POLITICS

A nude photo of the Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani has sparked angry reactions from her fans and a warning from Tehran.

Republican supporters have been hesitant in voting for former Massachusetts governor as presidential candidate.

Moldovan woman confirms she was with Costa Concordia's Captain Francesco Schettino at the moment the cruise ship hit rocks off Italian coast.

Disgraced RBS banker Sir Fred Goodwin should be stripped of knighthood he was given for services to banking.

'Colonialist' Argentina accuses Britain of rewriting history as diplomatic spat over disputed Falkland Islands escalates.

New Fathers 4 Justice 'Superhero Squad' threatens to turn rowing venue Dorney Lake purple

Tony Blair's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, admits Britain spied on Russia by planting a fake rock containing hi-tech surveillance equipment in Moscow.

Ukraine: Feminist activists brave cold to stage semi-naked protest in Kiev over prostitution restrictions.

Canada's Africa Oil starts drilling test wells in Puntland region in hope of tapping four billion barrels.

Google has changed how it scans web pages and has provided advice to help Wikipedia, Reddit and others remain high in search results while they black out to protest SOPA and PIPA.

Yasin Hayal jailed as mastermind behind killing but 19 other suspects on related terror charges walk free.

Figures obtained by IBTimes UK reveal how much delay costs the London Underground in refunds.

Prime minister fends off criticism from Labour leader over soaring unemployment figures

Theme tune to Hollywood blockbuster reportedly played in Costa Concordia restaurant at time of sinking.

In response to anti-government protests last week, the Romanian government reinstated deputy health minister Raed Arafat on Tuesday.

Tropical depression Dando wrecks houses and topples power lines in Maputo and southern provinces.

Former Republican vice-presidential candidate becomes highest-profile politician to oppose Mitt Romney nomination.

Rescuers of the Costa Concordia stricken liner were forced to suspend search on Wednesday as the ship slipped into the water again, the Italian coast guard said.

GOP frontrunner has been widely criticised after it was revealed he paid just 15 percent tax despite a huge salary that runs into millions.

Human rights activist Mahmud Abu Rahma attacked after criticising Hamas-led government in article.

Betty Makoni is an activist who set up Girl Child Network Worldwide to help girls abused in Zimbabwe and other African countries.

The OpBlackOut protest has launched, seeing groups ranging from the hacktivist Anonymous collective, unknown bloggers and massive sites such as Wikipedia unite to protest the US Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa).

Wikipedia and Reddit may not be the only ones on the Anti-SOPA blackout radar, as reports indicate about 7,000 websites will be going down in protest against SOPA and PIPA legislation in U.S.

'Daredevil' Captain Schettino faces 12 years' jail as hopes dim of finding more survivors from stricken cruise liner.

Saudi banking officials deny Israeli reports that hackers brought down Saudi Stock Exchange and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

Two UK servicemen were arrested by military police after claims they filmed themselves abusing two Afghan children.

Syria, Iran, Uzbekistan, North Korea and China to get invitations to 2012 games opening ceremony

President Barack Obama away for Michelle's birthday celebrations as 'bomb' thrown over fence during Occupy protest.

Facebook and Twitter last of the big players to stay away from protest against Sopa and Pipa.