted at a cost of $100m. But the Commander-in-Chief will have to use Air Force One because it is specially kitted out with equipment which allow the Commander-in-Chief to use it as a mobile command center in the event of conflict or natural disaster.

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday morning after a second night of unrest across the country to commend activists who revolted for a second night since his shock victory.

Mr Farage has been unable to contain his glee at Mr Trump's election as US president and shocked Westminster yesterday with claims he would chaperone Theresa May at her first meeting.

The awkward first photo released of President Barack Obama's meeting with Donald Trump has led many on the internet to mock the two men, and how uncomfortably they looked around one another.

The Kremlin says victory for Hillary Clinton would have sparked World War Three

Presidential aide Sergei Glazyev (top right) described Hillary Clinton as a 'symbol of war' and said: 'Americans had two choices: World War Three or multilateral peace.' News of Trump's election was greeted with jubilation in Russia, where President Vladimir Putin has called for an improvement in relations under Donald Trump.

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker said the idea that the US will always protect the continent is 'not true'.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban congratulated Donald Trump on his victory by hailing 'innovative and creative democracy' on what he describes as the second day of a historic event.

The group were on a shore excursion on the Caribbean island of Dominica when the collision happened.

Dozens have been killed in the last two days after being accused of passing information to 'the enemy' while fanatics are back on the Mosul streets policing the length of men's beards, is has emerged.

Police rushed to the Castorama store after Robert Rochefort, 61, was seen committing the lewd act in front of two teenage girls

The far-right extremists produced a street plan with the names and addresses of 70 Jewish businesses and even cemeteries on the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

ISIS video shows Russian children execute 'spies' in threat to Putin

Prisoners can be seen kneeling in an unknown location in northern Iraq, while so-called 'cubs of the caliphate', dressed in military outfits, stand behind them wielding hand guns. In one scene a child rants to the camera about Putin's intervention in Syria before he and a second youngster shoot their captives in the back of the head. A second pair of children can also be seen carrying out similar executions in the video called 'Repent and you have safety from us'. The video claims that two of the 'Khilifah Cubs' are Iraqi while two are of Russian heritage. The child soldiers threaten attacks on Russia and call Putin a 'dog',

Paris reacts with anger to city’s first migrant camp near Gare du Nord Eurostar hub

The first official refugee camp in the history of Paris today opened its doors for the first time. The facility, which cost £6million to build, has 400 places and even boasts a football pitch. Residents will be allowed to stay for a few weeks at a time, meaning they can plan their journeys to Britain before moving on.

The man's absence went completely unnoticed for more than 10 years in Kuwait until the government noticed and stepped in, just like they have been forced to do with 900 other employees.

Attorney Chan-jo Jun has filed a complaint to courts in Munich alleging the company broke national laws against hate speech and sedition, after listing 438 inappropriate postings.

Father Giovanni Cavalcoli (pictured) said the seismic shocks in Italy were 'divine punishment' for same-sex civil partnerships 'offending the family' and the 'dignity of marriage'.

Brave mother cheetah protects her cubs from prowling leopard

The mother, known as Amani which translates to Peace, chased off the leopard in Masai Mara, Kenya, which borders the Serengeti and the whole thing was captured by Paul Goldstein. The Wimbledon-based photographer was guiding when he spotted the fracas which came after the large female leopard had been surveying the family of cheetahs from a tree. The loving mother faced the threat head-on, and dramatically tried to wear the large female leopard out before it could attack and chased it away.

Horrifying moment ferry commuter drowns when he falls into Thai canal

Footage shows the passenger attempting to leap on to the pier (left and top right) in Bangkok, Thailand as the vessel was approaching the shore. But the commuter, named locally as Theerapong Silalit, lost his footing before toppling backwards in to the Saen Saep canal as the ferry was still preparing to moor up. A frantic search was launched around Nanachat pier in the city's Watthana district this morning when the 50-year-old did not resurface.

Witnesses reported seeing a bright flash in the sky in Buryatia region, in the south of the country. Footage, captured on a dashcam, shows the glowing object shooting down from the sky.

Marodelle Prin, 33, jumped from a ledge in the Bookmarks Lounge at the Library Hotel in Midtown shortly after midnight, a police spokesman told Daily Mail Online.

Rurik Jutting needed 'dutch courage' from cocaine to torture and slit the throats of the two Indonesian women at his flat in Hong Kong, a prosecutor said.

Young couple die from carbon monoxide poisoning while having sex in Russia 

The man and woman, identified by the names Artem S and Anna D, did not have anywhere else to be intimate, so they had taken to using a lock-up garage in Ufa, in central Russia. Police believe they turned on the ignition because temperatures regularly drop below freezing at night.

Mother with rifle goes seeking justice for sex attack victims in India

Shahana Begum, 42, from Shahjahanpur, has taken the law into her own hands in India by hunting down rapists and making them face justice in a bid to fight the country's huge issue with sex crimes. The mother-of-four from Uttar Pradesh is famous among teenagers and women in her area as the 'Bandookwali Chachi' which translates as 'aunt with a gun'. In 2013, she caught three who raped a girl for two days and handed them over to police where she demanded the rapists took responsibility for their actions. The main perpetrator is now married to the girl and Ms Begum said the couple were now happily married.

A tour guide almost lost his arm to a crocodile after it leaped out of a lake in the Northern Territory and snapped at him as he leaned over the side of a boat.

The small tree frogs, which vary in colour from bright green to brown, can be seen clinging onto each other as they hitch the free ride on the caiman's back in Tangerang in Indonesia.

Scientists are finding more and more of the mutants worldwide. Some have suggested that the surge in mutants is due to genetic abnormalities triggered by over-fishing.