Top Russian politician Alexander Torshin 'helped Moscow mob launder cash in Spain'
The Spanish Civil Guard describes the senator in Vladimir Putin's United Russia party as a 'godfather' figure.
Clampdown in Turkey due to Erdogan's wish to 'build compliant media' says exiled journalist
Mahir Zeynalov told IBTimes UK that the arrests of 77 journalists were part of a crackdown on freedom.
Demand swells for resignation of gaffe-prone Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev said teachers do not become teachers to earn money.
Football legend Pelé pulls out of Rio Olympics opening ceremony due to poor health
Brazilian star had been due to light the iconic Olympic flame in the stadium.
War on Isis: Moscow courts US-trained Syrian rebels to fight against jihadis in Syria
Russia is trying to poach Liwa al-Mu'tasim Brigade rebels, which the group is seriously considering.
War on Isis: Militants capture 3,000 villagers fleeing Kirkuk says UNHCR
The UN's refugee agency said 12 of the fleeing villagers were executed.
1MDB scandal: Leak reveals Malaysia's 1st couple splashed cash on anti-ageing products
Secret documents show beauty treatment spending apparently linked to PM Najib Razak and Rosmah Mansor.
Madrid 'won't stop us seeking independence from Spain' vows Catalan foreign minister Raül Romeva
Raül Romeva from Junts pel Sí tells IBTimes UK that Madrid shows 'contempt' for Catalonia's aspirations.
Top Irish priest college gripped by 'Grindr and gay sex' scandal
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will no longer send Dublin students to the Maynooth seminary in County Kildare.
Military called in to tackle anthrax outbreak that killed boy in remote Russian region
Deadly disease has broken out in Russia's far-flung Yamal-Nenets autonomous district.
Unearthed diaries of Heinrich Himmler show mundanity of Nazi mastermind amid the murders
German newspaper Bild serialised the diaries that have lain dormant for over 70 years.
Russia and Damascus regime need to 'show restraint' in Syria says John Kerry
US Secretary of State's comments come after Russian helicopter was shot down in Aleppo.
Isis: Fast-tracking executions in Iraq for suspected militants 'could kill the innocent'
UN warning comes as Iraqi PM is under pressure to speed up executions after Baghdad bomb killed 323.
War on Isis: US to target sites in Libya in new airborne campaign to wipe out jihadist threat
Defence officials deny that it will be a 'shock and awe' operation.
Decision to rename Crimean settlements on Google Maps reversed after Russian uproar
Internet giant accused of 'topographical cretinism' by local politicians.
Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull ends ex-PM Kevin Rudd's dream for UN top job
Rudd's campaign for United Nations' secretary-general is effectively over.
'He is no monster' says mother of Normandy priest killer Abdel Malik Petitjean
Neighbours of Yamina Petitjean say she is in denial about the fate of her son
Russian hackers may have deliberately left trail in DNC leak as a cyber sabre-rattling move
US security officials say the hackers wanted to show off how Moscow wields cyber influence
Did Munich shooter target foreigners? Gunman was racist with Hitler sympathies
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung says David Ali Sonboly felt 'superior to Turks'.
Armenia: Opposition group takes medics hostage as 10-day standoff with police in Yerevan deepens
Protesters in the capital Yerevan have been expressing sympathy for the hostage takers.
Indonesia: Controversial ex-army general Wiranto becomes security minister
Human rights groups express concern at the appointment by President Joko Widodo
MPs call for probe into human rights' breaches in Yemen conflict by Saudi-led coalition forces
It follows MPs retracting statements that the Saudi-led coalition had not broken humanitarian law
Beijing's ambassador to UK dubs South China Sea ruling 'a farce' amid maritime dispute tensions
Liu Xiaoming's comments come as China and Philippines get set to discuss maritime dispute.
1MDB Scandal: Ex-Malaysian prime minister calls for current PM Najib Razak to be named and shamed
Mahathir Mohamad says foreign nations should criticize Malaysian government links to embezzlement scandal.
British expats in Spain fear for future in adopted homeland post-Brexit
More than 16,000 people have signed a petition calling for Britons in Spain to get dual citizenship.
Antonio Guterres tops 1st United Nations' straw poll for Secretary-General post
The former Portuguese PM was ahead of Danilo Turk of Slovenia and Irina Bokova of Bulgaria.
Unesco chief Irina Bokova aims to tackle controversery over 'Islamification' of disputed Temple Mount
Bokova tells IBTimes UK that trust between Muslim and Jewish communities in the city must to be restored.
UN Secretary-General frontrunner Irina Bokova says organisation must do more to stop Isis
The Unesco head tells IBTimes UK what she would bring to the position of world's top diplomat.
Brussels security alert 'false alarm' after police surrounded man in coat with protruding wires
Belgium is on a high state of alert ahead of its national holiday.
Ukraine: Prominent investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kiev car bomb explosion
His death is being treated as a murder and comes in a climate of intimidation of journalists in the country.
