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Confusion over the capture of Abdullah al Senussi, Gaddafi's former head of intelligence, is still growing after the U.S. envoy to the UN said the Libyan authorities were unable to confirm whether he is in custody.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Spain's prime minister-elect, Mariano Rajoy, to make necessary changes as soon as possible to prevent another crisis on the scale of Italy or Greece, as markets reacted badly to news of his victory at the polls.

Iraqis loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a well-known anti-American Islamic cleric, are fighting in Syria in support of the Assad regime, according to the opposition.

Crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square continued Wednesday to fight a pitched battle against riot police and the Egyptian army, as pro-democracy protesters rejected military rulers' timetable for elections.

An Iranian woman has posted nude pictures of herself on her blog in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who last week stirred a controversy in the Arab world for publishing photos of herself naked on Twitter.

South African MPs have approved a controversial Protection of State Information Bill despite widespread criticism, prompting protesters to call the day "Black Tuesday", the darkest day for South African democracy since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, and his wife Hayrunnisa, were greeted by the Queen at the start of his three-day State visit.

Officials at the University of California have said they will pay the medical expenses of the students who were pepper spared during an Occupy Davis protest last week.

On Tuesday evening, U.S Republican presidential candidates debated issues concerning their country's foreign policy.

Silvio Berlusconi revives his love for music.

Despite months of protests the Syrian regime, Assad's inner circle has remained loyal and launched a brutal crackdown against the democracy movement, that has left thousands dead.

Actor Steve Coogan tells the Leveson Inquiry about a failed NOTW sting and doorstepping his pregnant girlfriend.

The US President, Barack Obama, has offered campaign donors the chance to have dinner with him - for only $10

The case of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who bared all to protest against sexism in her country, has highlighted a growing trend for activists to use their physical bodies as part of political or social protest.

Speaking at the Leverson Inquiry, the parents of Alan Watson claim that "sick" articles in the press about their murdered daughter, Diane Watson, drove their 15-year-old son to take his life

The horrifying video of what is believed to be a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street was smuggled out of the country and given to Students for a Free Tibet, which has released it to the media and posted it on YouTube.

French ministers held an emergency meeting after a teenager, who had already been convicted of sexual assault on an underage girl in 2010, is accused of raping, killing and burning the body of a 13-year-old girl from his boarding school.

Libya's transitional Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib is poised to nominate a new cabinet on Tuesday that will be in office until next year, when the North African country will stage the first elections since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in August.

The widow of the former French President Francois Mitterrand and outspoken human rights activist Danielle Mitterand has died overnight, aged 87.

The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been left "blind" in the Middle East after the uncovering of at least a dozen U.S. agents in Lebanon and Iran.

The three defendant on trial in Cambodia before the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia, a UN-backed Tribunal , Nuon Chea, 85, Kieu Samphan,78, and Ieng Sary, 86, deny charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for their alleged roles in the deaths of up to 2.2 million people the Khmer Rouge four-year-rule from 1975 to 1979.

Despite three days of clashes between protesters and the security forces, which left at least 33 dead, the Egyptian authorities have announced that the parliamentary elections expected to take place in a week's time will proceed as scheduled.

Muammar Gaddafi's eldest son and heir, Saif al Islam, was a philander who used to beat his ex-wife, it has emerged in an Ukrainian newspaper.

Onyango Obama, 67, who is the half-brother of the president's late father, appeared in court on 17 November to face charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Amnesty International has slammed Egypt's ruling military council as pro-democracy activists in Egypt call for a mass rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square to overthrow the current government.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger, who shocked the Arab world with her nude pictures posted on Twitter, has broken cover to issue a defiant rebuttal on Facebook to accusations of insulting Islam, saying she does not "acknowledge any discriminatory law".

The disparity between what top executives and average workers earn has been building for 30 years, the report has said.

Stand-first: Mario Monti has a tough task at hand – to shore up the finances of Italy which are a total shambles.

The IBTimes looks at the images from yesterday's Spanish election which saw the Popular Party win power from the PSOE