POLITICS

The location of the final stage of the Occupy London's "Occupy Everywhere" day of protest has been revealed as Piccadilly Circus.

Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah is set to stay in prison and will be tried by a civilian court for his involvement in the Maspero massacre, while other 27 people were released Thursday morning for the same case, according to reports.

Privacy campaigners have expressed fears that the government's new plan to help "troubled families" may lead to social workers becoming the "eyes and ears" of law enforcers.

December 2011 officially marks the full withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, but with a divided political landscape, an increasing insurgency attack and the Syrian crisis still threatening to spread, the country's future is still uncertain.

A group of Palestinian bloggers and activists has issued a statement in support of Syrian-American blogger Razan Ghazzawi, who was arrested on Dec. 4 by Syrian authorities and now faces up to 15 years in jail.

China's internet censors have blocked searches linked to an ongoing protest in the village of Wukan in Guandong province, the BBC reports.

The U.S. military flag in Baghdad was formally cased Wednesday, marking the historic end of the American campaign in Iraq nine years after the invasion.

Muammar Gaddafi's Daughter Aisha has contacted the International Criminal Court to ask whether it will probe the killing of her father and brother, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has branded US Senator John McCain “crazy” and claimed he has “blood on his hands”.

A French court has convicted former President Jacques Chirac of diverting public funds and abusing public confidence.

Vladimir Putin has blamed Russian exiles in London for an article investigating corruption in the country’s parliamentary elections.

An inquest Wednesday heard testimony on the Taliban's killing a British doctor who was on a humanitarian mission to Afghanistan.

DigitalGlobe, the US commercial satellite operator, claimed that its polar orbiting QuickBird satellite has taken the pictures of China’s first aircraft carrier sailing through the Yellow Sea on December 8.

Iran is considering moving its uranium enrichment facilities to safer locations in response to fears of a possible strike from the West.

With Occupy London set to break-out of its St. Paul's base, turning the whole of London into its stage, the International Business Times UK examines the movement, exploring where it came from and where it's going.

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters, waving the militant movement's flags, gathered in Gaza to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the founding of the group, which was also relayed on Twitter.

Time has named The Protester as Person of the Year for 2011 during NBC's TODAY show.

People who do not “look Spanish” can be stopped by police as often as four times a day, according to report by Amnesty International.

From dodgy filing to bringing friends on official business, International Business Times UK looks at the year in coalition gaffes.

The prime minister signed off the 2011 political year by poking fun at the Labour leader Ed Miliband, saying that his party "were united in wanting a new leader".

Cracks are appearing in the far-right English Defence League's (EDL) political ambitions, as its members favour the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) over its affiliates the British Freedom Party (BFP) - by a margin of almost three to one.

A French woman faces the prospect of two years in prison and a fine of up to £27,000 after rejecting a court ruling ordering her to undertake a 15-day "citizenship service".

Dow is linked to Union Carbide, the firm responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy that killed thousands of people.

According to the health experts, alcohol consumption is linked to about 13,000 new cases of cancer in each year.

Florence far-right gunman Gianluca Casseri, who shot dead two Africans Tuesday, and Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik may have more in common than expected, experts on far-right movements point out.

The shadow foreign office minister, Emma Reynolds, told MPs last night that the government is "deeply divided" over Europe and that the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his deputy, Nick Clegg, "are at odds with each other".

Telecom equipment giant Nokia Siemens Networks is set to scale back its export contracts with Iran, following growing international pressure and the imposition of fresh sanctions.

Five members of the neo-fascist organisation "Militia" were planning to start "a revolutionary war" against Roman Jews and leading politicians.

Lucky Ones Who Escaped Death on 9/11 are Ian Thorpe, Mark Wahlberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sara Ferguson, Larry Silverstein, Patti Austin, Seth MacFarlane.