POLITICS

Troubled wildlife collector, Terry Thompson, 62, released 51 animals Tuesday October 18, out of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, before ending his own life, forcing local authorities to set up an all-night game hunt, to track down the creatures.

Author and activist Naomi Wolf has released a statement alleging that her arrest was a direct attempt by New York police to silence her after she attempted to inform protesters outside a New York awards banquet of their rights.

An undercover police officer who infiltrated an environmental campaign group later he took part in a criminal trial under a false name and lied under oath with the knowledge of police chiefs, it was claimed.

The next generation of young men and women all across the world could soon face even higher rates of unemployment, as a consequence of high poverty levels in developing countries and unstable work situations in developed countries, the International Labor Organization warns.

Greece is on the verge of a total meltdown with the country struggling to come to terms with 48 hour general strike.

The writers of the film “Gone in 60 seconds?”, where a team of thieves stole 50 cars in a night, may have to rethink their storyline for a sequel.

Liam Fox has launched his own attack on the media following a week of press "vindictiveness, even hatred" that resulted in his resignation.

The latest "honey trap" accusation comes in the form of 26-year-old Russian Ekaterina "Katia" Zatulivete, who is accused of spying on the UK whilst maintaining a four-year affair with the 65-year-old Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock.

U.S. forces are massing for a full scale offensive against the Haqqani Network - a group with terrorist links to the Taliban and al-Qaeda operating in northern Pakistan, say reports.

The illegal residents of Dale Farm are now protesting not with lawyers, but by remaining where they are. The bailiffs have complete authority to start evicting. But what equipment will they need to take on this almighty job?

Prince William has been named the "Most Influential Man of the Year" in an online poll, beating the likes of Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Barack Obama.

Downing Street confirmed Tuesday night that Prime Minister David Cameron would have sacked Defence Secretary Liam Fox had he not resigned.

The ‘Occupy London’ demonstrating outside St. Pauls Cathedral who are protesting against capitalism may have to move and set up a base elsewhere if their following becomes too big.

The shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy, has told the prime minister, David Cameron, to lay out “the full truth and all the facts” after he refused to take questions in parliament following the report surrounding the relationship between Liam Fox and Adam Werritty.

Hundreds of Palestinian family members have turned out in Gaza and the West Bank to celebrate the release of more than 400 prisoners in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has given his first interview since being released after spending five years in captivity on Tuesday.

Britain's inflation rate has risen to 5.2 per cent, the highest level for three years.

In 2007, Indian-born Booker Prize-winning author, Salman Rushdie, established a new high for Asian Muslims living in the UK, when he was honored with a knighthood. More recently, Abdul Arain, a Non Resident Indian and Cambridge-based grocery-store owner, shot to fame when he was nominated in the Cambridge University Chancellor elections. Though he lost, there continues to a lot of hype about the commoner with an MBA from Cambridge.

The two sons of ousted President Hosni Mubarak have $340 million (£215 million) in Swiss bank accounts and are suspected of money laundering, says a senior Egyptian Justice Ministry official.

Gaza's Islamist rulers have released the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in return for hundreds of Palestinian militants held by Israel after more than five years in captivity, a Hamas military source has said.

A prime minster led energy summit was not enough for the big energy companies to make any active concessions to slash their energy bills despite record profits of up to 733% - a rise in margins from £15 to £125 per customer according to Ofgem.

Libyan revolutionary forces have bulldozed the green walls surrounding deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli.

A prime minster-led energy summit will put pressure on the UK's largest energy companies to slash their costs in the wake of recording their biggest profits in decades.

The melting-pot of groups forming the Occupy London protest have come together releasing a manifesto outlining the movements key goals.

British Gas owner Centrica Plc has responded to mounting criticism from politicians about high energy bills by pledging not to raise its energy prices this winter.

The cabinet minister, Oliver Letwin, faces a new set of allegations today after it was revealed that papers dumped in a park near Downing Street did contain sensitive material – contrary to the story he described over the weekend.

The Lord Sainsbury of Turville will be the next Chancellor of the University of Cambridge as he will replace The Duke of Edinburgh. Being the official candidate, the former Labour minister received 2,893 votes of the 5,888 votes casted under the Single Transferrable Vote count.

Herman Cain used his first primetime appearance as the Republican presidential primary's front-runner to reveal that he did not agree with abortion "under any circumstance."

IBTimes reporters an the scene have reported a marked shift in the tone of the Occupy London Protest, suggesting what began as a melting-pot of ideas has begun to evolve into a focused manifesto of demands.