FEATURE

IBTimes UK examines why women's education and health are key to ending poverty around the world.

The Long March of the Communist Party of China killed nine-tenths of the army and many civilians too.

Pro-Russian separatist commander Mikhail Tolstykh has become an internet sensation.

In part two of our look at Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, we focus on the performances.

'Feeding the world, caring for the Earth' is the theme of this year's World Food Day.

Lord Freud has apologised for his "foolish" suggestion.

E-commerce analysts discuss some of the practical and cultural differences facing western vendors joining Alibaba.

IBTimes entertainment reporter Toyin Owoseje rounds up the showbiz stories of the week.

Australian author Richard Flanagan won the award for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Harry Leslie Smith's policies are in line with so many disenfranchised people in Britain. For the views of this 91-year-old RAF veteran turn author is going to be bang in demand.

A Washington Post poll says two-thirds of Americans want a travel ban from Ebola-affected countries.

As part of our ongoing Christopher Nolan series, we look at his magnum opus, The Dark Knight.

Screening for Ebola at London's Heathrow airport will begin among passengers from at-risk areas.

As Ebola claims lives every day, conspiracy theories about the disease proliferate on the internet.

Art expert Phillip Hoffman talks about high end art investing and this year's Frieze Art Fair.

Neel Mukherjee, Ali Smith, and Howard Jacobson have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014

IBTimes UK looks around DHL Express's massive logistical hub to find out what happens while we sleep.

NHS workers across England and parts of Northern Ireland have walked out between 7am and 11 this morning.

First National Health Service strike in 32 years is taking place in England on Monday from 7am.

IBTimes UK speaks to five people about coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.

Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian activist who fights against child exploitation and human trafficking.

A look at the cities with highest numbers of homeless people in the world

World Mental Health Day, set up by the Mental Health Foundation, is celebrated on 10 October

American Horror Story season four is back with freak show frights. Here are some real-life freaks.

Instagram account Rich Kids of Tehran reveals societal elite are immune to Iran's Islamic penal code

A profile of the main candidates for this year's prize.

IBTimes UK examines why the Nobel Prize in Literature has been steeped in controversy since 1901.

In 2011 South Africa sent 98 million tonnes went into landfill, with just 10% being recycled.

Haruki Murakami, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Svetlana Alexievich are favourites to win the literary Nobel.