Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942 but the first death with the Sarco suicide pod has raised questions.

The room had remained untouched for decades after the family closed it off following the passing of various relatives—most ...

The 64-year-old American was suffering with skull base osteomyelitis - a serious illness that involves severe pain.

The first person who died in a so-called 'suicide pod' was told three unnerving words before her death, it has been revealed.

Fellow cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya launched in August 1982, just before American astronaut Sally Ride in 1983. Although ...