Dick Cheney on CIA torture: 'I'd do it again in a minute'
Former US Vice President Cheney has defended the CIA's brutal torture tactics stating 'Torture is what al-Qaeda did to 3,000 Americans on 9/11'.
CIA torture report: UK to request redacted information
'If British intelligence officials were present when people were being tortured, then they were complicit in that torture,' says Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
Iraq: Four youths beheaded by Isis for refusing to renounce Christian faith
Canon Andrew White revealed the atrocities suffered by Christians who are persecuted by Islamic State in Iraq.
LGBT activists taking Pride in the Golden Globes 2014
What Pathe's latest production means to the LGBT community.
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CIA Torture Report must prompt a proper investigation into Britain's role
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Malala Yousafzai 'has entered pact with Satan' claims Pakistani Taliban after Nobel Peace Prize award
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Ziad Abu Ein: Thousands Line Streets as Palestinian minister is buried
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CIA torture report: Nick Clegg hints at support for inquiry into UK's involvement in torture
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The report costs $2.99 on Amazon.com for a Kindle edition.
Frontline Ebola: Corpses, ambulance and aid workers have driven Christmas cheer from Freetown
Christmas in the time of Ebola is a grim experience in Sierra Leone capital.
Hong Kong: Defiant protesters give Hunger Games' three-fingered salute as police clear camp
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong adopt the three-fingered salute from The Hunger Games.
Protestors stage 'die-in' at Westfield shopping centre in solidarity with Eric Garner
2000 people gathered in the shopping centre, wielding placards with Eric Garner's last words 'I can't breathe.'
Web Index 2014: Internet censorship rising, net neutrality a rarity, and government spying is rampant
Northern Europe still ranks as the best region for internet access, freedom and openness
Isis publish sex slave guide with 27 tips on how to capture and rape non-Muslims
Encouraged practises include permission to rape a female slave immediately after her possession.
CIA Torture Report: Obama administration continues to torture Guantanamo Bay detainees, says Reprieve
Exclusive: Human rights body alleges prisoners face force-feeding and abuse at the detention camp.
CIA torture report means nothing unless Obama punishes Guantanamo Bay villains
Unless US brings torturers to justice, there's nothing to stop anal feeding and water boarding being used again.
Human Rights Day: Frightened girls forced into marriage without their consent in Kenya [Photo report]
Parents arrange marriages for their adolescent daughters without discussing it with them.
India: Poor Muslims 'lured' into mass Hindu conversions by extremists
Far-right groups accused of ration card promises to bribe Muslim families into conversion to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh.
A Londoner's ordeal in Sudan's torture dungeons
Story of agony and injustice demonstrates why the Convention against Torture is so crucial.
Pakistan: Family axed to death in honour killing attack over 'marriage of 28 years'
Survivor tells police victims were killed by mother's family who opposed marriage.
Human Rights Day 2014: Only holistic approach can eradicate poverty, says FXBVillage founder
NGO founder says causes of poverty must be tackled at the same time to achieve long-lasting results.
CIA torture report: UN, HRW, Amnesty International demand criminal prosecution of US officials
Rights groups call on legal action against US officials for violating international laws.
Ex-Guantanamo inmates remain hospitalised in Uruguay after 12-hour blindfolded 'degrading' flight
Lawyer of one of the freed Guantanamo Bay inmates says some of the men might need 'intensive care'.
Saudi Arabia: Father tortures children with red-hot skewers over missing £17
Saudi man uses scalding iron to burn children, including his three-month-old baby, over disappearance of £17.
Nobel Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi urge world 'not to forget children'
Nobel Peace Prize winners attend press conference on eve of award ceremony.
After Eric Garner and Michael Brown, is white America finally ready to talk racism?
America is making progress, despite the protests which have shocked the world.
CIA Torture Report: Essential facts about Senate airing of post-9/11 'enhanced interrogation techniques'
Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to release report on torture by CIA on al-Qaeda suspects.
BBC presenter told to tone down 'Hollywood leading lady' blonde hair by bosses
BBC One presenter Ellie Harrison says she was told to tone down 'Hollywood' blond for 'country-set' image.
CIA torture report: US embassies on alert for attacks as CIA releases report on torture techniques
Techniques usually categorized under torture were pushed over 'legally allowable' limits by CIA in secret prisons.
Egypt: 33 men arrested in Cairo's hammam for 'perversion' and 'spreading Aids'
Crackdown on gay people continues in Egypt with massive raid in capital.
Bahrain naval base 'reward' for British silence on human rights
Bahrain's human rights activists speak out against £15m deal to build first UK naval base since 1971.
'Rabbi of America' Shmuley Boteach: Britain suffering 'a tsunami of anti-Semitism and Israel hatred'
Boteach said in an interview that the UK has become worryingly anti-Israel.
Berkeley: Protests against police violence escalate after deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner
Protesters in Berkeley, California hurl objects at police, who respond by firing tear gas.
Iran: Telecommunications minister says every Internet user will be 'identified'
Iran's telecommunications minister: 'There will be no web surfer whose identity we do not know.'
Saudi Arabia extends detention of female activists who defied driving ban on UAE border
The two Saudi female activists have been investigated without being allowed an attorney.
Judge resigns after racial slur: 'With a name like Patel, she won't be working anywhere important'
Senior immigration judge was forced to resign after making a racist comment about female Asian victim.
Hundreds of anarchists arrested, after Athens protests descend into violence
Protestors gathered to remember an unarmed teenager killed by police, before demonstration erupted into violence.
Breast feeding mothers stage protest outside Claridge's hotel
Mothers from the organisation Free to Feed want the five star hotel to change their policy regarding breast-feeding in the restaurant.
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